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Sri Lanka struggles to adapt as disasters become a new "normal"

...the Department of Meteorology, is that disasters usually lead to a flurry of government activity that then peters out as the disaster situation eases. The cycle then begins again with the next disaste...

21 Jul 2017

Sri Lanka struggles to adapt as disasters become a new "normal"

News / Food & Agriculture

Fashion industry coalition aims for 30 per cent sustainable cotton from 2020

...try initiative launched last week aims to make sustainable cotton a clothing industry staple. The coalition, called Cotton 2040, brings together existing sustainable cotton initiatives, industry stake...

22 May 2017

Fashion industry coalition aims for 30 per cent sustainable cotton from 2020

News / Policy & Finance

UN science report to guide countries on the SDGs

...tre for Environmental Policy at the Finnish Environment Institute and one of the scientists elected to the group behind the report. That independence is important ‒ as is simply having a report that r...

7 Sep 2017

UN science report to guide countries on the SDGs

News / Manufacturing

Indian apparel makers try on ethical supply chains for size

...tton. Tens of thousands of indebted cotton farmers in the western state of Maharashtra have killed themselves in the past two decades. Happy surprise It was the plight of these farmers that drove Apur...

8 Aug 2016

Indian apparel makers try on ethical supply chains for size

Press Releases / Spintelligent

African Utility Week to showcase community scale power projects in May

...te visits: 19 May 2016 Location: CTICC, Cape Town, South Africa Websites: http://www.african-utility-week.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AfricaUtilities Linkedin: African Power Forum Contact: Se...

24 Jan 2017

African Utility Week to showcase community scale power projects in May

News / Transport

Major road developments threaten Sumatra’s last great rainforests

...to build roads in the districts around Kerinci Seblat. “[T]he districts, now relatively independent from the central government, increasingly began to question the contribution of the park to district...

10 Aug 2017

Major road developments threaten Sumatra’s last great rainforests

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Don’t blame climate change for the Hurricane Harvey disaster—blame society

...tated coastal settlements, after which the storm stalled, dumping immense rainfall over Houston. At the time of writing, the confirmed death toll had just reached 14 and there are expectations that th...

4 Sep 2017

Don’t blame climate change for the Hurricane Harvey disaster—blame society

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Why calling for a new climate deal isn't such a bad idea

...tions to adapt to climate change. “ What drove the drafters to imagine that the climate treaty would receive the attention it deserves with no enforcement mechanisms? The anticipation was that throu...

16 Jun 2017

Why calling for a new climate deal isn't such a bad idea

News / Carbon & Climate

Zombies out, cool tech in: Climate comics sketch new vision of warmer world

...ter cities to spaceships big enough to tow the earth a bit further from the sun. In each case, researchers and students together looked at the science behind the ideas, and then tried to determine whi...

7 Jul 2016

Zombies out, cool tech in: Climate comics sketch new vision of warmer world

News / Food & Agriculture

A growing problem, child malnutrition costs Philippines $7bn in a year

...that the combined losses, calculated with data from 2013, are more than triple the cost of damage inflicted by 15 natural disasters that hit the Southeast Asian country last year. "Stunting costs are ...

31 Aug 2016

A growing problem, child malnutrition costs Philippines $7bn in a year

Press Releases / 350.org

350.org on WMO confirming 2016 hottest year on record

...t that climate change is striking harder and faster than many scientists predicted, and that its impacts are taking a higher toll on the most vulnerable communities. As important as marking that the ...

19 Jan 2017

350.org on WMO confirming 2016 hottest year on record

Press Releases / Genie Recycling

Genie recycling provides advice on how to recycle clothes

...that the benefit is that the clothes will be reused, but the disadvantage is that the client needs to find time to drop off the clothes and shouldn't expect any payment for their good quality clothing...

22 Nov 2016

Genie recycling provides advice on how to recycle clothes

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News / Carbon & Climate

Climate trauma: The invisible cost of climate change

...ter started to enter the house from a tube that connects the cables of the satellite dish to the TV. At first, the amount of water was small. Then everything changed." Little did they know that right ...

3 Nov 2017

Climate trauma: The invisible cost of climate change

News / Manufacturing

Levi’s dreams big to lead change in the fashion industry

...tacle, though. The technology to turn worn cotton into a quality material that looks like denim hasn’t been invented yet. But Michael Kobori, the vice president of sustainability at Levi’s, is the opt...

15 Feb 2017

Levi’s dreams big to lead change in the fashion industry

News / Water

From waste to energy: Danish plant flexes the power of wastewater

...t water treatment plants - that convert wastewater and sewage into something that can go back into the water cycle - are energy hogs, with the race on to find technologies to cut electricity usage to ...

7 Apr 2017

From waste to energy: Danish plant flexes the power of wastewater

News / Water

Armed guards protect last water in drought-parched Indian city

...tes on water issues in the region. "The situation has never been so bad," he added. "This is for the first time that the tussle over water has degenerated into a battle of sorts. We fear the situation...

10 May 2016

Armed guards protect last water in drought-parched Indian city

News / Manufacturing

In India's quarries, workers die to make pretty garden tiles

...that our kids will get sick. But what are we to do? We are not educated that we can get other jobs," he said. After activists drew the attention of foreign buyers to the conditions in the industry, U....

11 May 2016

In India's quarries, workers die to make pretty garden tiles

Press Releases / EarthCheck

Ixtapa – a leading destination in the Americas

...tes that 73 per cent of consumers want to know about the sustainability of a destination. Saying you have a sustainable and pristine destination is not good enough. It is important that independent sc...

17 Aug 2016

Ixtapa – a leading destination in the Americas

Opinion / Waste

Getting rid of plastic bags: a windfall for supermarkets but it won't do much for the environment

...timate of current costs. Estimated current costs While retailers stand to pocket this saving, the switch to stronger, multi-use plastic bag brings with it its own costs. To begin with, the bags alone...

19 Jul 2017

Getting rid of plastic bags: a windfall for supermarkets but it won't do much for the environment

Press Releases / Green Trade Project Office

Taiwan Pavilion opens at PV Japan 2016 to showcase latest solutions

...tion and Sun Rise E&T Corporation, and the Building Integrated Photovoltaic System (BIPV) solutions from Desun Technology. Inventec Energy Corporation will present its latest light-weighted bi-fa...

29 Jun 2016

Taiwan Pavilion opens at PV Japan 2016 to showcase latest solutions

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