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News / Carbon & Climate

Food shortages due to climate change could fuel violence, unrest - research

...that won't just put the coasts under water, but as something that could cause food riots in some parts of the world," said study co-author Bear Braumoeller from The Ohio State University. The last tim...

16 Jun 2017

Food shortages due to climate change could fuel violence, unrest - research

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Victory against climate change is within reach

...titute (RMI) shows that both outcomes are possible, and that, together, the impact can “positively” disrupt the trajectory of climate change. According to our analysis, there are pathways for the futu...

6 Oct 2017

Victory against climate change is within reach

News / Food & Agriculture

The fight over meatless meat is starting to bite

...t sector, clean meat is not something that sits comfortably on the palate. But there also appears to be little agreement on how best to respond to the phenomenon. The US Cattleman’s Association petiti...

16 May 2018

The fight over meatless meat is starting to bite

Press Releases / 3M Singapore

3M Named 2017 World’s Most Ethical Company®

...t at: http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/businessconduct/bcmain/ The full list of the 2017 World’s Most Ethical Companies can be found at: http://worldsmostethicalcompanies.ethisphere....

21 Mar 2017

3M Named 2017 World’s Most Ethical Company®

News / Waste

Southeast Asian plastic recyclers hope to clean up after China ban

...the worst-hit exporters of plastic waste are based in the United States and Britain - leaving those two countries scrambling to find alternative places to take their rubbish. "The industry was not pre...

17 Jan 2018

Southeast Asian plastic recyclers hope to clean up after China ban

Press Releases / Empowered by Light

Solar energy empowers villagers and saves wildlife in Nepal

...to stay in touch with park authorities and power spotlights that help protect them at night. On a previous visit, Empowered by Light also helped install solar power at tourist towers that allow visit...

8 Jun 2017

Solar energy empowers villagers and saves wildlife in Nepal

News / Manufacturing

Is your T-shirt clean of slavery? Science may soon be able to tell

...to ascertain the true identity of a natural commodity was to use the DNA that nature gave that commodity or to mark it with a manufactured DNA. This could allow the cotton to be traced to where it was...

30 Nov 2016

Is your T-shirt clean of slavery? Science may soon be able to tell

News / Energy

Australian firm looks to bring cheap, green energy to the poor

...t that within the next five to ten years, Carnegie will deliver some of the largest micro-grids and utility scale batteries ever developed in Australia and replicate these types of projects throughout...

6 Jul 2017

Australian firm looks to bring cheap, green energy to the poor

Texas National Guard soldiers arrive in Houston to aid with relief efforts after Hurricane Harvey battered the Texas city

Opinion / Cities

Amid tragedy, an opportunity for smart recovery

...t's clear that those least able to withstand climate impacts have the highest risk of exposure to them. The full impact of an extreme weather event like a hurricane is not just about the strength of t...

21 Sep 2017

Amid tragedy, an opportunity for smart recovery

Former United Nations Environment Programme executive director Achim Steiner is now running Oxford Martin School.

News / Policy & Finance

Sustainability is the forgotten half of globalisation, says Achim Steiner

...think that the private sector will step in where government has stepped back on sustainable development? There is always room to step up to the plate, but one must be careful with the assumption that ...

2 Mar 2017

Sustainability is the forgotten half of globalisation, says Achim Steiner

Barack Obama on lessening climate impacts of food production

News / Food & Agriculture

Climate change talks should focus on food despite resistance - Obama

...ther the United States will stay in or leave the accord until after a G7 summit of wealthy countries this weekend. This story was published with permission from Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charita...

30 May 2017

Climate change talks should focus on food despite resistance - Obama

Commuters exit the gates of a BTS Skytrain station in Bangkok, Thailand.

Opinion / Cities

Reducing risks in urban centres: think 'local, local, local'

...te statistics for nations' urban populations that show (for instance) high infant, child and maternal mortality rates. The dangers particularly affect low-income populations living in informal settlem...

8 May 2017

Reducing risks in urban centres: think 'local, local, local'

News / Corporate Responsibility

Confidence in UN's global goals faltering amid slow progress - survey

...terest .. (but) I think we all collectively have to be disappointed and tell governments that actually you worked on this together, it took you two years to arrive at these goals and get with the prog...

19 Sep 2017

Confidence in UN's global goals faltering amid slow progress - survey

News / Manufacturing

Redesigning fashion, for good

The fashion industry is no stranger to controversy for its polluting and exploitative practices, but a new initiative wants to change the industry so that it will create “more good” instead of simply ...

19 Apr 2017

Redesigning fashion, for good

News / Energy

Double-duty device aims to generate electricity from sunlight while reducing nitrous oxide pollution

...t the base for collecting air and absorbing sunlight, a tall hollow tower to control the release of clean air, and turbines that generate electricity. Courtesy de Richter, R., Ming, T., et al. “Remov...

13 Mar 2017

Double-duty device aims to generate electricity from sunlight while reducing nitrous oxide pollution

News / Manufacturing

Can going green help pick the slavery out of cotton?

...the cotton supply chain remained tainted despite initiatives to clean it up. "There are improvements little by little and the most where brands get involved in production as they don't want to be link...

14 Feb 2017

Can going green help pick the slavery out of cotton?

Models on a catwalk New York Fashion Week 2007

Opinion / Lifestyle

What we know—and need to know—about sustainable fashion

...tant, we don’t have credible ways to measure their benefits. On their own, they probably are not enough to solve the industry’s sustainability problems—they’re either too niche, or can’t compensate fo...

14 Sep 2017

What we know—and need to know—about sustainable fashion

Singapore Central Business District with joggers

News / Energy

Smart fabric creates renewable energy

...test take on the idea of smart clothes: a fabric that manages its own energy needs. Just the thing for that run in the sun, a T-shirt that harvests the energy from solar radiation, while at the same t...

15 Nov 2016

Smart fabric creates renewable energy

News / Carbon & Climate

Fighting climate change in a Trump era

...to be able to contest the multinational giant. Urging others in the audience to support activist efforts against fossil fuel, Johnson noted that Adani's mine would "completely and utterly devastate" t...

14 Nov 2016

Fighting climate change in a Trump era

Press Releases / LBCG

Denmark has the world's lowest level of leakage - learn how and why

...the 26th September. It's built a prestige over the past few years to become the world's leading water leakage summit. This year doesn't fall short of greatness, as it features a global speaker facult...

7 Sep 2016

Denmark has the world's lowest level of leakage - learn how and why

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