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Weakened rights language in Paris climate draft sparks alarm

...ting", noting it followed the earlier loss of references to gender equality and a just transition to a clean economy. The non-binding introduction to the latest version of the text acknowledges that c...

11 Dec 2015

Weakened rights language in Paris climate draft sparks alarm

News / Energy

Doubts pile up about UK’s Hinkley nuclear plant

...ts: "Nothing to worry about chaps, just a few ‘i’s to dot and ‘t’s to cross – the new boss just wants to take a look under the bonnet." The plausibility of this line didn’t last long. Reports at the w...

12 Aug 2016

Doubts pile up about UK’s Hinkley nuclear plant

News / Policy & Finance

Indian state to crush "mica mafia" by legalising mines to stop child worker deaths

...that the government was also setting up skill development centres across the state to give people alternative job options such as mechanics or livestock breeding. "There is a whole solution to all the...

10 Aug 2016

Indian state to crush "mica mafia" by legalising mines to stop child worker deaths

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Radical realism about climate change

...there is a strong case to be made for implementing strategies that target the biggest emitters. For example, it makes little sense that airlines – which actually serve just 7 per cent of the global po...

3 Nov 2016

Radical realism about climate change

Research / The Crowd

The business case for SDGs and what’s needed to achieve them

...tunity to create a system change. They bring together the three main actors – government, business and the third sector – around a set of values that matter most to the world. It is the in...

3 Jun 2016

The business case for SDGs and what’s needed to achieve them

Women brick-kiln workers in India demand better work conditions

News / Policy & Finance

'Invisible' women brick-kiln workers in India's Punjab demand their rights

...to efforts in Maharashtra state. There are signs that women workers elsewhere are heeding the call to unionise and fight for their rights. Last week, protests in the southern states of Karnataka and T...

29 Apr 2016

'Invisible' women brick-kiln workers in India's Punjab demand their rights

Press Releases / Ethical Corporation @Ethical_Corp

Top tips: Creating successful partnerships

...tential partners Friend or Foe? Invite all your stakeholders to the table to understand their business better and assess the impact that a partnership will have Be proactive rather than reactive wit...

28 Dec 2015

Top tips: Creating successful partnerships

News / Lifestyle

Have yourself a merry low-carbon Christmas

...that contribute to climate change. Non-governmental organisation Zero Waste SG's executive director Eugene Tay estimated the waste increase to be about 10 to 20 per cent from the usual figure due to t...

20 Dec 2016

Have yourself a merry low-carbon Christmas

News / Cities

A subway tunnel under Singapore's rainforest? No way, say activists

...to the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to re-route the 50 kms (31 mile) Cross Island Line around the Central Catchment Nature Reserve near the MacRitchie Reservoir, rather than through it. The city-sta...

26 Feb 2016

A subway tunnel under Singapore's rainforest? No way, say activists

News / Cities

Dying cities can be brought back to life and here's how, says World Bank

...t corporation that reclaimed 200 hectares of land on the riverfront on both sides, funding the costs of the project with the sale of about 15 per cent of the reclaimed riverfront area. The rest of the...

14 Jul 2016

Dying cities can be brought back to life and here's how, says World Bank

Opinion / Energy

Solar Impulse’s biggest legacy will be in your home – not in the skies

...t, the technology developed in the project could well make it into hybrid electric planes in the not too distant future, especially with the current rate of battery technology development. Concept im...

29 Jul 2016

Solar Impulse’s biggest legacy will be in your home – not in the skies

Opinion / Policy & Finance

It’s time to get rid of all the green crap in politics

...tiates its negotiations to leave the EU, the new Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy should be initially taken at its word: that it will deliver a comprehensive industrial strategy ...

25 Jul 2016

It’s time to get rid of all the green crap in politics

Opinion / Energy

Nepal’s eternal quest for hydropower – challenges and quakes

...t as party leaders have devoted more attention to obtaining ministry appointments rather than generating megawatts. As Kathmandu-based journalist Thomas Bell has written, “The starting point to think ...

17 May 2016

Nepal’s eternal quest for hydropower – challenges and quakes

Videos / Waste

Indigenous Australians fight nuclear dump plan on "sacred land"

...to the scientists". He said he would back a plebiscite of local residents to settle the issue. "There's some initial emotion out there," he said at his office in Port Pirie, seat of an electorate that...

18 Aug 2016

Indigenous Australians fight nuclear dump plan on "sacred land"

News / Green Buildings

Vietnam: Gov't to increase energy efficiency in buildings

...tment complexes in Ha Noi and HCM City. Part of the project is sponsored by the UNDP through the ODA fund from the Global Environmental Facility. The project will take four years to complete, with tot...

22 Jan 2016

Vietnam: Gov't to increase energy efficiency in buildings

Press Releases / Entura

Planning a renewable energy journey in the Pacific

...tinue its journey to maintain that status through proper operation, maintenance and asset management, to secure the system for years to come. This long-term asset management challenge involves attenti...

9 Feb 2017

Planning a renewable energy journey in the Pacific

Opinion / Cities

How can cities be 'smart' if they can't think?

...thought put into the intelligence installed in cities to ensure the technology solves real-world issues that matter to residents. Beyond this – their intelligent systems are connected and the informat...

14 Jul 2016

How can cities be 'smart' if they can't think?

News / Food & Agriculture

Demand for coffee could threaten last remaining intact tropical forests

...tected forests. “We projected global coffee consumption into the future to better understand the potential volumes of coffee demand,” Tim Killeen, a lead author of the report, said in a statement. “[T...

20 Apr 2016

Demand for coffee could threaten last remaining intact tropical forests

News / Energy

Taiwan ramps up green energy development

...tion through the development of light-emitting diode, smart grid, solar photovoltaic and wind power industries is also a goal of the government. These sectors are estimated to generate an annual produ...

25 Feb 2016

Taiwan ramps up green energy development

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

Uberising the Global Goals: Breakthrough business models hold the key

...training for its hosts, and has sent emails to customers saying they must agree not to discriminate in order to use the site. In India, G-Auto, a platform for auto-rickshaw drivers that utilises GPS t...

20 Mar 2017

Uberising the Global Goals: Breakthrough business models hold the key

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