155 businesses, representing five million employees and a combined market capitalization of over $2 trillion USD, are urging governments around the world to develop economic recovery policies responding to COVID-19 that also advance climate goals over the short- and long-terms.
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New Text For Humanity switchboard allows you to send kind messages to frontline workers
A new digital switchboard service, Text for Humankind, allows anyone in the world to send free messages of support to frontline healthcare workers and people in isolation amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, the service has already facilitated over 80,000 messages across 85 countries.
Slovenia becomes first European country to declare end of COVID-19 epidemic
The Slovenian National Institute for Public Health has now reported only 35 cases and zero deaths in the last 14 days and believes the reproductive rate of the virus is now below one.
International poll shows 71% of people are as concerned about climate as they are about COVID-19
65% of the 28,000 people across 29 nations surveyed want a green economic recovery from COVID-19. This proportion of citizens is particularly high in India, China, and Mexico where where 80% favor such a plan.
Renewables generate more than coal in the U.S. for a record 40 straight days
April 2020 was also the first month ever when renewables beat out coal altogether in the U.S.
Pakistan to hire more than 60,000 workers for 10 Billion Tree Tsunami program
The ambitious five-year tree-planting program was launched in 2018 to combat climate change. The new jobs also provide much-needed economic stimulus amid the country’s COVID-19 lockdown.
Oxford University begins human trials of COVID-19 vaccine
The team’s lead Professor Sarah Gilbert has given it an 80% change of being effective and suggested it could be available for widespread use as soon as September.