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Videos / Food & Agriculture

Water-saving tech, veg gardens grow hope in Myanmar's Dry Zone

...the farmer, as Tayzar Lin plunged into the soil a boxy contraption with a dial at the top and an alloy-tipped brass rod at the bottom. The hand on the dial moved to green, showing the soil still held ...

13 Mar 2017

Water-saving tech, veg gardens grow hope in Myanmar's Dry Zone

Dr Andrew Steer talking at Asia Environment Lecture at National University of Singapore

News / Carbon & Climate

‘The Paris Agreement is not enough’: 10 lessons from WRI CEO Andrew Steer

...tlay, Steer said. "Don't let anybody tell you that it's too expensive, it's not. It's cheaper to do it right." He was bullish about a price on carbon. "It's stupid to tax good things, it's smart to t...

16 Dec 2016

‘The Paris Agreement is not enough’: 10 lessons from WRI CEO Andrew Steer

Woman reaching for seedling on tree planting day in Australia

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Who do you trust when you can't rely on anybody?

...to outsmart the problems and politics . That’s exactly why we need to bear big shoulders to bolster the change and provide the solutions that prove right over time. The off-putting of offsetting Curre...

21 Sep 2017

Who do you trust when you can't rely on anybody?

News / Carbon & Climate

Scientists caught off-guard by record temperatures linked to climate change

...ter attention from the international community. "The question is shifting from 'has the climate changed?' to 'by how much?'," he said. "Statistically we need to get better at predicting not only how f...

27 Jul 2016

Scientists caught off-guard by record temperatures linked to climate change

News / Water

Mangrove-planting drones on a mission to restore Myanmar delta

...timated to support 30 per cent of Southeast Asia's fish catch, and almost 100 per cent of its shrimp catch. Yet they are being destroyed at rates three to five times higher than global deforestation, ...

23 Aug 2017

Mangrove-planting drones on a mission to restore Myanmar delta

News / Transport

Mobike gains traction in its first UK city

...t for years in this city, I support anything that prompts folk to cycle rather than drive. I’m a Brompton girl so the Mobike felt really heavy and hard to manoeuvre at first. It seemed that I couldn’t...

23 Aug 2017

Mobike gains traction in its first UK city

News / Policy & Finance

Brazil slashes environment budget

...thy process, they want the licensing process devolved to local authorities or even to the construction companies themselves. Critics warn that this could lead to local authorities competing to attract...

24 Apr 2017

Brazil slashes environment budget

News / Manufacturing

Fashion brands bring hand-washing but little else to India's garment workers, say critics

...t girls were told to eat more greens and fruit. They were also taught how to deal with menstrual cramps with diet and medication. "The initiative has contributed to an attitudinal shift within mill ma...

24 Jul 2017

Fashion brands bring hand-washing but little else to India's garment workers, say critics

Press Releases / Greenpeace Southeast Asia

PH Canneries fall short on sustainability, social responsibility issues

...t par with their international counterparts that put a premium on traceability and equity measures. Status quo is not an option,” said Cinches. “If canneries want to maintain their interna...

22 Nov 2016

PH Canneries fall short on sustainability, social responsibility issues

Opinion / Policy & Finance

More money alone won't meet the SDG on health

...tions or the private sector itself. The key here is to structure the project so that countries get the most “bang from their buck” from investments; grants target “soft” sectors such as capacity devel...

21 Jul 2017

More money alone won't meet the SDG on health

Press Releases / Paia Consulting Pte Ltd

Charting materiality amongst Singapore’s sustainability reporters

...tainability reports to an internationally recognized standard (such as GRI or the Integrated Reporting Framework (IR)) it is possible to get some insight into that elusive question, just what makes th...

27 Feb 2017

Charting materiality amongst Singapore’s sustainability reporters

News / Policy & Finance

Emerging economies take lead on going green, but investment needed

...ts between dealing with congestion, air pollution and other development needs, and they see the falling costs of the technology, and they see the opportunity for getting ahead of the curve to create n...

13 Jul 2017

Emerging economies take lead on going green, but investment needed

News / Carbon & Climate

Scientists launch contest to 'eggsplain' climate change to Trump

...ts website—though the administration later backed down from this order—and vowed to pull the United States out of the Paris climate treaty. This is in addition to his pre-election claims that climate...

31 Jan 2017

Scientists launch contest to 'eggsplain' climate change to Trump

News / Waste

Coffee flour, beer pizza on menu as innovators fight food waste

...t the event: Demetra Produced by Italian biotechnology start-up Green Code, Demetra is a natural post-harvest treatment that extends fruit's shelf life. It consists of a mixture of plant extracts that...

12 May 2017

Coffee flour, beer pizza on menu as innovators fight food waste

News / Carbon & Climate

Armed with wet sacks, India's poorest try to beat extreme heat

...ty assessment early this year, the institute helped develop a heat action plan for Odisha state, working with its disaster management authority. One problem that needs more attention, Nanda said, is h...

26 Sep 2017

Armed with wet sacks, India's poorest try to beat extreme heat

News / Waste

"Halve food waste by 2030": EU lawmakers urge member states

...Tuesday to halve food waste by 2030 but lawmakers stopped short of making the target binding - to the disappointment of environmental activists. The European Parliament's environment committee in Brus...

25 Jan 2017

"Halve food waste by 2030": EU lawmakers urge member states

News / Food & Agriculture

South India's scorching drought forces farmers into debt bondage

...t puts them at great risk of exploitation," she said. This story was published with permission from Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, wo...

20 Apr 2017

South India's scorching drought forces farmers into debt bondage

Baby of unspecified gender cools off in Bishan Park

News / Water

How reconnecting with nature can help us cope with floods

...t Obbard said he remains optimistic, pointing out that there has been a "sea change" in climate change protection, mitigation and adaptation investment. "That gives me a lot of hope and interest in t...

28 Aug 2017

How reconnecting with nature can help us cope with floods

Opinion / Water

7 reasons we're facing a global water crisis

...t reflect the true, total cost of service, from its transport via infrastructure to its treatment and disposal. This has led to misallocation of water, and a lack of investments in infrastructure and ...

28 Aug 2017

7 reasons we're facing a global water crisis

News / Manufacturing

Young people are key to ending fashion labour abuses, says British lawmaker

...them to fight for better conditions. Yet she emphasised the urgency of tackling these issues. "Time is running out in relation to the environment, time is running in terms of the dreadful impact that ...

19 Apr 2017

Young people are key to ending fashion labour abuses, says British lawmaker

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