They’re the major fashion brands behind a big climate change con
As it stands, fashion accounts for 10% of the world’s carbon emissions, making it the second-most polluting industry.
But now brands are using a loophole to actually increase emissions without consumers knowing.
Over the past two decades, many major brands have signed up to a scheme called the Carbon Disclosure Project.
This is an independent body awarding different grades based on the organisation’s individual environmental performance.
But a new investigation by the Guardian reveals some of the biggest fashion brands including H&M and Nike are claiming a decrease in carbon emissions, despite their actual emissions increasing.
The companies report their gross global emissions by calculating them against their total revenue.
As long as their emissions increase less than their annual revenue increases, the Carbon Disclosure Project will score a decrease.
Climate change linked to severe weather events in Southern Africa
It’s believed climate change is responsible for a series of heavy storms that battered parts of southern Africa earlier in 2022.
According to researchers, the damage caused by these extreme weather events was also greater because of global warming.
The region was slammed by three cyclones and two tropical storms in the space of just six weeks.
230 people lost their lives and one million others were impacted by the extreme rainfall.
In January, storm Ana caused widespread and devastating damage from Madagascar to Mozambique.
But, a lack of data makes linking the frequency of the storms to climate change difficult.
TikTok users could soon find that the popular social media service is either under new ownership or could be outright banned in the United States.
President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that requires TikTok to find a new owner—or face a ban in the United States.
Over the past several months, Washington D.C. has been under pressure to ban the popular Chinese-owned social media app.
Lawmakers and security experts have long raised concerns that the Chinese government could tap TikTok’s trove of personal data about millions of U.S. users.
TikTok’s CEO said the bill is disappointing and reiterated that the company has committed to challenge it.
David Zhang from China Insider. joins Veronica Dudo to discuss
Threads, the social media platform owned by Meta, is gaining traction with a surge in daily active users, outpacing X in the U.S.
With Threads averaging 28 million daily active users compared to X’s 22 million, Meta’s ambitions to reach a billion users seem within reach despite a slowdown in growth. While X still boasts 550 million monthly active users globally, Threads’ focus on user experience and avoidance of real-time and political content could position it as a formidable competitor moving forward.
This weekend’s entertainment lineup has something for everyone.
Apple TV+ brings “Sugar,” a drama set in New York City, while “Civil War” offers historical intensity.
“Challengers” with Zendaya brings a saucy sport drama to life, and superhero buffs can catch the trailer for “Deadpool and Wolverine” for action-packed fun.
With options spanning drama, history, reality, and superheroes, there’s excitement in store for all this weekend.