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Monorail shuttles whisk passengers through the Beijing Airport.

News / Carbon & Climate

China’s Belt and Road Initiative will make or break global climate fight

...14 and 2017, six Chinese banks – the China Development Bank (CDB), the Export-Import Bank of China and the “Big Four” state-owned commercial banks – participated in USD$ 143 billion worth of syndicate...

21 Nov 2018

China’s Belt and Road Initiative will make or break global climate fight

An aerial view over a power plant in the Chinese city of Tianjin

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Taxing carbon may sound like a good idea but does it work?

...16 paper examining several studies of emission reductions in 16 countries and two Canadian provinces found an average reduction in carbon emission intensity and energy use of less than 1 per cent per ...

16 Oct 2018

Taxing carbon may sound like a good idea but does it work?

News / Policy & Finance

Q&A: What does China's 14th 'five year plan' mean for climate change?

...12FYP (2011-2015), 13FYP (2016-2020) and 14FYP (2021-2025) versus actual performance (red). For the 14FYP, a projection of expected performance is shown in pink. Source: State Council (2011, 2016, 202...

25 Mar 2021

Q&A: What does China's 14th 'five year plan' mean for climate change?

News / Food & Agriculture

Have your cake and eat it too—hotels can serve buffets and still cut food waste

...100:1. We also included work we’d done in helping regular citizens reduce food waste, which produced awesome returns on investments as well. That gave you this 14:1 return overall. What we got with t...

18 Apr 2018

Have your cake and eat it too—hotels can serve buffets and still cut food waste

Opinion / Manufacturing

A new paradigm for plastics

...1 billion to launch a high-profile “Alliance to End Plastic Waste,” its real goal is to maintain the status quo, and to protect its $200 billion investment in expanded production over the next five ye...

7 Mar 2019

A new paradigm for plastics

News / Policy & Finance

Merry or misery? Shoppers urged to avoid Christmas gifts linked to slavery

...1 pound ($1.26) an hour, it emerged. Workers at a Chinese toy factory making Disney and Fisher-Price dolls worked illegal overtime and received no holiday or sick pay, according to an investigation by...

20 Dec 2018

Merry or misery? Shoppers urged to avoid Christmas gifts linked to slavery

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Unsustainable natural rubber poses major threat to wildlife and people

...11 out of 15 (73 per cent) have committed to conserving biodiversity, while only 4 out of 15 (27 per cent) report identifying species of conservation concern and only 7 out of 15 (47 per cent) provide...

2 Dec 2019

Unsustainable natural rubber poses major threat to wildlife and people

News / Policy & Finance

Green Climate Fund says 'in great shape' to push for new cash

...14 and 2015 to cut climate-changing emissions by protecting the Amazon rainforest - the first such project approved by the GCF. Conservationists said the money - while small compared with the overall ...

2 Mar 2019

Green Climate Fund says 'in great shape' to push for new cash

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The value of nature in smart development

...1.6 billion dam and hydroelectric power plant. Although the project will contribute less than 1 per cent of the country’s planned generating capacity, scientists say it will lead to the extinction of ...

1 Jan 2019

The value of nature in smart development

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Do greenness standards matter for green bonds? Some empirical evidence

...155.5 billion in 2017. Despite its rapid growth, the green bond market remains much smaller than conventional bond markets, accounting for less than 2 per cent of global bond issuances in 2016. One sa...

10 Aug 2018

Do greenness standards matter for green bonds? Some empirical evidence

News / Energy

The curse of hydropower?

...1985-1994, 1995-2004 and 2005-2014, does two things: compares the performance of states dependent on hydropower with those not dependent on hydropower on these variables, as well as the impact of prod...

22 Apr 2019

The curse of hydropower?

News / Energy

Social investors see the light on clean energy for the poor

...100,000 ($135,830) it is seeking. A shift in thinking is needed to channel more funding to places where a lack of clean, reliable power is putting babies in danger and holding people back, Liebreich t...

14 May 2018

Social investors see the light on clean energy for the poor

News / Policy & Finance

Why are companies in Southeast Asia lagging on human rights?

...11, the United Nations issued the UN Guiding Principles (UNGP) on Business and Human Rights, a comprehensive human rights framework that provides a people-centred approach to companies' social and env...

15 May 2019

Why are companies in Southeast Asia lagging on human rights?

News / Carbon & Climate

As climate change takes its toll, world leaders call for adaptation

...12 years to keep the global temperature increase to a maximum of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit). Failure to do so, the report predicts, will have catastrophic consequences: Up to 10 mill...

17 Oct 2018

As climate change takes its toll, world leaders call for adaptation

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Is environment the missing link in humanitarian work?

...1 million refugees currently reside, sprung two summers ago to accommodate the mass exodus of Rohingya people fleeing persecution in their homeland, Myanmar. The camps have expanded ever since, placi...

22 Jul 2019

Is environment the missing link in humanitarian work?

Houston, you have a problem. Flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey

News / Carbon & Climate

Be afraid—11 scary facts, stats and lies about our planet this Halloween

...11 things that should scare us to our senses. 1. Shanghai, Bangkok, Manila, and Jakarta will be scuba-diving destinations in 80 years Sculpture by Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn depicts the threat of r...

31 Oct 2018

Be afraid—11 scary facts, stats and lies about our planet this Halloween

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Ten breakthrough technologies to feed the world

...10 important examples: 1) Plant-based meat Globally, per gram of edible protein, beef and lamb use around 20 times the land and generate around 20 times the greenhouse gas emissions of plant-based pro...

19 Jul 2019

Ten breakthrough technologies to feed the world

News / Manufacturing

'Perfect time' for ethical businesses to drive social change

...150 pound) jeans. "There is awareness and people are prepared to spend on these kinds of products." Social Enterprise Day—which celebrates firms seeking to make profit while doing good—is being marked...

16 Nov 2018

'Perfect time' for ethical businesses to drive social change

Opinion / Lifestyle

In an era of overtourism, is there a more sustainable way forward?

...13 and 2018, international tourist arrivals in New Zealand grew by 1.2 million to a total of 3.8 million. During the 12 months to March last year, tourists spent almost $40 billion, and the industry n...

17 Jan 2019

In an era of overtourism, is there a more sustainable way forward?

Opinion / Cities

Can we build smart, sustainable cities with the technology we already have?

...1 billion urban residents—that is, 60 per cent of the world’s urban population. With 1 billion more people expected to migrate to cities from now till 2040, about two-thirds of APAC’s population will ...

26 Jul 2018

Can we build smart, sustainable cities with the technology we already have?

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