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This Week In Climate Change \u2013 What You Need To Know<\/b><\/p>\n

You\u2019re busy, we get it. Here\u2019s everything essential that you may have missed from the last week\u2019s environmental news.<\/p>\n

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1. Co-Op and Iceland back bottle deposit schemes\u00a0<\/h4>\n

The two supermarkets were the first in the UK to come out in favour of a mandatory bottle deposit return scheme [DRS], after responding to a survey carried out by Greenpeace.<\/p>\n

This comes in the wake of the government seeking\u00a0industry views<\/a> on implementing such an idea.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis cannot carry on\u2026 deposit return schemes work. In Norway theirs has led to 96% of all bottles being returned, with similar results in other countries that have adopted a DRS. Britain urgently needs to do the same,\u201d\u00a0Richard Walker, director of sustainability for Iceland, told the Guardian.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2. Research has found that oceans failing to absorb heat will lead to drastic global temperature increases<\/h4>\n

Research carried out by the experts behind documentary \u2018Chasing Coral\u2019 have warned that if our oceans become unable to absorb heat from polluting greenhouse gases, the average temperature on land could rise as high as 50\u00b0C.<\/p>\n

Read more here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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3. The Mayor of London has a plan to cut down plastic bottle waste<\/h4>\n

Sadiq Khan has confirmed plans to roll out new water fountains and bottle-refill stations across London. The move should help to cut down on the volume of plastic bottles bought in the capital every day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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4. The UN is in talks about a \u2018zero tolerance\u2019 treaty to halt plastic pollution\u00a0<\/h4>\n

Due to the threat posed by the plastic pollution of the oceans, experts are encouraging a global treaty that bans plastics flooding into the sea from the land. This is due to be discussed at a UN environmental summit.<\/p>\n

Read more here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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5. Thirty-one per cent of Republican voters believe that humans are to blame for climate change<\/h4>\n

According to a new eight year study<\/a> looking into the opinions of people who identify with the USA\u2019s two major political parties, a relatively low amount of Republican voters believe that human activity is responsible for the rise in global temperatures.<\/p>\n

Eighty-two per cent of Democrats, on the other hand, reckon that human activity is primarily to blame.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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