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Geographer Mark Wang: ‘Don’t overestimate water diversion under extreme weather’

...the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, the La Niña phenomenon, and warmer water temperatures in the Indian Ocean and the north-west Pacific. The drought, combined with the 2020 floods in the south and the 2021 ...

13 Oct 2022

Geographer Mark Wang: ‘Don’t overestimate water diversion under extreme weather’

News / Policy & Finance

India's women gig workers organise with WhatsApp, secret meetings

...They were afraid to join the union because they were afraid of losing their job. But there was no other way for us to make our demands heard," said Goel, 45, a single mother of three. "We saw the wome...

12 Sep 2023

India's women gig workers organise with WhatsApp, secret meetings

News / Carbon & Climate

Renewable, green fuel startups aim to disrupt India's emissions

...the bulk of the e-waste comes from the used small batteries that are used in many electronic gadgets. So, we decided to change the composition of the batteries and tried to replace the chemical and ha...

4 Aug 2022

Renewable, green fuel startups aim to disrupt India's emissions

Opinion / Cities

Sprawling Kolkata's tall order for a sustainable future

...the river. The largest wholesale market was in the northern part of the city while government activities and the Europeans’ homes were confined to the centre. The northern part was native habitation w...

11 Jan 2023

Sprawling Kolkata's tall order for a sustainable future

News / Lifestyle

Love is going green in India — could big fat Indian weddings be a thing of the past?

...their union. The lavish, three-day ceremonies, the extravagant decorations, the endless personalised gifts, and the smorgasbord of food options in over-the-top buffets no longer appeal to a new breed ...

25 Jul 2022

Love is going green in India — could big fat Indian weddings be a thing of the past?

News / Waste

No trash goes to waste on Greek islands racing to recycle

...the other for paper, plastic, aluminium and glass; and the third for everything else. "The closing of the landfill was the right solution," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "We need a permanent...

29 Aug 2022

No trash goes to waste on Greek islands racing to recycle

Press Releases / Danfoss

Danfoss formally completes acquisition of German compressor manufacturer BOCK GmbH

...The completion of the acquisition reinforces Danfoss’ position as a preferred provider of greener cooling and heating solutions. The announcement is made today in parallel with Danfoss releasing...

6 Mar 2023

Danfoss formally completes acquisition of German compressor manufacturer BOCK GmbH

News / Carbon & Climate

Low Mekong waters make life hard around Cambodia’s smaller lakes

...the time the water was going up to the time the water went down… But now [it’s February] and the water has already dried up.” When reporters for The Third Pole visited the lake earlier this year, larg...

19 May 2022

Low Mekong waters make life hard around Cambodia’s smaller lakes

News / Transport

As Singapore plans gig worker benefits, some fear earnings hit

...the sustainability of the gig marketplace comes from the appropriate protection of platform workers," Danny Quah, vice-chairman of the advisory committee, said in emailed comments. The proposed rules ...

21 Dec 2022

As Singapore plans gig worker benefits, some fear earnings hit

Opinion / Policy & Finance

How the Indo-Pacific can beat the SDG cash crunch

...These challenges are particularly acute in many countries in the Indo-Pacific region and at the current rate, the region is on track to miss the 2030 SDG target by several decades. The impacts of the ...

4 Oct 2023

How the Indo-Pacific can beat the SDG cash crunch

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Keeping small islands financially afloat

...the IMF and the World Bank to allocate the concessional financing needed to prepare and recover from unforeseen crises. While the Bridgetown Initiative addresses the immediacy of the climate-change th...

23 May 2023

Keeping small islands financially afloat

News / Policy & Finance

How China completely redefined a key energy target

...the new definition makes it clear that the change is also applied to the national target. The key implication of the change is that the level of ambition is lowered. Because China is increasing the sh...

20 Mar 2024

How China completely redefined a key energy target

News / Policy & Finance

ADB’s safeguard policy lacks transparency and aspiration: rights groups

...the sidelines of a panel discussion on Tuesday during the ADB’s 55th annual general meeting. Ofreneo, a former dean of the school of labour and industrial relations at the University of the Philippine...

30 Sep 2022

ADB’s safeguard policy lacks transparency and aspiration: rights groups

Press Releases / AMPD Energy

Ampd Energy partners with Select to reduce emissions in central London

...the Enertainer is designed for the tough, dynamic and space-constrained needs of construction sites. In the six weeks since the Enertainer has been operational the advanced energy storage system has ...

26 Jan 2023

Ampd Energy partners with Select to reduce emissions in central London

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

What will an El Niño bring next to India?

...the case when an El Niño develops in the (northern-hemisphere) Spring, as has been the case this year, after three consecutive years of La Niña. Predictive models suggest the El Niño will continue str...

18 Jul 2023

What will an El Niño bring next to India?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Connecting the unbanked: how the internet of things can expand financial services

...the pandemic. There are now 21.5 billion interconnected devices worldwide. And yet, 1.4 billion adults still have no access to banking, with the majority being women, according to the World Bank's F...

5 Apr 2023

Connecting the unbanked: how the internet of things can expand financial services

News / Carbon & Climate

Amid World Cup criticisms, is it time for sport to be greener?

...the location of future global sporting events. Qatar, the world's largest producer of fossil fuel gas, made the vow when it bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup 12 years ago - but monitoring groups say the...

19 Dec 2022

Amid World Cup criticisms, is it time for sport to be greener?

News / Food & Agriculture

Drought-resilient millet: a pathway to food security in India?

...the benefits of the crop. An MSP guarantees a certain level of income to farmers for their crop. If the government-set price is higher than prevailing market rates, the prospect of a higher return enc...

2 Oct 2023

Drought-resilient millet: a pathway to food security in India?

Press Releases / International Finance Corporation

IFC, Singapore’s Agrocorp partner to improve food security in Bangladesh

...the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). The IDA PSW is an option when there is no commercial solution, and the World Bank Group’s other tools and approaches are insufficient. For mo...

19 Dec 2022

IFC, Singapore’s Agrocorp partner to improve food security in Bangladesh

News / Policy & Finance

UAE COP presidency needs to snap out of ‘listening mode’ and get to action: Bonn observers

...the first week of the talks participating in sessions on what the youth had to say about the global stocktake, or the process of measuring the world’s progress towards achieving the Paris Agreement cl...

19 Jun 2023

UAE COP presidency needs to snap out of ‘listening mode’ and get to action: Bonn observers

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