Day 1,276: remit

But most still regard biodiversity as a nice-to-have luxury that is far beyond their remit.

Why climate change is intimately tied to biodiversity

Artwork of the day 
Muliere peccatrici remittuntur peccata multa
Salvador Dali
Date: 1964 - 1967
Style: Expressionism, Symbolism
Period: Classic Period (1941-1989)
Series: The Biblia Sacra
Genre: religious painting
Media: gouache

Word of the day 
remit: to reduce a period of time that someone must spend in prison

Quote of the day
“In the midst of the affliction He counsels, strengthens confirms, nourishes, and favors us.... More over, when we have repented, He instantly remits the sins as well as the punishments. In the same manner parents ought to handle their children.”
― Martin Luther