ROME - With many nations having banned mass gatherings to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus, green activists are marking the 50th anniversary ofChallenge 2020 is a mobile phone app that allows users to take photos and upload them to provide local data on key environmental issues, from air quality to plastic pollution.
Creators of the app hope in coming months it can be expanded to help contributors report on insect populations and verify satellite data on what crops are being grown around the world, to better fight hunger. The lockdown is also an opportunity for people with unexpected time on their hands to dig into the often overdue task of making their finances climate-smart, said Sophie Cowen, media coordinator at
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