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News / Carbon & Climate

Egypt produces jet biofuel from jatropha

...ttributes to the use of additives to lower the freezing point. “Globally, the lowest price of biofuel is 90 per cent higher than that of the average fuel; this is due to the high cost of the materials...

27 Feb 2017

Egypt produces jet biofuel from jatropha

News / Energy

Cities must control their energy futures, new report says

...tails about the report are here. Make sure to check out the interactive map with pop-ups about energy in cities. This story was published with permission from Citiscope, a nonprofit news outlet that c...

13 Oct 2016

Cities must control their energy futures, new report says

News / Cities

Urban design shapes mental health, researchers say

...t public transport ensures that even the most isolated residents have human interaction and mobility. Click here for more information on how to participate in the Urban Mind Project, a pilot study on ...

21 Sep 2016

Urban design shapes mental health, researchers say

Press Releases / CAREL

Natural, energy-efficient refrigerants now available

...ts that are totally natural or compatible with the most recent international rules, low GWP solutions, high efficiency and remote connectivity, will be in the spotlight at the CAREL stand through our ...

7 Feb 2017

Natural, energy-efficient refrigerants now available

News / Food & Agriculture

Greenpeace calls HSBC out on financing deforestation

...theast Asia, said in a statement that "HSBC claims it is a respectable bank with responsible policies on deforestation." "But somehow these fine words get forgotten when it's time to sign the contract...

17 Jan 2017

Greenpeace calls HSBC out on financing deforestation

Jan Peter Balkenende in Singapore - September 2017

News / Corporate Responsibility

Is your business part of the problem or solution, asks the former Netherlands PM

...these are the expectations of people so I think it is better to be proactive as a financial institution, than be reactive, because you'll be too late. Institutions like Singapore's state investment fi...

27 Nov 2017

Is your business part of the problem or solution, asks the former Netherlands PM

News / Energy

Loans for solar systems make power affordable in rural Kenya

...t so that as each loan instalment is paid, the customer receives an activation code that allows them to use the system for the coming month. If the customer defaults on a payment, the system deactivat...

22 Aug 2017

Loans for solar systems make power affordable in rural Kenya

Indian garment workers during lunch time break

News / Manufacturing

India's low-paid garment workers seek $7.6 mln compensation

...to data requested by the Thomson Reuters Foundation under the Right to Information Act. The claims, which would benefit at least 80,000 workers at factories around the port city, add up to more than 4...

25 Jul 2017

India's low-paid garment workers seek $7.6 mln compensation

News / Carbon & Climate

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 / 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

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

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 / 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 / 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 / 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

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

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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