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Palm giants ask Indonesian gov't to clear path toward sustainability

...t's get together To help the government reach out to the other important players in the sector, the UNDP has set up a national palm oil platform, part of its Sustainabile Palm Oil Initiative and anch...

4 May 2015

Palm giants ask Indonesian gov't to clear path toward sustainability

News / Carbon & Climate

Britain's Prince Charles: Climate change root cause of Syrian war

...The heir to the British throne is due to give a keynote speech at the opening of a global climate summit in Paris next week where 118 leaders will gather to try to nail down a deal to limit rising gre...

24 Nov 2015

Britain's Prince Charles: Climate change root cause of Syrian war

News / Food & Agriculture

Modi fiddles as drought shrivels India's crops

...the last decade, account for about half the grains output. (http://bit.ly/1KBqylg) "Even if we assume that there won't be any contraction, the agriculture sector can't grow beyond 2 percent in the 201...

10 Sep 2015

Modi fiddles as drought shrivels India's crops

News / Energy

Energy storage key to a 100 per cent renewable Australia

...that "we don't need to talk about if it will be deployed", said Kean. "It's just about how it will take off." To make it easier for residents to understand battery systems, the NSW state government ha...

7 Jun 2016

Energy storage key to a 100 per cent renewable Australia

News / Food & Agriculture

In Benin, a new stove turns rice waste into clean fuel

...th the waste and pollution that comes with disposing of the husks. Every harvest season, Benin's rice farmers struggle to get rid of the mountains of husks that accumulate after they have threshed the...

9 May 2016

In Benin, a new stove turns rice waste into clean fuel

Opinion / Energy

Three reasons clean energy has permanently decoupled from the oil and gas markets

...ttle difference between energy sources: The renewables racing horse remains tethered to the oil and gas post. Clean energy stocks have taken a dive, together with the rest. That's consistent with trad...

17 Sep 2015

Three reasons clean energy has permanently decoupled from the oil and gas markets

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The Paris climate talks could jolt private sector investments worldwide

...then turn their attention away. The private sector, two-thirds of global GDP and employment, will be largely absent (it is not formally represented in the negotiations) and mostly ignore the whole thi...

28 Oct 2015

The Paris climate talks could jolt private sector investments worldwide

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Paris agreement: Game-changer or epic failure?

...tries get there. Let's also not forget that this treaty is the hard-fought result of two decades of tough negotiations and that it went down to the wire. Speaking to reporters late on Dec 12 when the ...

23 Dec 2015

Paris agreement: Game-changer or epic failure?

News / Food & Agriculture

Green groups and Olam at loggerheads over deforestation

...textual" intepretation of what constitutes an ecologically valuable area. Mighty's report said that Olam's Gabon operations also undermine the commitment it has made to the Forest Stewardship Council,...

12 Dec 2016

Green groups and Olam at loggerheads over deforestation

News / Carbon & Climate

The world’s new climate bogeyman stalks UN talks

...t will be implemented. Yet outside the confines of the talks agenda, the prospect that the US elections in November might thwart commitments by the world’s second-biggest emitter caused ripples at th...

2 Jun 2016

The world’s new climate bogeyman stalks UN talks

News / Energy

In-depth: The whole system costs of renewables

...t possible to get accurate system integration cost estimates without modelling the different electricity markets down to half hourly resolution. If you’re not doing that, Batten says, “I would take [t...

27 Feb 2017

In-depth: The whole system costs of renewables

News / Carbon & Climate

NZ gov't greenhouse gas target too low, say critics

...target on Tuesday, but critics said the country was still failing to do its fair share to combat climate change. Climate Change Issues Minister Tim Groser said the target was to reduce emissions to 30...

8 Jul 2015

NZ gov't greenhouse gas target too low, say critics

News / Green Buildings

What does user-friendly greentech look like?

...tem for smart energy management that is designed to be installed with as little disruption as possible. At its most basic level, the system features retrofittable dimming and brightening switches that...

4 Sep 2015

What does user-friendly greentech look like?

News / Food & Agriculture

Bali farmers insure rice fields in defense against El Nino

...tion - says the island of Bali has seen "extreme" weather since the end of August. The agency attributes the unusually hot weather to the El Nino phenomenon. In November, the temperature in the area a...

16 Mar 2016

Bali farmers insure rice fields in defense against El Nino

Press Releases / SGS Philippines

Launch of SGS supply chain solution powered by T Transparency

...ty they have into these partners and areas to improve for greater transparency. “The expertise, industry knowledge and solutions that SGS can offer, together with a platform like T Transparency...

5 Mar 2015

Launch of SGS supply chain solution powered by T Transparency

Opinion / Energy

The $7 trillion solar tsunami in our midst

...t the UN Climate Talks in Paris at the end of this year? We can't stop them doing what they do: Cobbling together a sort of agreement to sort of set emission reduction targets for countries that sort ...

4 Aug 2015

The $7 trillion solar tsunami in our midst

News / Food & Agriculture

Large food firms back voluntary plan to stop land grabbing

...ttal, director of the Oakland Institute, a food rights think tank, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an email. The companies have not formally endorsed the document, but activists hope participat...

19 Aug 2015

Large food firms back voluntary plan to stop land grabbing

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Underground revolution: Asia's grave problem

...tion cannot be avoided, there is a way to turn the ashes into something that can still help the environment: put it in a biodegradable urn that contains a tree seed and nutrients required for it to fl...

24 May 2016

Underground revolution: Asia's grave problem

News / Corporate Responsibility

Bonded laborers in India brick kilns slowly learn they have rights

...tra state are learning from activists that they have the right to a minimum wage, basic amenities and fair treatment - but remain in debt bondage to owners who deny them these rights with impunity. Th...

23 Mar 2016

Bonded laborers in India brick kilns slowly learn they have rights

Opinion / Energy

Why cutting solar subsidies will speed up the clean energy revolution

...that the competition - oil, gas and coal - isn't. The important thing is that the primary virtue of solar panels is not the pay-out the government gives you for installing them; it's the fact that th...

2 Sep 2015

Why cutting solar subsidies will speed up the clean energy revolution

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