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Opinion / Manufacturing

The invisible women and girls who make your clothes

...powerful first step in promoting the fair and dignified treatment of all the individuals who toil in the informal underbelly of global supply chains…whose suffering, penury, and exploitation we eat, d...

15 Feb 2019

The invisible women and girls who make your clothes

News / Policy & Finance

To fight deforestation first tackle inequality, study says

...power imbalances play a role in deforestation. Ceddia’s study is the first to find significant links between agriculture productivity in Latin America, whether or not it leads to farmland expansion at...

11 Feb 2019

To fight deforestation first tackle inequality, study says

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Can blockchain unblock climate finance?

...power dynamics between donors and recipients. If smart contract conditions are set by donors, the needs of the recipient risk being overlooked. Can this power dynamic be shifted to a model where both ...

22 May 2018

Can blockchain unblock climate finance?

News / Food & Agriculture

Hazy figures cloud Indonesia’s peat restoration as fire season nears

...powerful enough to provide sufficient water to put out fires. “If we’d found this inadequate equipment in the 1990s, maybe we could understand,” Teguh said. “But this happened after the president laun...

9 Jan 2019

Hazy figures cloud Indonesia’s peat restoration as fire season nears

News / Energy

China generates energy and controversy in Argentina

...power plants and thermal plants powered by natural gas. So far, the investments already committed by Beijing in the energy sector in Latin America’s third-largest economy total 30 billion dollars, in ...

22 Jun 2018

China generates energy and controversy in Argentina

News / Food & Agriculture

Bangladesh bans sea fishing for all, affecting half a million people

...powered by small engines. Other boats use bag nets and set long lines to fish. The big trawlers accounted for 18.34 per cent of the catch last year. Though trawl net fishing by big vessels has a large...

24 Jun 2019

Bangladesh bans sea fishing for all, affecting half a million people

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Debate: carbon tax, an optical illusion

...power and nuclear energy. And the “decarbonisation” was also brought about by the strong development of district heating networks and significant incentive policies for renewable energies. The tax is ...

24 Aug 2018

Debate: carbon tax, an optical illusion

News / Policy & Finance

China’s Belt and Road poised to transform the Earth, but at what cost to the environment?

...power grid, and open trade and investment networks, that will encourage connectivity and cooperation spanning a vast geographical area stretching across Asia, to Europe and East Africa, involving at l...

25 Apr 2018

China’s Belt and Road poised to transform the Earth, but at what cost to the environment?

News / Carbon & Climate

DBS is first Asian bank to launch climate policy—but it’s still funding coal

...power in developing countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia. Burning coal is the biggest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, and the most powerful force driving climate change—which is predicted...

2 Feb 2018

DBS is first Asian bank to launch climate policy—but it’s still funding coal

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Carbon offsetting: the frequently asked questions

...power plants, are cheap because buyers don’t like the fact that hydropower plants often force poor people to move (and, it turns out, may be emitting more methane than previously believed because of t...

8 Oct 2019

Carbon offsetting: the frequently asked questions

News / Food & Agriculture

The child soldiers of the Philippines fighting an environmental war

...powerful and moneyed congressman who destroyed a watershed and sued him in court. We opposed inappropriate waste landfills approved by senseless government officials,” Pul-as recounts. Thousands of re...

18 Feb 2019

The child soldiers of the Philippines fighting an environmental war

News / Carbon & Climate

9 quotes that made headlines in 2018

...power to inspire change, as gutsy 15 year-old Swedish teen Greta Thunberg proved. Here are some quotes from this year that capture the good, the bad and the ugly in environmental news. 1.“Southeast A...

19 Dec 2018

9 quotes that made headlines in 2018

News / Green Buildings

Why hospitals in Asia need to be 'climate-smart'

When Typhoon Haiyan ripped through the island of Leyte in the Philippines in 2013, it destroyed the local power grid and left 300 towns and millions of residents without electricity for months, includ...

24 May 2018

Why hospitals in Asia need to be 'climate-smart'

News / Cities

'Cities aren't going to wait': Mayors drive action on climate change

...power. Durkan highlighted her city's drive to get more electric cars on the road, with the recent launch of new electric vehicle charging stations and parking areas. Taxis are next on the list. Initia...

27 Feb 2018

'Cities aren't going to wait': Mayors drive action on climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

Elvis, aliens and solar power

...Power Partnership. “Other towns and cities around them are beginning to pick up the pace. I think it’s a really powerful testament to how a bit of leadership and vision at that local government level ...

15 May 2018

Elvis, aliens and solar power

News / Cities

Affordable housing solutions in pipes, containers and 3D printers

...power and running water supplies, said New Story co-founder Alexandria Lafci. The companies are making the first 3D printed community of homes in El Salvador this year, and will then partner with othe...

1 Jun 2018

Affordable housing solutions in pipes, containers and 3D printers

News / Energy

Lower costs, policies lift solar power

...power are expected to be installed across China this year. Shrinking costs have powered the growth of solar power. Five years ago it cost around 1.5 yuan (22 US cents) to generate a kilowatt-hour of s...

24 Jul 2017

Lower costs, policies lift solar power

News / Energy

Singapore has declared 2018 the year of climate action—so why are its banks still funding coal?

Singapore banks are bankrolling fossil fuel power projects that are at odds with public promises to fight climate change, a report from Market Forces has found. The Sydney-based financial green group ...

10 Jan 2018

Singapore has declared 2018 the year of climate action—so why are its banks still funding coal?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

When corporations take credit for green deeds their lobbying may tell another story

...Power Plan, a federal rule that would have limited air pollution from power, utilities have essentially avoided federal climate regulation to date. Even though these and other voluntary initiatives ac...

20 Jul 2018

When corporations take credit for green deeds their lobbying may tell another story

News / Policy & Finance

Commonwealth Bank commits to exiting coal

...power plants if they use advanced technologies and higher quality thermal coal to significantly reduce emissions”. Julien Vincent, executive director, Market Forces, noted in a statement that “Commonw...

16 Nov 2017

Commonwealth Bank commits to exiting coal

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