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Karachi is unsafe with nuclear, solar better

...if we use thorium fission reactors, or is this still an academic discussion? PH: India has been planning on doing this for 40 years. There’s still no electricity being produced by thorium fuelled rea...

20 Feb 2017

Karachi is unsafe with nuclear, solar better

News / Policy & Finance

At UN, over $2 billion pledged to help hurricane-affected Caribbean nations ‘build back better’

...island State of Antigua and Barbuda, and Dominica were among the most severely affected, along with Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands. Haiti and St. Kitts and Nev...

24 Nov 2017

At UN, over $2 billion pledged to help hurricane-affected Caribbean nations ‘build back better’

Opinion / Policy & Finance

If we want to solve complex social and environmental problems, we need to think in terms of systems

...ified but not included in the exploration. Think of it as learning to swim in a pool, with solid visible walls, versus the ocean, with infinite possibilities and no defined edges. Start in the swimmin...

28 Jun 2018

If we want to solve complex social and environmental problems, we need to think in terms of systems

News / Energy

Brahmaputra boat clinic goes solar, powering up rural healthcare

...Indian public health standards, which include having functional infrastructure for electricity. For the residents of Majuli, the world's biggest river island, and other smaller islands dotting the riv...

1 Nov 2017

Brahmaputra boat clinic goes solar, powering up rural healthcare

News / Water

China maps its goals for coastal clean-up

...ina is also bringing its distant water fishing fleet into line with international norms, with standardised logs, monitoring of vessel locations, and catch certification. China’s influence in marine go...

2 Aug 2017

China maps its goals for coastal clean-up

News / Policy & Finance

In pictures: Sustainable Development Goals through the lens of students

...is vision into reality. With this in mind, UNIC Tokyo and Sophia University put their heads together and came up with a student photo contest with special cooperation from Getty Images Japan. “This pa...

18 Jul 2017

In pictures: Sustainable Development Goals through the lens of students

News / Energy

Villages die as community makes way for coal in Germany

...ilies like his, campaigners count the wider environmental fallout. "It is absolutely unacceptable that coal companies like RWE still want to destroy homes and nature for dirty lignite. It is inefficie...

14 Aug 2018

Villages die as community makes way for coal in Germany

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Callousness to inequality is dooming climate change progress

...imate change is real and deadly serious. But so is income inequality. Recent research ties the opioid crisis ravaging working-class communities in the United States directly to income inequality. Yet ...

18 Sep 2017

Callousness to inequality is dooming climate change progress

Videos / Carbon & Climate

Rising temperatures imperil winter sports industry

...imate change. Snowlines are receding. The snowline is the elevation at which precipitation begins to fall as snow instead of rain. Like many hairlines, snowlines have been receding over time. Scientis...

27 Feb 2018

Rising temperatures imperil winter sports industry

News / Energy

China generates energy and controversy in Argentina

...ion’s environmental sovereignty,” he told IPS. In this regard, Di Paola said that “China has occupied in Latin America the place previously occupied primarily by traditional financial institutions suc...

22 Jun 2018

China generates energy and controversy in Argentina

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

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

...ing their eyes and failing to ask questions. Indeed, the rubber industry association charged with dealing with sustainability requires its suppliers only to comply with the laws in the countries in wh...

2 Jul 2018

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

News / Corporate Responsibility

Building a ‘coalition of the willing’, one person at a time

...ities initiative in 2014 – can you share with us how this improves the liveability of cities? Our cities are growing – around half of the world’s population live in cities and this will increase to ne...

16 Dec 2016

Building a ‘coalition of the willing’, one person at a time

Opinion / Lifestyle

Fairtrade versus Fairly-traded

...it from a minimum price and a Fairtrade premium to be invested in social, environmental and productivity improvements. The price floor and premium are often cited as Fairtrade’s biggest impact. But, i...

26 May 2017

Fairtrade versus Fairly-traded

Oscar-winning actor and UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation Forest Whitaker at Ecosperity

News / Policy & Finance

Gene screening to skills shaping: 5 big ideas for a better world

...itals with an ‘assembly line’ approach to surgical operations and bulk buying supplies. Indeed, healthcare innovations like this could provide businesses in Asia with US$670 billion of opportunities b...

19 Jun 2018

Gene screening to skills shaping: 5 big ideas for a better world

News / Policy & Finance

Is sustainability reporting working?

...ile critics wonder if the practice really brings about positive change in the world. In this conversation with Eco-Business, Mohin talks about how effective sustainability reporting is at driving real...

29 Jun 2017

Is sustainability reporting working?

Opinion / Cities

The data-driven city

...ill integrate information from across national agencies into a single public portal. The goal is to help improve decision-making and enhance the country’s ability to monitor and meet its climate-chang...

21 Feb 2018

The data-driven city

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change fight will be won or lost in cities, say experts

...ieves cities will forge ahead with their own path. Individual US states and cities have said they will continue with efforts to combat climate change, with California releasing new measures within min...

15 Feb 2017

Climate change fight will be won or lost in cities, say experts

Press Releases / Singapore Environment Council

Sixty per cent of Singapore's Students Mobilised to Save the Environment

...ished in 1995, the Singapore Environment Council (SEC) is an independently managed, non-profit and non-government organisation (NGO). We influence thinking on sustainability issues and coordinate envi...

8 Nov 2017

Sixty per cent of Singapore's Students Mobilised to Save the Environment

News / Carbon & Climate

As rural Sri Lanka dries out, young farmers look for new job options

...id Sisira Kumara, the main government administrative officer in the village of 416 families. "They will work at construction sites or as office helpers, anything they can get their hands on. The ambit...

21 Aug 2017

As rural Sri Lanka dries out, young farmers look for new job options

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Getting the jump on a White House weasel

...ith people, communities and wider social agendas. WRI CEO Andrew Steer probed the wider political context in his Stories to Watch 2017 session preceding our joint event. The big question, he said, is ...

14 Feb 2017

Getting the jump on a White House weasel

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