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A series focused on explaining a wide range of sustainability issues in an accessible way.

Rainforest in Guyana

The issuance of carbon credits just to forestall logging in highly intact forests is being scrutinised, as large volumes of such HFLD credits are expected to hit the market. Experts fret that they over-represent actual emissions saved.

1 Feb 2023

mangrove Singapore

The world agreed to protect almost a third of nature areas on Earth at the COP15 biodiversity summit. But only 6 per cent of pristine Southeast Asia is currently conserved.

Hybrid Meat Cover Photo

News / Food & Agriculture

Explainer: What is hybrid meat?

Singapore will be home to the world's first hybrid meat innovation centre in 2023. But what is hybrid meat, and could it change the future of meat for good?

Global Shield Cover Picture

The G7 nations have launched a US$213 million initiative at COP27 to enable vulnerable countries in the Global South to better respond and recover from increasingly frequent and intense natural disasters without accruing excessive debt.

8 August 2022

Woman threshing wheat in Bakchur, India.

4 August 2022

Fish skeleton at Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand

24 May 2022

siargao devastation typhoon rai

3 February 2022

Hydrogen supply system at DLR Cologne

3 December 2021

Carbon emissions_gas

22 September 2021

Children gather by the seawall as strong waves brought by Typhoon Kammuri

3 August 2021

Nautilus deep-sea mining machines

18 June 2021

Alto Madre de Dios river,

2 June 2021

Aerial view RImba Raya

25 May 2021

Explainer: Who will foot the bill to protect nature?

14 May 2021

Is planting trees as good for the Earth as everyone says?

4 May 2021

explainer carbon brief cover

22 March 2021

solar panels singapore building

24 February 2021

How China could

23 February 2021

On Cape Barren Island, Australia, a vegetation fire started along the coast.

4 February 2021

Explainer: How China could offer ‘debt swaps’ to help developing nations tackle climate change

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