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- 1ASU play on consumption and climate heads to UNESCO summit▼ASU play about consumption, climate change and progress heads to UNESCO climate summit
An Arizona State University theatre production exploring consumption, climate change and the idea of progress has been selected to appear at a UNESCO climate summit. The play brings an artistic perspective to climate debates, using performance to examine how everyday consumption habits connect to environmental crisis and what progress means in a warming world.
- 2IUCN and Monaco highlight circular economy takeaways●Nature by Design: Key messages from the IUCN-Monaco event on circular economy
The International Union for Conservation of Nature, together with Monaco, held an event titled Nature by Design focused on the circular economy, publishing its key messages. The discussion centred on how nature-based solutions and circular economic models can reduce waste and pressure on ecosystems, with participants urged to embed these approaches in policy and business practice.
- 3South Africa proposes exchangeable pitches to handle busier cricket calendar●South Africa's answer to heavier cricket calendar: the exchangeable pitch
Cricket South Africa is backing the idea of an exchangeable pitch — a removable, replaceable playing surface that could be swapped in quickly — as a way to cope with an increasingly crowded international and franchise schedule. The concept would let venues host more matches with less recovery time for the square, and is being discussed as a possible innovation for the sport's fixture congestion problem.