Colombian engineer Mariana Pérez is Planeta Sostenible's Environmental Person of the Week.

Madrid, June 19 (EFEverde) – is the #EnvironmentalPerson of the Week in the new edition of EFEverde's Sustainable Planet . Pérez, one of the ten finalists in the European Patent Office (EPO) Young Inventors Awards, has proposed an innovative system of air purifiers specifically designed for factories. Her technology seeks to reduce industrial pollution and, ultimately, improve air quality everywhere on the planet.

This week's environmental good news: Life Terra plants more than 1.5 million trees in Europe. The European initiative Life Terra, in which EFE participates through EFEverde, has planted more than 1.5 million trees, as part of its strategy to reconnect people with nature and combat the climate crisis through solutions based on ecological restoration.

EU Environment / Brussels will not maintain the directive against greenwashing "at any price." European Commission Vice President Teresa Ribera has warned that the EU could withdraw its proposal to combat greenwashing if changes in the negotiations substantially alter the original text. The so-called Green Claims Directive seeks to curb misleading sustainability claims on products and services.

ECOmprometidos Young people are more skeptical about climate change The Just Transition Observatory warns about the rise in skepticism among young people regarding the climate emergency, a phenomenon that puts social involvement in just ecological transition processes at risk.

David Baute receives the Ones EFEverde Award Director David Baute has been recognized with the Ones EFEverde Award for his documentary on climate refugees, a work that highlights the human impact of the global environmental crisis.

Among the featured authors of Green Opinion Makers is Máximo Torero Cullen, chief economist at the FAO, who warns that conservation is no longer enough and advocates regenerating agri-food systems to address the environmental, social, and economic challenges of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Biodiversity

• Fish barriers removed, improving salmon reproduction

• A disease threatens starfish in Florida

• Orcas scratch themselves with algae: possible use of tools

• A fungus linked to Tutankhamun could be key against cancer

• More than 500 bird species face extinction in the next century.

And also…

• The Sustainable Consumption Act aims to limit fossil fuel advertising.

• Uni Climática will focus its new edition on solutions to climate change.

• Indigenous women, key to the climate and human rights crisis

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