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Opinion / Carbon & Climate

What staying cool has to do with eradicating poverty in India

...ient deficiencies, and even cognitive damage. “ 800 million people in South Asia currently reside in areas where rising temperatures and erratic rainfall are threatening livelihoods and reducing livi...

15 Oct 2018

What staying cool has to do with eradicating poverty in India

News / Policy & Finance

At Asian forum, UN chief calls for more equitable globalisation, urgent action on climate change

...in communications and technology,” he said. But “vast numbers of people are being left behind,” he added, and “inequality is systemic and growing.” “Our destination must be a fair globalisation that ...

16 Apr 2018

At Asian forum, UN chief calls for more equitable globalisation, urgent action on climate change

News / Lifestyle

Taking a sustainability degree from passion to profession

...ibility for their advertising, and look for solutions which maximise commercial value while reducing emissions.” Yang’s project is ongoing, but the end result will be a set of findings and guidelines ...

1 Nov 2017

Taking a sustainability degree from passion to profession

News / Waste

Drop in the ocean? British supermarkets look to bottle deposits to cut pollution

...itish naturalist David Attenborough's "Blue Planet II" TV series that highlighted plastic waste in oceans and said he would take action. And finance minister Philip Hammond said the government will lo...

11 Dec 2017

Drop in the ocean? British supermarkets look to bottle deposits to cut pollution

Opinion / Waste

Zero plastic bags or zero waste? In defence of Singapore’s rejection of a plastic bag ban

...itter traps in place to minimise marine litter pollution. Given our highly effective waste collection and management system, Singapore’s contribution to marine- and land-based plastic pollution is min...

1 Nov 2018

Zero plastic bags or zero waste? In defence of Singapore’s rejection of a plastic bag ban

Press Releases / Eco-Business

Power Trip: Southeast Asia’s bumpy journey to a low carbon economy

...ific countries in the region in their transition. This report surveyed 562 senior government, business and civic society executives from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore and V...

31 Oct 2018

Power Trip: Southeast Asia’s bumpy journey to a low carbon economy

News / Carbon & Climate

Women in small-island states exposed to high levels of mercury from toxic coal energy and gold mining

...in 21 countries and territories—including Fiji, Barbados, Comoros, Sri Lanka, and the US islands of Molokai in Hawaii and Saint Lawrence in Alaska—where industrialisation remains low and the populatio...

28 Nov 2018

Women in small-island states exposed to high levels of mercury from toxic coal energy and gold mining

News / Carbon & Climate

Scientists urge world leaders to ramp up targets to protect global biodiversity

...igh biodiversity and/or productivity, and to aim to secure 50 per cent by 2050. This will be extremely challenging, but it is possible, and anything less will likely result in a major extinction crisi...

1 Oct 2018

Scientists urge world leaders to ramp up targets to protect global biodiversity

A model wears a dress designed and produced with zero waste

Opinion / Manufacturing

For a true war on waste, the fashion industry must spend more on research

...ining fashion with science allowed the traditional techniques and artistry of making garments to be explained and communicated to scientist and engineers. In the meantime, fast fashion companies rapid...

16 Aug 2017

For a true war on waste, the fashion industry must spend more on research

News / Food & Agriculture

Can Nepali coffee survive impacts of climate change?

...il technical officer. He is is testing organic remedies to fight the white stem borer. Researchers in Zimbabwe and India have found links between the infestation of white stem borers and precipitation...

15 Jan 2018

Can Nepali coffee survive impacts of climate change?

News / Carbon & Climate

Dirty industry undermines push to curb global warming - ex-UN climate chief

...in curbing climate change and making communities more resilient to its impacts. A push by cities in the United States to join states and corporations in moving forward with action to tackle climate ch...

26 Feb 2018

Dirty industry undermines push to curb global warming - ex-UN climate chief

News / Energy

Loans for solar systems make power affordable in rural Kenya

...i, a Musoni credit officer based in Naivasha, talked to the group about the new solar home systems it is offering in partnership with d.light, an international social enterprise specialising in solar ...

22 Aug 2017

Loans for solar systems make power affordable in rural Kenya

News / Carbon & Climate

In rural Indonesia, a village learns to embrace its forest through sustainability

...ined,” he said in an interview. The village of Taba Padang is one of many scattered across Indonesia, where impoverished communities have for generations lived within or nearby forests. Their efforts ...

8 Dec 2017

In rural Indonesia, a village learns to embrace its forest through sustainability

Opinion / Manufacturing

Don’t stress about what kind of Christmas tree to buy, but reuse artificial trees and compost natural ones

...istmas tree plantations while ignoring pesticide use and carbon dioxide emissions from plantation management, harvesting and shipping. Is synthetic better? Artificial trees have a different set of imp...

17 Dec 2018

Don’t stress about what kind of Christmas tree to buy, but reuse artificial trees and compost natural ones

News / Transport

Factcheck: How electric vehicles help to tackle climate change

...issions – and has a lifecycle climate impact similar to the estimate for the Nissan Leaf. It still has lifetime emissions similar to the most efficient conventional cars in Germany and the US, but is,...

14 May 2019

Factcheck: How electric vehicles help to tackle climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

Regrets and relief one year after US ditched global climate deal

...it) above pre-industrial times. A meeting is planned in December in Poland for countries to look at its implementation, including how to monitor emissions. Experts say momentum is compromised in the a...

31 May 2018

Regrets and relief one year after US ditched global climate deal

News / Transport

Is India’s goods and services tax bad news for Bhutan’s environment?

...ity (RMA) tightened access to credit for buying vehicles amid increasing vehicle imports and GST applications in India. The RMA issued a notice to financial institutions asking them to provide only 30...

3 Oct 2017

Is India’s goods and services tax bad news for Bhutan’s environment?

News / Waste

Sustainable fashion: Students tackle Singapore’s textile waste

...imited (CDL) and Eco-Business to collect, process and resell donated items for EcoBank, a charity initiative by the two firms. During a recent session held at City Industrial Building in eastern Sing...

29 Jan 2018

Sustainable fashion: Students tackle Singapore’s textile waste

medical professionals performing a surgery

News / Carbon & Climate

Healthcare in world’s largest economies ‘accounts for 4%’ of global emissions

...and 2014 (Lithuania joined in 2018, bringing the total to 36). In addition, given their size and global significance, the researchers included India and China in their analysis, using healthcare expen...

11 Jun 2019

Healthcare in world’s largest economies ‘accounts for 4%’ of global emissions

Opinion / Cities

For people working to protect nature, cities can no longer be an afterthought

...ion lives in cities, and this number is rapidly increasing. Climate change has exacerbated hazards to cities, like flooding and extreme heat, putting millions of people in harm’s way. Cities present a...

18 Sep 2018

For people working to protect nature, cities can no longer be an afterthought

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