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He was drawing from a buzz phrase made popular by the Chinese, which means doing the bare minimum to get by. Avoid complacency but don’t adopt "catastrophic thinking", says Tharman Shanmugaratnam at the Ecosperity sustainability conference.
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Recipes for sustainable food systems
The measurement of recipes' biodiversity footprints, such as chickpea curry's positive impact compared to the significant greenhouse gas emissions from dairy, meat and shrimp farming, promotes sustainability.
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How can fashion’s net-zero future be paid for fairly?
Big brands must pay their share of green investments to shrink the industry's carbon footprint, Global South garment makers say.
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