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News / Policy & Finance

Saving the world: the 'new normal' for finance?

...18 per cent a year, said the GIIN, whose 2017 survey found the impact investing market was worth at least $114 billion. "It is possible to make a profit and do good for the world. That is what has cap...

9 Apr 2018

Saving the world: the 'new normal' for finance?

News / Policy & Finance

Cryptocurrency takes centrestage at Wonderfruit

...14 to 17 December, festival go-ers can also look forward to other initiatives such as the transformation of its farm into a venue for workshops on natural healthcare in Thailand. Called the FARMacy, i...

10 Nov 2017

Cryptocurrency takes centrestage at Wonderfruit

Opinion / Energy

Let's see financing energy access as an opportunity, not a challenge

...1 billion people live without access to electricity and 3 billion without access to clean cooking. The challenge for those governments where there are significant energy gaps is a complex one: how to ...

26 Sep 2017

Let's see financing energy access as an opportunity, not a challenge

News / Food & Agriculture

Can technology keep farmers in farms?

...1900. That number is now closer to 1 per cent, she said. Technology has also given rise to better paying jobs in urban areas, which in turn has led to a labour drain from rural communities. “The youth...

9 May 2018

Can technology keep farmers in farms?

News / Transport

Can EVs be green if they run on fossil fuels?

...10 years ago how many EVs we would be selling in 2018, many would have been sceptical,” he said. According to Kotouc, the adoption of electric vehicles boiled down to three things: the benefits or ‘j...

31 Aug 2018

Can EVs be green if they run on fossil fuels?

News / Policy & Finance

Just desserts - Sara Lee foundation to invest all assets into social change

...16, it said impact investing accounted for at least $113.7 billion of assets under management. "We will continue to see more announcements like this one ... as more foundations realise that they are l...

20 Mar 2018

Just desserts - Sara Lee foundation to invest all assets into social change

News / Energy

Clean energy spurt vital for 2°C warming limit

...1 per cent by 2050, IRENA says, and global welfare, including gains not measured by GDP, for example health benefits from reduced air pollution and lower climate impacts, would improve by 15 per cent,...

20 Apr 2018

Clean energy spurt vital for 2°C warming limit

News / Carbon & Climate

What's behind this summer's extreme weather?

...1885 Canada, Montreal 15 deaths attributed to a heatwave India Monsoon floods kill hundreds, destroying vast swathes of agricultural land and livelihoods Japan Flooding and landslides from heavy rains...

31 Jul 2018

What's behind this summer's extreme weather?

News / Energy

Solar, wind and nuclear have ‘amazingly low’ carbon footprints, study finds

...1. Wind and solar perform even better, at 2 per cent and 4 per cent respectively, equivalent to EROIs of 44:1 and 26:1. “I continue to be amazed just how low the embodied energy use of solar, wind...

12 Dec 2017

Solar, wind and nuclear have ‘amazingly low’ carbon footprints, study finds

News / Food & Agriculture

Peatland mappers win $1m to help tackle Indonesian haze fires

...15 were estimated to have caused up to 100,000 premature deaths, according to the WRI, and cost the Indonesian economy $16.5 billion, or nearly 2 percent of gross domestic product. Indonesian Presiden...

6 Feb 2018

Peatland mappers win $1m to help tackle Indonesian haze fires

Research / Eco-Business

Partners for the Environment

...1.5 billion effort for the country to become more clean and green by 2030. To rally Singaporeans behind this green vision, the government in 2016 launched the Sustainable Singapore Movement (SSM), a ...

7 Oct 2017

Partners for the Environment

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Fossil fuel doublespeak

...14, the EU has allocated €1 billion ($1.16 billion) to the natural gas sector. And though the European Commission’s proposed 2020-2027 budget would reduce such funding, it would allow member states to...

20 Jul 2018

Fossil fuel doublespeak

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Can blockchain unblock climate finance?

...1 in 10 dollars of the $60 billion in public and private climate finance from dedicated climate funds is directly committed to local level activities. Local communities know what works and have ingen...

22 May 2018

Can blockchain unblock climate finance?

News / Water

Mangrove-planting drones on a mission to restore Myanmar delta

...10 countries worst-affected by extreme weather from 1996 to 2015. WIF has so far planted some 3 million mangrove trees, but the task is laborious and time-consuming. Drones, on the other hand, could p...

23 Aug 2017

Mangrove-planting drones on a mission to restore Myanmar delta

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Low-carbon growth Is a $26 trillion opportunity. Here are 4 ways to seize It.

...1st century. Yet we are not making progress fast enough in embracing this growth model. The next 10-15 years are a unique use-it-or-lose-it moment for both the economy and climate. The world will inve...

7 Sep 2018

Low-carbon growth Is a $26 trillion opportunity. Here are 4 ways to seize It.

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

New Zealand’s zero carbon bill: much ado about methane

...1990 levels and would likely be judged insufficient in terms of the Paris climate agreement. This may not be what people thought they were voting for in 2017. Why we can’t ignore methane To keep warmi...

16 Jul 2018

New Zealand’s zero carbon bill: much ado about methane

News / Policy & Finance

Negotiations start on a high seas treaty

...11 a marine reserve in the Antarctic’s Ross Sea was proposed but it was only in October 2016 that is was passed – and was a third smaller than originally planned. “It’s clear that [a final treaty] wil...

6 Sep 2018

Negotiations start on a high seas treaty

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

5 things that should happen at the Bonn climate talks but probably won’t

...15 or Copenhagen in 2009. That doesn’t make it insignificant – the hope is that negotiators will make meaningful progress on implementing the provisions of the 2015 Paris Agreement. Countries have agr...

8 Nov 2017

5 things that should happen at the Bonn climate talks but probably won’t

Press Releases / Eco-Business

Temasek Foundation Ecosperity awards $980,000 to RWDC Industries for tackling single-use plastics

...11 July 2018 – Temasek Foundation Ecosperity today announced that RWDC Industries Pte Ltd has emerged the winner of the inaugural edition of The Liveability Challenge with its proposal to produc...

13 Jul 2018

Temasek Foundation Ecosperity awards $980,000 to RWDC Industries for tackling single-use plastics

News / Waste

The treasure hidden in our gadgets

...16 at approximately 55 billion euros. The GEM also estimated that nearly 45 million tonnes (Mt) of e-waste was generated globally in 2016, which is expected to grow to 52.2Mt by 2021. Estimate of glob...

26 Sep 2018

The treasure hidden in our gadgets