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Can Brazil follow China's lead on energy efficiency?Strong policies and financing have underpinned China’s push for industrial energy efficiency. Can the country set an example for other developing economies? -
Climate change could heighten risk of global food production ‘shocks’Climate change will heighten the risk of production shocks across the world’s biggest crop producers, a new study finds.
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Costa Rica coffee farmers brew up a carbon neutral futureCoffee makes up nearly 10 per cent of Costa Rica's total emissions, but a movement for carbon neutral food is now gaining momentum, as the nation is home to three zero-emission coffee companies and carbon neutral banana and pineapple firms. -
Can blockchain turn plastic waste into currency for the poor—and save our oceans?The Plastic Bank offers a secure and transparent way to monetise ocean-bound plastic with a dual mission of protecting the environment, and banking the unbanked in some of the world’s poorest regions.
Opinion
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Greener, greater cities– Efforts to green cities may overlook the fact that nature is the world's original infrastructure, and solutions like planting trees can help address the biggest challenges cities face, says The Nature Conservancy's Pascal Mittermaier. -
4 ways we can step up adaptation and protect vulnerable communities from climate change impactCarbon & Climate
4 ways we can step up adaptation and protect vulnerable communities from climate change impact
– The world's poorest will be hardest hit by climate change. What can be done to prepare them for the future? -
There’s an easy way for national governments to help cities act on climate change—give them dataCities
There’s an easy way for national governments to help cities act on climate change—give them data
– It's been said that you can't manage what you don't measure. Could an emission inventory, which identifies how much carbon is emitted and where from, be the tool that cities need to take action on climate change?
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How clean water transforms lives– Particularly for women, access to clean water creates education and economic opportunities.
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2016 was the deadliest year ever for environmental defenders– A Global Witness report has found that more than 200 people were killed for engaging in peaceful protest against corporate mining, logging, agribusiness and poaching activities last year. The trend is growing.
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Record number of people killed for protecting the environment– Brazil and the Philippines are the most dangerous countries for activists fighting mining, agribusiness and hydroelectric companies for their rights to land, forests, and rivers, a new report by Global Witness found.
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Medellin wins the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize– The second-largest city in Colombia has been recognised for its transformation from a city struggling with uncontrolled urban expansion and violence to one that is now held up as a model for sustainable urban innovation.
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