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[ad_1] Congress should direct the Department of Agriculture to use COVID-19 relief funds to ensure that farmworkers – not big farmers – have protections, free testing and paid sick leave. Last month, USDA announced a $19 billion COVID-19 relief initiative, including $16 billion in direct payments to farmers. These new …

Today, on April 30th 2020, after efforts to have an urgency procedure activated, Virginia Fiume (Eumans coordinator) presented in front of the PETI Committee of the European Parliament the petition to the EP calling for a European response to the COVID19 social, economic and health crisis – #EuCanDoIt. The petition …

In this video, Chiagozie Udeh, Chairperson of the Global Executive Board Plant¬-for-¬the-Planet Initiative (Nigeria), reminds us on the timely and urgent need to take Climate Action to protect the future generations, in order to build back better after the COVID-19 pandemic. As the world is responding to the global health …

Doctors for the Environment Australia members who are on the frontline of care speak out powerfully and urgently on the need to address two emergencies in our midst–Covid19 and climate change. Rather than replace the climate change emergency with the coronavirus, we need to address both to ensure our health …

EMA Board Member Eric Christian Olsen joins Dr. Aaron Bernstein for a discussion on the connection between climate change, public health, and the COVID-19 virus. Dr. Aaron Bernstein is the Interim Director at the Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public …

Why does an invisible, life-threatening virus prompt a nationwide emergency, but invisible, life-threatening gases don’t? Experts have been emphasizing the dangers of unchecked climate change for years, underscoring the need for rapid, bold action early-on to avoid the worst impacts. Now, health experts are pushing the same level of global …

#Coronavirus #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #climatechange #recession #economy #sustainable How can we integrate sustainable development goals into the post-COVID-19 economic recovery to build a climate-friendly future? Prof Sam Fankhauser, Director, Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics, and Dr Charles Donovan, Director, Centre for Climate Finance and Investment at Imperial …

Michael K. Dorsey Co-Founder and Managing Partner, IberSun Solar, spoke to Mike Walter about the impact of COVID-19 on climate change in China. This video was first published onSource link . We are just re-posting and re-sharing. Y Not Freakin’ Recyclable Home climate emergency

On April 20, Brookings joined with the NDC Partnership to host a webinar with experts on climate plan implementation for a discussion about how recovering from the pandemic and investing in climate resiliency align. Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=BrookingsInstitution Follow Brookings on social media! Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/Brookings Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/BrookingsInst Instagram: http://www.Instagram.com/brookingsinst LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/com/company/the-brookings-institution This …

COVID-19 outbreak drives hospital emergency department numbers to record lows This video was first published onSource link . We are just re-posting and re-sharing. Y Not Freakin’ Recyclable Home climate emergency