Hardly a day goes by where climate and environment issues are not among the major news headlines.
For example, we recently watched in disbelief as parts of the Amazonian rainforest burned out of control, largely due to a dramatic increase in deforestation. About 17% of the rainforest has been destroyed over the past 50 years, and losses are on the rise. What the United Nations climate change report means for investors However, this trend is not limited to Brazil, with forests all over the globe disappearing at an alarming rate. Between 1990 and 2016, the world lost 1.3 million square kilometres of forest - an area larger than South Africa. If society wants to ensure our planet's f...
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