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News / Food & Agriculture

How will humanity feed itself by 2050?

...12 to seven in 2016. In Japan, urban farmers make up a quarter of farming households, generating one-third of the nation’s agriculture output. Urban farming as a solution addresses the issue of food s...

30 Jul 2018

How will humanity feed itself by 2050?

News / Cities

Can venture capitalists help save the planet?

...17 on sustainable urbanisation found that 113 out of the 164 countries that had signed the Paris Agreement have included urban management strategies in their nationally determined contributions, which...

4 Jul 2018

Can venture capitalists help save the planet?

News / Energy

Small hydropower: a big global issue overlooked by science and policy

...1 smaller dams were recorded in operation or under construction in 150 countries – that’s 11 small dams for each large dam globally. This number could triple, according to the new study, if all pote...

15 Mar 2018

Small hydropower: a big global issue overlooked by science and policy

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

The BlackRock letter: A turning point for real change?

...1 billion people and halving the company’s environmental impact. The company had shown top line growth of about 5 per cent per annum between 2009 and 2017. This represented approximately twice the mar...

12 Feb 2018

The BlackRock letter: A turning point for real change?

Opinion / Manufacturing

'Sustainable' Lego: plastics from plants won't solve a pollution crisis

...1 per cent and 2 per cent of Lego products are made from polyethylene and could be replaced in this way. Most of the millions of plastic toys Lego makes every hour are moulded from a fossil fuel-based...

14 Mar 2018

'Sustainable' Lego: plastics from plants won't solve a pollution crisis

News / Food & Agriculture

Peat protection rule may be a double-edged sword for Indonesia’s forests

...16, APRIL exported 90,000 tonnes of dissolving pulp to Sateri mills in China; export volumes increased to 240,000 tonnes in 2017 and an estimated 500,000 tonnes in 2018. APRIL said it would reduce its...

23 Apr 2019

Peat protection rule may be a double-edged sword for Indonesia’s forests

Press Releases / 350.org East Asia

Singapore joins global Rise for Climate

...18. For more information or to request interviews, please contact: Ms Tam Teo, 350.org Singapore Volunteer: Phone: +65-91393948; e-mail: tammieteo@rocketmail.com About 350.org East Asia: http://world...

10 Sep 2018

Singapore joins global Rise for Climate

Press Releases / Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise, Raise Ltd

VentureForGood 2017

...1-1 consultation session. Send in your application by 28 February 2017! Spread the word and be #partofthegood in making social change happen!

20 Jan 2017

VentureForGood 2017

a view of park olympique in montreal, canada

News / Green Buildings

The top 5 green building stories in 2017

...1,000 eco-mosques in Indonesia, a record number of real estate companies reporting on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance, factors, and the global sand crisis. Here are the top 5 ...

22 Dec 2017

The top 5 green building stories in 2017

News / Carbon & Climate

Vulnerable infrastructure at risk from climate

...12% of the current gross net investment in fixed capital assets to 1.37% by the end of this century. For northern Europe the expected damage corresponds to less than 1% of annual investments, but in s...

4 Dec 2017

Vulnerable infrastructure at risk from climate

Opinion / Manufacturing

Sustainable shopping: take the 'litter' out of glitter

...1 millimetre in size or smaller, they can be ingested by a range of creatures, including mussels. Again, data on micro-beads can tell us why we should be worried about this: a recent study from Austra...

7 Feb 2018

Sustainable shopping: take the 'litter' out of glitter

News / Cities

A civic outcry in Malaysia forces a Chinese builder to live up to its eco-friendly promise

...1stcentury. It’s an urban development vision reminiscent of the Futurama diorama built by General Motors for the 1939 World’s Fair. The giant GM scale model, seen by an estimated 10 million people, wa...

6 Sep 2018

A civic outcry in Malaysia forces a Chinese builder to live up to its eco-friendly promise

Opinion / Cities

Can 1 billion people in informal settlements be protected from climate change?

...1.5°C. But how is adaptation possible where city governments have no capacity? Cities in wealthy countries with functioning governments already have what the IPCC terms 'risk-reducing' infrastructure ...

9 Mar 2018

Can 1 billion people in informal settlements be protected from climate change?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The world is counting on banks to deliver climate finance. Counting their progress is no easy feat.

...17, the World Bank, ING and AXA announced plans to divest from fossil fuels including coal, oil, and gas. Earlier this year, Spain's second largest bank BBVA committed to invest €100 billion ($119 bil...

31 May 2018

The world is counting on banks to deliver climate finance. Counting their progress is no easy feat.

Internally displaced persons seen here inside a UN Refugee Agency tent in Timor Leste

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Do you know a climate refugee? You will.

...12 was related to climate and weather-related events. The Germanwatch - Global Climate Risk Index 2017 has also highlighted that of the 10 countries most affected by climate change events between 1996...

6 Oct 2017

Do you know a climate refugee? You will.

News / Food & Agriculture

UK supermarket pulls corned beef off shelves due to slavery fears

...13 and 2016 for cattle reared on a farm in the state of Para where prosecutors say workers were being subjected to modern slavery. Brazilian police reportedly discovered men forced to live in inhumane...

13 Jun 2017

UK supermarket pulls corned beef off shelves due to slavery fears

News / Waste

Contact lens recycling scheme brings Australia closer to zero waste vision

...15 and 64 years old in Australia, according to a 2012 study. “The company is showing itself to be a leader in its sector by sponsoring a national recycling programme and giving back to charity,” Baill...

18 Aug 2017

Contact lens recycling scheme brings Australia closer to zero waste vision

News / Energy

Mind the hype: Despite huge potential, solar energy in SE Asia is behind a cloud

If Southeast Asian countries dedicated the same area of land to generating solar power as Germany, which has installed 41 gigawatts of solar power, the region could install 520 gigawatts of solar. Abo...

3 Oct 2017

Mind the hype: Despite huge potential, solar energy in SE Asia is behind a cloud

News / Policy & Finance

Singapore toughens regulations to meet environment goals

...1, 2018. Applications to develop private apartment from April 1, 2018 onwards must also come with plans for pneumatic waste conveyance systems if the development has 500 residential units or more. A p...

24 Mar 2017

Singapore toughens regulations to meet environment goals

Opinion / Waste

11 billion pieces of plastic bring disease threat to coral reefs

...100 square metres. We estimate that there are roughly 11.1 billion plastic items on coral reefs across the Asia-Pacific. What’s more, we forecast that this will increase 40 per cent in the next seven ...

29 Jan 2018

11 billion pieces of plastic bring disease threat to coral reefs

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