COP 30 has prompted the usual rush of project launches and report publications. This one jumped out though, and not just for the late 90s textspeak vibes of its name: Adapt2Win is a campaign for climate adaptation fronted by a host of global sports persons, including Arsenal’s Beth Mead. Having grumbled just this week that adaptation is still a sideshow in climate conversations, it’s good to see a higher profile campaign around it.
Norway has opened its first national plastic recycling centre. This single high-tech facility can sort plastic packaging into ten different kinds of recycling, and will process 80% of the country’s waste plastic.
The Environment Agency and Cornwall Council have collaborated with Minecraft to create Coastcraft, a curriculum-integrated game that recreates processes of coastal erosion and challenges users to fix them.
Whether or not his cakes are exceedingly good is a matter of debate, but I was pleased to see that the Mr Kipling bakery will soon be solar powered, thanks to a £2.1 million solar farm near it’s site outside Barnsley.
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