The ministers conducted deliberations during a two-day meeting in the eastern German city of Potsdam. Also in attendance were ministers from Brazil, China, India, Mexico and Southย Africa.
Germanyโs environment minister said 150 species were lost to extinction every day, and that loss of plant and animal species was an economic disaster fuelling poverty in manyย areas.
The Stern report estimated that climate change could cost between 5% and 20% of annual gross domesticย product.
Indra Andan, founder of The Alternative Global, says new forms of masculinity are emerging to challenge the patriarchal models at the root of the ecological crisis.
Farageโs party has shown over the last year that it will attempt to block and reverse clean energy initiatives in its new councils.
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The Alberta premier gave a biblical justification for oil expansion at a Christian conference featuring Conservative MPs and provincial cabinet ministers.
