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What poverty looks like on your plateAn average human adult makes an average of 35,000 decisions a day. For those at the bottom of the pyramid, these decisions are a matter of life and death. Eco-Business speaks to Lin Huiyi, the economist-artist behind the award-winning The Poverty Line project, about what survival means to people living on the bare minimum. -
No end in sight for deforestation, as national goals and funding fall shortCountries have invested just 0.5% and 5% of the estimated US$460 billion per year needed to conserve, manage and revive the planet's forests since 2010, according to a new report.
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US$11 million per minute in fossil subsidies ‘add fuel to the fire’, IMF study showsCarbon & Climate
US$11 million per minute in fossil subsidies ‘add fuel to the fire’, IMF study shows
Pricing fossil fuel prices to reflect their fully-loaded cost would be enough on its own to reduce global carbon dioxide emissions by more than one-third, the analysts concluded. -
Is Asia's fossil gas push a bridge to nowhere?Realising it’s now or never, the global gas industry is making a determined push to develop infrastructure across Asia as climate targets tighten and renewables become more competitive.
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Methane in the spotlight– In the context of climate change, initiatives towards reducing methane emissions have often been side-lined, so why is it that methane is now taking the centre stage? -
Cheap oil is a trap– Low prices are a huge threat to efforts to shift the world's energy supply to a greener path and curb climate change. -
Covid-19 has made HR the most important job in sustainability– Four in five of the world’s workforce is on lockdown due to Covid-19, with no end in sight. The post-pandemic world order needs one familiar function to tie social sustainability together – human resources.
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