Alok Sharma takes on COP26 full-time, Great Britain hits new wind power record, Kerala's 'tree mortgage' scheme, and more...

National\International News In brief (Jan 2021):

• Alok Sharma takes on COP26 Presidency full-time

  https://bbc.in/3q4RSP2
   

• Storm Bella helps Great Britain set new record for wind power generation on boxing day 2020 - wind provided 50.7% of Great Britain’s electricity

  https://bit.ly/3si32BW
   

• State sponsored 'tree mortgage' scheme in Kerala reduce risk of deforestation

  https://bit.ly/2LpBbiO 
   

• Apple will modify executive bonuses based on whether the executives act within the company’s social and environmental values in 2021.

  https://reut.rs/3oC5Nf9
   

• Scientists experiment with artificial and induced snowfall in effort to slow glacial retreat

  https://bit.ly/3bsvNWC