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In the News
Geography in the News: COP27 to be sponsored by Coca-Cola
Plastics campaigners call it ‘astounding’ that one of the world's top polluters is sponsoring such a key climate meeting. Which asks the question - is this just a case of 'greenwashing'?
Geography in the News: Climate change: World aviation agrees 'aspirational' net zero plan
The world has finally agreed on a long-term plan to curb carbon emissions from flying. At a meeting in Montreal, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), pledged to support an...
Geography News Quiz: 7th October 2022
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
Four women have been selected to run the world's most remote post office and count penguins in Port Lockroy, Antarctica, after beating more than 6000 applicants to the post.
Is it Doom and Gloom, or Time to Act for Conservation?
You might be forgiven for thinking conservation is a doomed enterprise, in the twenty-first century. But recent science provides us with fresh hope and as a geography teacher, teaching about...
Around the world, an estimated 92 million tonnes of textiles waste is created each year, and this figure is set to rise to more than 134 million tonnes by 2030, if clothing production continues...
Geography News Quiz: 30th September 2022
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
Geography in the News: Ebola Cases Surge in Uganda
We all remember the devastation of the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa - the death toll and the impact on overall development as it ripped through Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, killing...
Geography in the News: Nigerian Boko Haram crisis
Nigeria is a country of contrasts - largest and fastest growing economy in Africa, but most of the wealth is concentrated in the South - in the north of the country economic growth is far less...
Geography News Quiz: 23rd September 2022
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
Geography in the News: 'Green Gentrification' Could Force Out Poorer Communities
Rewilding sounds like a good thing, but urban nature restoration projects must be handled carefully to avoid pricing out locals, the Zoological Society of London warn.
Making A Meal Of Single-use Plastic
Cognitive dissonance is a wonderful thing when it comes to the environment, isn’t it? When the David Attenborough's Blue Planet II pointed a camera at ocean plastic pollution in 2017, it was a...
Geography News Quiz: 16th September 2022
We're back for the start of a new term! Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
Geography in the News: Eating insects can be good for the planet – Europeans should eat more of them
Insects are a nutritious food source that can be produced more sustainably than conventional livestock. While eating insects is common in many world regions, in western cultures it is more likely...
Geography in the News: Rare ‘triple dip’ La Niña declared
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has announced that the weather phenomenon La Niña has formed for the third consecutive year in the Pacific. This is only the third time since records...
Podcast Recommendation: 39 Ways to Save the Planet (BBC Sounds)
Year 12s and 13s looking to find out more about practical strategies to address climate change and its impacts might be interested in BBC Radio 4’s 39 Ways to Save the Planet.
Geography in the News: Three ways climate change is making adventure tourism riskier
Climate change is making adventure tourism more challenging and sometimes riskier, according to travel industry bodies, tour operators.
Geography in the News: Europe's warm summer shatters records
This summer was the hottest on record in Europe, according to data from EU satellite monitoring.
Geography in the News: UN sees life expectancy, education and income fall
Decades of progress in terms of life expectancy, education and economic prosperity have begun unravelling since the pandemic, a new UN report says.
Geography in the News: New malaria vaccine is world-changing
A malaria vaccine with "world-changing" potential has been developed by scientists at the University of Oxford.