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Inclusion of a chimpanzee in the country’s new passport triggers discussion about the state of wildlife conservation.

Exclusive EXCLUSIVE: This revision – which comes as banks face increasing scrutiny over their fossil fuel decarbonisation targets – will better reflect the UK lender's progress in reducing financed emissions, as the long-used revenue-based carbon intensity model “can be very misleading,” StanChart's chief sustainability officer Marisa Drew told Eco-Business.

The role and remit of the industry’s leading certification body were the focus of the first in-person meeting since 2019.

A smartphone-operated spectrometer has been developed to detect changes in blood caused by malaria.

By Samantha Ho

By Josh Gabbatiss

Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Oil and gas fields located in Tarim Basin in central Xinjiang, China.

Volatility in oil and gas markets has been devastating for middle-income energy exporters, which produce nearly half of the world’s oil and gas. As the world shifts to renewables, these countries must adopt strategies to ensure that the transition does not harm workers and communities. By Carlos Lopes

Six decades after the Green Revolution began, the rise of robotics and artificial intelligence may usher in another agricultural transformation. By enabling farmers to grow more while using fewer resources and generating less waste, these tools could make food production cheaper and more sustainable. By Maximo Torero

While the world made some progress in 2022 to address climate change and protect nature, much remains to be done to overcome entrenched interests. By May Boeve

Green hydrogen is being hailed as the top fossil fuel substitute. To avoid greenwashing, Western policymakers must work with leaders in the Global South to create an economically viable sector with strong environmental and social standards. By Jörg Haas

By Hippolyte Fofack

By Landry Ninteretse

By Damilola Ogunbiyi and Kate Brandt

By Andrew Steer, Kelly Levin

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Dr Jane Goodall, known for her pioneering study of chimpanzees nearly 60 years ago in Tanzania, continues her work to conserve nature in Africa by joining an expedition to protect the continent’s highest peak.

A freezer running on electricity generated by an off-grid solar system

EB Studio In line with the Sustainable Development Goals' aim to eradicate poverty, a Japanese multinational electronics firm is providing power supply stations, solar storage and products to countries with little or no access to electricity.

Yolk Station, a South Korean solar energy company, has installed a renewable energy solution in a remote Kenyan town that can also tackle the problem of child labour.

Particularly for women, access to clean water creates education and economic opportunities.

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Green School students visit a school in Bali, Indonesia

Most schools only teach the science of climate change. Green School gives the skills needed to live in a warming world. Eco-Business asked Green School's Leslie Medema how to be real with children about climate change without scaring them.

The clean energy sector’s poor human rights performance places its legitimacy at risk. Jessie Cato of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre sheds light on how the industry can avoid labour abuse, land grabs and other violations.

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