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The airline Emirates announced the “historic” flight of a Boeing 777 with sustainable fuel, amid the attempt by the largest company in the sector in the Middle East to reduce its consumption by half. This and other themes were highlights of the environmental agenda of the Curto News this week. Check out our 'Curto Green'! 🌱

➡️ Germany announced more than R$1 billion for environmental actions in Brazil. After meeting with Marina Silva, Germany's Cooperation Minister, Svenja Schulzea, said that her country is ready to “contribute” to protecting the Amazon and plans new financial aid for Brazil.

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➡️ Two hours! This is the time needed to be exposed to common levels of traffic pollution for a decrease in the functional connectivity of the human brain to occur.. That's what a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria found.

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Two hours! This is the time needed to be exposed to traffic pollution for a decrease in the functional connectivity of the brain to occur. 🧠

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➡️ Artificial Intelligence (AI) predicts Earth is on track to exceed 1,5°C warming in the next decade.

➡️ The federal government adopted a series of emergency measures to rescue the Yanomami territory; among them is the defense of airspace, with the creation of an Air Defense Identification Zone (Zida) under the control of the Air Force.

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➡️ Every 40 days, a language dies. If it's already bad, it's going to get worse, because this loss is being accentuated by the climate crisis, according to linguists. If nothing is done, estimates suggest that half of all 7 languages ​​spoken today will be extinct by the end of the century.. 😨

➡️ For the first time, wind and solar energy surpassed gas in the European Union (EU) in 2022.

➡️ Electric vehicles represented 12,1% of new car sales in the European Union (EU) in 2022, a record level in the bloc, which from 2035 will ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars. The Italian market was the only one that recorded a drop in sales, of 26,9%. 🚘

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➡️ “Veganuary”, a meat-free diet challenge, has record participation. 🐄

➡️ A study carried out by researchers at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC) points out that a very important plant in the Caatinga will go extinct due to the effects of global climate change.

➡️ A journalistic investigation carried out in partnership between Amazônia Real and Repórter Brasil went after those who get rich from mining in the Yanomami indigenous lands, in the Amazon. Based on investigations by the Federal Police and the Federal Public Ministry, it was possible to map that illegal gold was sold by middlemen to financial institutions accused of environmental damage in the Amazon and gold laundering in Pará.

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