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News / Carbon & Climate

From spring’s start to sea heat, data tells tale of climate action

...1 degree Celsius. For instance, accurately measuring risks that could lead to disasters could help indicate progress in dealing with climate change. That could become more important in the future as e...

20 Mar 2017

From spring’s start to sea heat, data tells tale of climate action

News / Waste

"Halve food waste by 2030": EU lawmakers urge member states

...143 billion euros ($153.61 billion), which activists say could feed the 55 million people living in food poverty in Europe more than nine times over. ($1 = 0.9309 euros) This story was published with ...

25 Jan 2017

"Halve food waste by 2030": EU lawmakers urge member states

Opinion / Water

7 reasons we're facing a global water crisis

...115 lives and affecting 5.7 million citizens. “ When the price of receiving clean water is closer to its actual service cost, efficient water use will be incentivised. And on the flip side, the poor ...

28 Aug 2017

7 reasons we're facing a global water crisis

The Puerto Rico Army National Guard clearing the roads after Hurricane Maria

Opinion / Energy

Why solar 'microgrids' are not a cure-all for Puerto Rico's power woes

...16 the PREC issued an order directing PREPA to convert some of its oil plants to gas, renegotiate some high-priced renewables contracts and purchase more renewable energy. In April 2017 PREPA issued a...

9 Nov 2017

Why solar 'microgrids' are not a cure-all for Puerto Rico's power woes

News / Transport

Urban expansion outpacing rapid transit, report says

...1 km (.62 miles) of trains and buses. In the suburbs, options plummet by about half, fueling reliance on cars and limiting access to jobs and education for poor populations, the report says. Paris win...

26 Oct 2016

Urban expansion outpacing rapid transit, report says

Opinion / Energy

4 ways blockchain will disrupt the energy sector

...1. Capacity building and institutional strengthening Support can be given to help energy regulators and power utilities use blockchain to improve their financial management. The technology can then h...

3 Jun 2017

4 ways blockchain will disrupt the energy sector

News / Carbon & Climate

Pace of climate change too hot for crops

...1°C global temperature increase, wheat yields are expected to fall by between 4.1 per cent and 6.4 per cent. They divided the planet into grids and looked at climate and data for rice, maize, wheat an...

11 Oct 2016

Pace of climate change too hot for crops

News / Energy

Trading in old wind turbines for new

...1990s and the wind turbines are nearing the end of their lifecycle. “We are glad that the MNRE (Ministry of New and Renewable Energy) has directed the state nodal agencies to extend their support espe...

11 Oct 2016

Trading in old wind turbines for new

Press Releases / CAREL

Natural, energy-efficient refrigerants now available

...17 once again be exhibiting at Euroshop, Europe’s leading retail show, with almost 110,000 visitors and more than 2,000 exhibitors from 60 different countries. High efficiency with natural refr...

7 Feb 2017

Natural, energy-efficient refrigerants now available

Press Releases / Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings

SOMPO HOLDINGS redefined group's CSR material issues

...15 of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030, the adoption of a new international framework on climate change at the 21st annual Conference of the Parties (COP21) in December (Paris Agreement),...

11 Jun 2016

SOMPO HOLDINGS redefined group's CSR material issues

News / Energy

Loans for solar systems make power affordable in rural Kenya

...1,760 Kenyan shillings every month for 12 months, after which he will own the system outright, having paid about two-thirds of what it would have cost to get a grid connection. "Once I finish paying (...

22 Aug 2017

Loans for solar systems make power affordable in rural Kenya

Indian garment workers during lunch time break

News / Manufacturing

India's low-paid garment workers seek $7.6 mln compensation

...12 years - and that they could claim arrears going back to 2014. “ Instead of paying workers their correct salaries, companies are finding ways to surreptitiously squash their rights. Selvi Palani, w...

25 Jul 2017

India's low-paid garment workers seek $7.6 mln compensation

Female students in a school in the northeastern province of Assam, India

News / Waste

Green the red: Indian city breaks taboos for "sustainable menstruation"

...10 rupees (less than $1)," said Rakhi Ravikumar, deputy mayor of Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala state. "There are manufacturers willing to partner with us and we are determined to push this through." In...

28 Apr 2017

Green the red: Indian city breaks taboos for "sustainable menstruation"

Pike Place Public Market in Seattle, Washington

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

How a tiny portion of the world's oceans could help meet global seafood demand

...1, 1317–1324 (2017)., CC BY-ND Moreover, we don’t even need to use that entire area to meet world seafood demand. If aquaculture were developed in only the most productive areas, the oceans could t...

11 Sep 2017

How a tiny portion of the world's oceans could help meet global seafood demand

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

A most unlikely hope: How the companies that destroyed the world’s forests can save them

...100 km2 in extent. The commercial farmers are proud of their technology, and this part of the process of growing soy makes them feel like they’re on the cutting edge of society. Cargill, Bunge, and th...

2 Jul 2018

A most unlikely hope: How the companies that destroyed the world’s forests can save them

News / Waste

Plastic Fantastic? Indonesia plans to turn plastic waste into road tar

...19, or 14 per cent of the country’s total waste. With each kilometer of road requiring 2.5 to 5 tonnes of plastic, plastic waste could be used to pave 190,000 kilometers of road. In addition, the resu...

15 Aug 2017

Plastic Fantastic? Indonesia plans to turn plastic waste into road tar

News / Cities

At ‘renewable cities’ forum, envisioning a city that produces more energy than it uses

...187 per cent. That’s how much of the city’s energy needs could be generated through solar roofs. And Colleen Giroux-Schmidt envisions a city where the streets are bustling but silent — all the cars an...

23 May 2017

At ‘renewable cities’ forum, envisioning a city that produces more energy than it uses

Press Releases / GAC Enterprise Pte Ltd

MOU on the financial technology accelerator and other collaborations

...17.83 kilometers. The total area is 65.40 square kilometers and a population of 1069, 000. In 2014, the State of Qingdao approved the comprehensive finance reform pilot project and Qingdao became Chin...

8 Aug 2016

MOU on the financial technology accelerator and other collaborations

Press Releases / BERNAMA Media Relations and Event Management (MREM)

Calling all Australian entrepeneurs and innovators

...17/jb_mr_170129.aspx), the Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop encouraged innovators in the Indo-Pacific to take on the Water Abundance XPRIZE during a visit to XPRIZE Headquarters in Los Angeles...

21 Mar 2017

Calling all Australian entrepeneurs and innovators

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

4 ways B Corp certification is driving Impact-Business Models in Asia

...15. There are now five B Corps in Singapore and at least another 10 that are on their way to attaining B Corp certification. As a small, open-border city state, Singapore takes a serious approach to ...

18 Jul 2017

4 ways B Corp certification is driving Impact-Business Models in Asia

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