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Lara Williams

LARA WILLIAMS IS A SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR FOR BLOOMBERG OPINION. @LARARHIANNONW

Goodall's approach of giving names to the chimpanzees she was studying, rather than the academic method of assigning numbers to them, has helped the world see them as deeply intelligent, sentient beings with emotions and unique personalities.

Without Jane Goodall, chimps need new champions – us

The late primatologist and conservationist has helped the world to see chimpanzees as deeply intelligent, sentient beings to be protected

People cool off in a fountain in front of Berlin Cathedral on a hot summer day, as a heatwave hits Berlin, Germany.

What the EU stands to lose as the continent bakes

The pressure to dilute green ambitions stems from the rise of right-wing populist politicians across the bloc

There were a host of monumental achievements last year – from the closure of the UK’s last coal-powered electricity plant and the continued rapid growth of renewables to deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon (above) falling to a nine-year low in the 12 months to July 2024.

Here’s why I’m optimistic about climate financing

Carbon markets may have a slightly better year in 2025, as an agreement on a UN-backed carbon market has been finally reached...

The stump of a tree sits amid a clearing that was once forested land in the Kambui Hills Forest Reserve on September 25, 2024. Deforestation in Sierra Leone's Kambui Hills Forest Reserve threatens its rich biodiversity, as illegal logging, land clearing, and mining disrupt the delicate ecological balance. Conservation efforts are increasingly challenged by these unsustainable practices. (Photo by Amaury Falt-Brown / AFP)
THE BOTTOM LINE

Once our primary forests are gone, they’re gone forever

AT THE 2021 United Nations Climate Conference in Glasgow, 145 nations made a pledge to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation...

oil, olive oil, kitchen

Your olive oil might be unfit for human consumption

The more processed a food is, the easier it is to add adulterants or deliberately mislabel

Carbon removals seek to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and store it – ideally permanently underground or in the ocean.

The EU gives carbon traders what they want – more rules

New regulations should help establish benchmarks for offset credits

A local resident collects belongings from his destroyed house after a night missile strike in the town of Kramatorsk, in Donetsk region, on August 16, 2022, amid the Russian military invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine war six months on: Six takeaways

The world united in horror on Day One. Where are we now?

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