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News / Food & Agriculture

As millions go hungry, India eyes ways to stop wasting $14 billion of food a year

...in various ways, including changing distribution strategies and using technology. The Ministry of Food Processing Industries is working with the private sector companies to provide pre-cooling and chi...

5 Jan 2018

As millions go hungry, India eyes ways to stop wasting $14 billion of food a year

News / Carbon & Climate

Japan’s deadly 2018 heatwave ‘could not have happened without climate change’

...ility of such a heatwave in the “non-warming” world—a world without human-driven climate change—while the red curve shows the probability in a world with climate change. In addition to this, the pink ...

3 Jun 2019

Japan’s deadly 2018 heatwave ‘could not have happened without climate change’

News / Manufacturing

Blockchain is revolutionising your ability to make environmentally friendly purchases

...ands if they made their sustainability credentials clearer on their packaging and in their marketing. At the same time, many people are increasingly skeptical of claims made by media, politicians and...

14 Sep 2018

Blockchain is revolutionising your ability to make environmentally friendly purchases

News / Carbon & Climate

Tree resin could replace oil and gas in household products

...icals,” he said. Understanding the genetic blueprint of loblollies will help scientists improve resin production in pines, or even replicate the resin-producing mechanism in different species, such as...

2 Jan 2019

Tree resin could replace oil and gas in household products

News / Carbon & Climate

Vietnam’s new conservation plan prioritises trees and people, but not emissions

...ing forests. PFES tries to prioritize payment to poor families, specifically ethnic minorities. By the end of 2017, there were more than 450,000 ethnic minority households participating in and benefit...

13 Mar 2020

Vietnam’s new conservation plan prioritises trees and people, but not emissions

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

What a giant snake can teach us about designing cities for the future

...ildlife-friendly cities a priority if their constituents demand it. And that means doing things like forming urban-wildlife groups, attending city-council meetings, lobbying politicians and demanding ...

14 Jun 2018

What a giant snake can teach us about designing cities for the future

News / Cities

Smoke to ink? Indian inventors try a novel approach to tame air pollution

...India's air, though its release has been delayed, said Sunil Dahiya, a senior campaigner with Greenpeace India. "The air pollution debate and health debate is picking up in India," Dahiya said in a te...

3 May 2018

Smoke to ink? Indian inventors try a novel approach to tame air pollution

News / Corporate Responsibility

From tourism to coffee, young Thais blend profit with social good

...in northern Thailand for tourists to stay with local families and immerse themselves in hill-tribe culture. The aim was for the villagers to see some financial benefit from their country's multi-billi...

9 Oct 2017

From tourism to coffee, young Thais blend profit with social good

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Why countries should unlock their public wealth

...inancial crisis—reaching $3.7 trillion at the end of 2017—Cuba’s experience should serve as a warning. But, for developing countries today, there is an additional complication: global finance is incre...

28 Dec 2018

Why countries should unlock their public wealth

Carrying a newborn baby in Pokhara, Nepal

Opinion / Energy

Solar energy could help combat antimicrobial resistance

...in 1962 and 1989, and political instability in the country and the fragile diplomatic ties with its neighbors in the south means that it is a situation that can arise again in the future. This is a ...

18 May 2018

Solar energy could help combat antimicrobial resistance

News / Policy & Finance

Tough policing is restoring Indonesia’s fisheries

...ishing nation in the world, China is critical to addressing IUU fishing and ensuring sustainable fisheries practices,” she said. Indonesia’s aggressive policing is not feasible for countries with fewe...

18 Feb 2019

Tough policing is restoring Indonesia’s fisheries

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News / Carbon & Climate

Climate trauma: The invisible cost of climate change

...itled “Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications and Guidance,” climate change has acute and chronic impacts, directly and indirectly, on individual well-being. Climate change-indu...

3 Nov 2017

Climate trauma: The invisible cost of climate change

News / Cities

Asia's expanding cities must embrace youth to avoid unrest -U.N.

...illion people in the region still lack basic sanitation services, while 250 million people live in slums. Infrastructure and services in many Asia-Pacific cities have struggled to keep pace with risin...

8 Feb 2018

Asia's expanding cities must embrace youth to avoid unrest -U.N.

Press Releases / Eco-Business

Eco-Business launches The EB Circle, announces international advisory board

...ip initiative include: Priority access to all EB events in the region Exclusive invitation to join The EB Circle on Slack Media training from EB staff and network of experts in its 2018 series of...

6 Dec 2017

Eco-Business launches The EB Circle, announces international advisory board

News / Transport

Indonesia's new bill targets illegal fishing vessel owners

...isheries ministry official, said he was optimistic the bill would be passed this year. He added the ministry would also hold discussions with fishing companies and communities during the ongoing delib...

6 Jun 2018

Indonesia's new bill targets illegal fishing vessel owners

Presliced vegetables in plastic wrapping on supermarket shelves

Opinion / Lifestyle

Plastic packaging is often pollution for profit

...ils of plastic. As a polymer scientist, it feels like my life’s work is dismissed as immoral by even my hero Sir David Attenborough, simply because I deal with plastics. But plastic itself is inanimat...

26 Apr 2018

Plastic packaging is often pollution for profit

News / Policy & Finance

Private sector leaders seek to ramp up investment in sustainable landscapes

...in a $1-billion-initiative aimed at making agriculture more sustainable. The focus is on stopping deforestation, investing in degraded lands instead of deforestation, and increasing reforestation and ...

5 Jun 2018

Private sector leaders seek to ramp up investment in sustainable landscapes

Opinion / Policy & Finance

A year of successes in global health

...imination of human onchocerciasis, which causes blindness, impaired vision, and skin infections. Fourth on my list is a dramatic drop in the number of guinea-worm disease infections. A mere 26 cases w...

24 Jan 2018

A year of successes in global health

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

France and Britain must together help world reach climate safety

...illions into investments in cleaner electric cars. It’s why the Mayors of Paris and London, Anne Hidalgo and Sadiq Khan, are partnering to explore solutions to the air pollution crisis that is blighti...

23 Jan 2018

France and Britain must together help world reach climate safety

Opinion / Waste

Think bigger on small sanitation projects to reach the urban poor

...ig cities in Southeast Asia, like Bangkok and Manila, rely on decentralised, on-site sanitation. Outside the region, a similar situation can be found in cities in Ghana, Kenya, and Peru. For these sys...

5 Oct 2018

Think bigger on small sanitation projects to reach the urban poor

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