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Film captures global citizens innovating for a greener tomorrow

...thought, a strategy that could be more effective could be to tell another story of the future - to try to show solutions, to try to arouse the creativity and enthusiasm of people," he told the Thomson...

24 Apr 2017

Film captures global citizens innovating for a greener tomorrow

Sophia the robot unveiled as the UNDP's Innovation Champion at the Responsible Business Forum in Singapore, 2017

News / Policy & Finance

What does a lipstick-wearing robot mean for the SDGs?

...tainability council, pointed out that there is a $3 trillion financing gap in Southeast Asia sustainably. A recent report by DBS and the United Nations Environment Inquiry stated that investment in t...

24 Nov 2017

What does a lipstick-wearing robot mean for the SDGs?

News / Water

6 water-saving innovations to celebrate this World Water Day

...teful use of water. The United Nations Water agency (UN Water) estimates that more than 80 per cent of the wastewater generated by society flows back into the ecosystem without being treated or reused...

22 Mar 2017

6 water-saving innovations to celebrate this World Water Day

News / Policy & Finance

HSBC accused of breaking EU sanctions rules by co-financing Vietnam coal plant

...te that we do not think it is the right thing, from a social or economic perspective, to withdraw. “What we want to do is work with clients to make sure that, when they build new plants, they are the...

22 Nov 2017

HSBC accused of breaking EU sanctions rules by co-financing Vietnam coal plant

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change and Islamic State seen as world's major threats - survey

...thor of the report, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "They worry about it personally, about the toll on their own personal lives, and they're also concerned about it generally for their own countr...

10 Aug 2017

Climate change and Islamic State seen as world's major threats - survey

News / Policy & Finance

Myanmar road corridors threaten land and livelihoods

...ted by this infrastructure project—and negatively affected if it is not carried out in a way where you are taking into account the potential impacts on areas that help provide clean water, protection ...

13 Feb 2018

Myanmar road corridors threaten land and livelihoods

Former US Vice President Al Gore returns to the big screen in An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

Opinion / Lifestyle

Review: Is An Inconvenient Sequel the wake-up call we all need?

...t story But despite the strengths of An Inconvenient Truth, it often feels like its filmmakers have chosen to go with the story that was easiest to tell rather than embrace the intricacies of the dyn...

23 Aug 2017

Review: Is An Inconvenient Sequel the wake-up call we all need?

News / Policy & Finance

Can the UN Habitat summit help the world's swelling ranks of urban poor?

...to be attracted to these sorts of projects as they don't resonate with taxpayers back home, said Aerni, now director of the Center for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability at the University of ...

17 Oct 2016

Can the UN Habitat summit help the world's swelling ranks of urban poor?

Solar panel owned by resident in Pakistan

News / Energy

In power-short Pakistan, switch to solar power hit by rumours

...told him that the dark-coloured solar panels, built to absorb the sun's rays and convert them to electricity, would increase the ambient heat in the buildings they were attached to, pushing the temper...

14 Jul 2017

In power-short Pakistan, switch to solar power hit by rumours

Opinion / Lifestyle

Sustainable shopping: your guilt-free guide to flowers this Valentine's Day

...tist, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasmania and Fiona Kerslake is Research Fellow in viticulture and fermentation at the University of Tasmania. This article was ori...

9 Feb 2018

Sustainable shopping: your guilt-free guide to flowers this Valentine's Day

Opinion / Policy & Finance

To resist the robots, invest in people

...training opportunities. Retraining is particularly important, because automation will create entirely new industries and occupations. The McKinsey Global Institute estimates that automation could boo...

9 Jan 2018

To resist the robots, invest in people

Videos / Manufacturing

Here's a way to re-use paper over and over again

...t until now required customers to purchase two additional devices to make erasable print-outs. But the recently launched model for the first time integrates the erasable toner technology into a standa...

23 Jun 2017

Here's a way to re-use paper over and over again

News / Transport

Rainbow solar UAV to make maiden flight soon

...there was no established template to follow. Shi said that a higher lift-to-drag ratio, to optimise the drone's aerodynamic layout, was essential, and this was something the CAAA had built its reputat...

6 Mar 2017

Rainbow solar UAV to make maiden flight soon

News / Policy & Finance

Climate change offers huge investment opportunity - experts

...t we know that the most cost-effective way of getting investments in the right direction... is to put a price on carbon." “ Quite apart from what you think about climate change, there are opportuniti...

3 May 2017

Climate change offers huge investment opportunity - experts

Ramon Grimaldo of Tanggol Kalikasan reiterates the harmful effects that coal plants pose on the environment, particularly to the ocean and the creatures living in it.

News / Energy

How a small parish is leading the fight against coal in the Philippines

...t the Atimonan project are "given high priority," citing "a participatory process that involves community-based scoping and consultations to educate the public." "At the same time, there are stringent...

13 Jul 2018

How a small parish is leading the fight against coal in the Philippines

Opinion / Energy

7 climate change myths that big oil continues to perpetuate

...tal protection—yet they continue to be perpetuated to the detriment of our planet. Myth 1: Climate change can be solved with the same thinking that created it Measures put in place now to address clim...

23 Feb 2018

7 climate change myths that big oil continues to perpetuate

News / Energy

Local NGOs push Singapore banks on coal: Stop using our money to fuel climate change

...ted in the letter that financing new coal-fired power plants undermines the city-state's commitments to the Paris Agreement on climate change in a year the city-state has dedicated to climate action. ...

12 Jul 2018

Local NGOs push Singapore banks on coal: Stop using our money to fuel climate change

Wiebe Wakker is traveling from the Netherlands to Australia in an electric car, without any money. Image: Wiebe Wakker

News / Transport

Around the world in an electric car

...t tyre, then the bushings on the lower arms went. The car was undrivable, and had to transported to the next city on a truck. But we didn’t have the tools to load the car onto the truck, and it took t...

4 Oct 2017

Around the world in an electric car

News / Carbon & Climate

As wild weather worsens, Philippines migration takes on a female face

...tly work abroad, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. But in the last few years, the gender balance has shifted, with about 55 per cent of overseas workers now women, its data shows. That...

4 Apr 2018

As wild weather worsens, Philippines migration takes on a female face

News / Transport

'Kingdom of Bicycles' embraces car sharing

...ted to turn a profit after two or three years when the overall environment improves. He said: "At that time, producing new energy cars and the operation will cost less than today. And the government m...

9 Mar 2017

'Kingdom of Bicycles' embraces car sharing

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