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7 countries that shook up our planet in 2018

...power to bust the country’s long dependency on fossil fuels, cancelling four independent energy contracts this year that would have otherwise gone to coal companies. The country’s youngest female mini...

8 Dec 2018

7 countries that shook up our planet in 2018

News / Food & Agriculture

Bangladesh’s polluting fish farms

...ads the farmers’ collective called “Prakritik Krishi” (Natural Farming). In recent years families across Bangladesh who can afford ‘deshi’ or indigenous fish that are wild-caught or organically farmed...

26 Jul 2019

Bangladesh’s polluting fish farms

News / Policy & Finance

Indian voters demand environmental clean-up

...power plants and the Sterlite copper smelter, the centre of recent controversy. “These days people are ready to unite to save nature because their daily survival is becoming tough. People are forced t...

11 Apr 2019

Indian voters demand environmental clean-up

News / Policy & Finance

Environment and politics in Bhutan’s elections

...power Hydropower is the backbone of Bhutan’s economy, but the construction of hydropower projects – including delays and cost escalations – have left Bhutan with a large and increasing debt. Hydropowe...

15 Oct 2018

Environment and politics in Bhutan’s elections

One half of Wonderfruit's founding team, Pete Phornprapha, addresses representatives from business, civil society and government at the first-ever Ethos event.

News / Lifestyle

Serious fun: Wonderfruit launches 'out of the box' business networking event

...power to create change and Ethos' intention is to engage more closely with our stakeholders to create bold, creative and impactful ideas to come to life." “ If we want people to think outside of the...

7 Jan 2019

Serious fun: Wonderfruit launches 'out of the box' business networking event

News / Water

Thirsty Singapore taps into innovation to secure its water future

...power needs and make sure more of the energy is clean. Water independence? Today, the possibility that Singapore could become totally self sufficient and give up imports is no longer unthinkable, sai...

10 Jun 2019

Thirsty Singapore taps into innovation to secure its water future

News / Manufacturing

China, India outsource emissions, risking climate goal

...power-efficient technologies and methods are adopted by industries that move off-shore to less-developed countries, he added. Shoppers in the United States and Europe must also be educated to become m...

15 May 2018

China, India outsource emissions, risking climate goal

News / Carbon & Climate

Do you have a solution to the biggest challenge in human history?

...power, you would do it. If I paid you to consume more solar energy, you would do it," he said. Tweak or transform? To bring about a dramatic reduction in emissions, will systems such as agriculture, a...

14 Jan 2019

Do you have a solution to the biggest challenge in human history?

News / Policy & Finance

Can Asia unlock the capital needed to tackle climate change?

...powered expedition, the 23 year-old walked 1,000 kilometres over 65 days to the South Pole in December 2017, using NASA designed solar ice-melters, lithium batteries powered by biofuels. According to ...

24 Jan 2019

Can Asia unlock the capital needed to tackle climate change?

News / Carbon & Climate

Vanuatu to sue fossil fuel firms for climate change

...powerful signal to fossil fuel firms that will shape the conversation on climate change, Lin also pointed to the Philippines trial as an influential development that could help support other climate l...

24 Nov 2018

Vanuatu to sue fossil fuel firms for climate change

News / Energy

Not so fast on fracking, UN agency tells developing countries

...power sources. But it has disadvantages too, not least the fact that its main component is methane gas, which has a global-warming potential 28 times higher than the carbon dioxide found in other foss...

25 May 2018

Not so fast on fracking, UN agency tells developing countries

News / Cities

Drowning in data? Cities develop code for a smarter future

...ads UN-Habitat’s City Resilience Profiling Programme, said cities should only gather data that has a practical use. "There is no point in collecting it if it doesn't help you make decisions and come u...

23 Nov 2018

Drowning in data? Cities develop code for a smarter future

Opinion / Energy

Renewables revolution still needs public funding push

...power can help provide a solution, and matches the UN Sustainable Development Goal of providing clean energy for all. But where will the huge investment needed come from? There is a recognition that b...

20 Jul 2018

Renewables revolution still needs public funding push

News / Energy

'Consistently cheaper' clean energy set to connect world's poor—power experts

...power, according to energy access body Power for All. "The falling cost of solar and an expected decline in (costs of renewable energy) storage are providing a major boost to delivering electricity an...

29 Jan 2018

'Consistently cheaper' clean energy set to connect world's poor—power experts

News / Policy & Finance

NAB will no longer fund new coal projects

...power stations, and still has investments in oil and gas. “To stop funding new coal mines while keeping open the prospect of supporting coal power stations is like saying you won’t finance ammunition ...

15 Dec 2017

NAB will no longer fund new coal projects

News / Energy

Laos dam disaster hasn't dampened region's thirst for hydropower

...power and where that power goes." Are mega dams here to stay? Even though mega dams in the Mekong have earned a bad reputation, countries are lured by the substantial economic benefits of hydropower. ...

21 Aug 2018

Laos dam disaster hasn't dampened region's thirst for hydropower

News / Transport

The race to develop the next generation battery

...power from solar and wind at any given time depends on the weather, which makes it intermittent. Batteries can help stabilise grids by storing energy efficiently. “Sodium-ion batteries could be an ine...

25 Sep 2018

The race to develop the next generation battery

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Climate action barometer: 12 charts explain where we are today, and where we need to be in 2020

...power plants should be going offline and no new coal plants should be built. In 2017, renewable sources provided 25 per cent of electricity generation and accounted for more than two-thirds of new el...

22 Jan 2019

Climate action barometer: 12 charts explain where we are today, and where we need to be in 2020

Opinion / Lifestyle

Global health versus online trolls

...ads, it is virtually impossible to retract. The role of Twitter bots and trolls in the 2016 US elections and the United Kingdom’s Brexit vote is clear. Now they have affected global health as well. If...

4 Feb 2019

Global health versus online trolls

Press Releases / Johnson Controls

Johnson Controls redefines smart building management with Metasys 10.0

...power of its combined portfolio to the market. This latest Metasys release provides facility personnel with smarter building automation, faster responses to critical alarms and new integrations with f...

19 Dec 2018

Johnson Controls redefines smart building management with Metasys 10.0

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