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7 people who stood up for our planet in 2018

...ipping company, in an interview with Financial Times this month. Shipping is a highly polluting, carbon-intensive sector, so for its biggest player—which emits about 36 million tonnes of carbon dioxid...

10 Dec 2018

7 people who stood up for our planet in 2018

News / Energy

Australian venture taps 'migrapreneurs' for cleantech solutions

...ing and further training. Migrants are a "highly qualified workforce in Australia that is nowhere near to realising its full potential", according to Iftikhar. “A lot of migrants in Australia still d...

18 Jul 2018

Australian venture taps 'migrapreneurs' for cleantech solutions

News / Carbon & Climate

We're not suggesting developing countries stop using coal immediately, says IPCC co-chair

...ish a paper and go through a peer review process. Only in this way can IPCC check their theories and see if they have merit. The critical principles for IPCC are transparency and objectivity, so point...

8 Dec 2018

We're not suggesting developing countries stop using coal immediately, says IPCC co-chair

News / Food & Agriculture

Long road ahead for ethical palm oil in booming Indian market

...ith other oils and suits frying, a key consideration in preparing Indian food.What happens to palm oil demand in India has a significant effect on the entire industry. Since India’s palm oil imports a...

22 Jun 2020

Long road ahead for ethical palm oil in booming Indian market

News / Carbon & Climate

Coral reefs can’t wait for world to take action, urges UN, as Biodiversity Conference gets underway

...Initiative General Meeting, which I will be hosting in Monaco this December, will be an important step and my wish is that it will lead to the adoption of a practical, effective, ambitious and realist...

15 Nov 2018

Coral reefs can’t wait for world to take action, urges UN, as Biodiversity Conference gets underway

Opinion / Lifestyle

Yes, it's still up to you to do something about climate change

...ight, but only to a point. In fact, the individual and the social are intertwined in two crucial ways. First, enough individuals making changes does equal social change. And individual actions can hav...

9 Dec 2019

Yes, it's still up to you to do something about climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

5 trends that will shape sustainability and business in 2020

...imit the use of plastics, but these remain isolated and usually small initiatives,” said De Forges. “I believe that awareness will continue to spread, and we will be seeing more initiatives relating t...

2 Jan 2020

5 trends that will shape sustainability and business in 2020

Wind turbines along the Southern Ocean, Western Australia.

News / Energy

Australia's energy market confusion is hurting the environment and business

...ition view the latest moves as ironically illiberal. With coal-based power generation increasingly uneconomical, maintaining it in Australia’s energy mix requires deploying a very visible hand of mark...

27 Feb 2019

Australia's energy market confusion is hurting the environment and business

News / Cities

Experts see environmental, social fallout in Indonesia’s infrastructure boom

...ing land and selling it to the highest bidders, critics say. “If the land bank is established, it will widen the gap [in land ownership between companies and local communities] and agrarian conflicts ...

18 Jun 2020

Experts see environmental, social fallout in Indonesia’s infrastructure boom

News / Energy

Karachi’s green buses to be powered by dung

...ive in smaller spaces so it is easier to pick manure from that area,” said Farooqui. Another incentive is that after training, Karachi Breeze will hire farm hands in picking up the dung. “This will gi...

24 Jan 2020

Karachi’s green buses to be powered by dung

News / Transport

The future of flight is electric

...ic sea ice. Emissions from airplanes have doubled over the past 20 years, and air traffic will double by 2035, driven by a growing middle class in countries like China and India. “ The noise issue an...

16 Jul 2019

The future of flight is electric

News / Food & Agriculture

As aquaculture booms, a new report guides investors toward sustainability

...id. “There has been a recognition in the last decade that there are challenges, and I think that the industry is moving in a more positive direction.” This story was published with permission from Mon...

9 May 2019

As aquaculture booms, a new report guides investors toward sustainability

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesian farmers pay the price for politics in palm oil

...inst Frans, handing down a verdict that activists condemned as rife with irregularities. Frans was convicted of destruction of property, and spent more than five months in jail. Oil palm expansion Fra...

6 Jun 2018

Indonesian farmers pay the price for politics in palm oil

News / Policy & Finance

As 2020 fire season nears, Indonesian president blasts officials for last year's burning

...iterated his threat to fire military and police officials in affected jurisdictions, and noted that fires have already been detected in Siak district, in Sumatra’s Riau province. “Extinguish them imme...

12 Feb 2020

As 2020 fire season nears, Indonesian president blasts officials for last year's burning

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

How a small community in the northeastern corner of India became the country's first green village

...illage designation, due to its history of resisting British colonisation in the 1800s,” Sakhrie says. “But most visitors today are those interested in Khonoma’s biodiversity and its conservation succe...

1 Apr 2019

How a small community in the northeastern corner of India became the country's first green village

News / Policy & Finance

Indian garment workers take to the airwaves to demand better conditions

...and other working conditions. Many of the factories and mills in Tamil Nadu – the largest hub in India's $40 billion-a-year textile and garment industry – operate informally, with poor regulation, and...

21 Feb 2019

Indian garment workers take to the airwaves to demand better conditions

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

An optimist’s guide to climate change

...ing. But all of this is possible. As with any policy shift, some sectors or individuals will incur new costs; this is especially true for policies addressing pollution, biodiversity loss, and other co...

9 Jan 2019

An optimist’s guide to climate change

Opinion / Green Buildings

Bamboo: Nature’s forgotten solution for green industry

...ing bamboo in international fora, such as UN events—but also in the provision of information and training to people in different sectors. The International Standardisation Organisation is commissionin...

18 Feb 2019

Bamboo: Nature’s forgotten solution for green industry

News / Policy & Finance

Dam that threatens orangutan habitat is ‘wholly unnecessary’, say conservationists

...iser to BHP Billiton, the world’s biggest mining company, when it operated in Indonesia; was the World Bank’s senior adviser on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, or EITI; and has cons...

3 Feb 2020

Dam that threatens orangutan habitat is ‘wholly unnecessary’, say conservationists

News / Transport

Charging ahead? India's electric car revolution faces bumps

...id rising fuel prices. Families worried about air pollution—India has 15 of the most polluted cities in the world, including New Delhi—also are looking for alternatives. And foreign automobile and tec...

3 Sep 2019

Charging ahead? India's electric car revolution faces bumps

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