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Food & Agriculture
Climate crisis hitting bottom 50 per cent hardest, say London protesters
...
smallholders
supply 80 per cent of overall food produced in Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. Traditional pastoralists are typically highly sustainable producers, but many are facing challen...
22 Apr 2019
Climate crisis hitting bottom 50 per cent hardest, say London protesters
News /
Food & Agriculture
Too late to plant green seed among world's forgotten palm oil farmers?
...
smallholders
like Kasno have been left behind, say industry officials. Only 78,000
smallholders
are certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), a body of consumer organisations, enviro...
3 Apr 2018
Too late to plant green seed among world's forgotten palm oil farmers?
Opinion /
Policy & Finance
Financing the green transition
Four years after world leaders signed the Paris climate agreement and adopted the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the global environmental crisis shows e...
17 Oct 2019
Financing the green transition
News /
Food & Agriculture
Can the palm oil sector do more with less to save Indonesia's forests?
...
smallholders
who produce fresh fruit bunches for independent mills, making supply chains very hard to manage. Smallholder plantations are known for their low productivity and poor crop quality, which ...
10 Jul 2018
Can the palm oil sector do more with less to save Indonesia's forests?
Videos /
Carbon & Climate
Want to save the planet? Move to Wales
Fighting climate change is much more than a day job for Chris Vernon and Erica Thompson. It is their entire way of life. They are part of a groundbreaking Welsh government scheme under which people ge...
23 Oct 2018
Want to save the planet? Move to Wales
News /
Food & Agriculture
Perpetual haze? Sustained pressure on peatlands will mean no end to Indonesia's forest fires, warns report
A dangerous combination of the development of industrial palm oil and pulpwood plantations on Indonesia's carbon-rich peatlands, and weakened regulations to protect peat, means that annual toxic...
22 Nov 2019
Perpetual haze? Sustained pressure on peatlands will mean no end to Indonesia's forest fires, warns report
News /
Food & Agriculture
'Nobel for food' winner tells ailing world to eat more veg
...
smallholders
in Asia miss out on new, resilient seeds that could improve yields in the face of climate change, according to the Netherlands-based Access to Seeds Foundation. Seeds for diversity Diver...
11 Jun 2019
'Nobel for food' winner tells ailing world to eat more veg
News /
Food & Agriculture
Big brands sourcing illegal palm oil from habitat of orangutans, rhinos, elephants and tigers: study
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smallholders
and, like GAR, is aiming for full traceability by the end of 2020. Both Musim Mas and GAR are members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the industry certifier for palm oi...
1 Oct 2019
Big brands sourcing illegal palm oil from habitat of orangutans, rhinos, elephants and tigers: study
News /
Food & Agriculture
Are small farmers ready as Indonesia looks to impose its palm oil sustainability standard on all?
...
smallholders
by 2020. The need to do so will only grow more urgent as the number of such operators continues to increase, expanding their share of Indonesia’s oil palm plantation area to 60 percent by...
16 Apr 2018
Are small farmers ready as Indonesia looks to impose its palm oil sustainability standard on all?
News /
Food & Agriculture
Haze from forest fires, Indonesia’s national ‘embarrassment’, is back
Three years after forest fires in Indonesia sent huge volumes of smoke billowing into Malaysia and Singapore, the Southeast Asian neighbors are dealing with a repeat of the “embarrassing” transboundar...
8 Aug 2019
Haze from forest fires, Indonesia’s national ‘embarrassment’, is back
News /
Carbon & Climate
Innovation rush aims to help farmers, rich and poor, beat climate change
In decades to come, African farmers may pool their money to buy small robot vehicles to weed their fields or drones that can hover to squirt a few drops of pesticide only where needed. Smartphones alr...
29 Jul 2019
Innovation rush aims to help farmers, rich and poor, beat climate change
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Policy & Finance
Land bill at centre of unrest in Indonesia
In late September, international news outlets caught flak for their coverage of Indonesia’s largest mass protests since the 1998 uprising that led to the fall of the dictator Suharto. Headlines publis...
4 Nov 2019
Land bill at centre of unrest in Indonesia
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Food & Agriculture
Experts question wisdom that more food means less hunger
...
smallholders
. But we really need to question that," said Adrian Martin, a professor at Britain's University of East Anglia. One in nine people already do not have enough food and the world population ...
21 Jun 2018
Experts question wisdom that more food means less hunger
News /
Food & Agriculture
Indonesia’s sustainable districts bet on corporate deforestation pledges
...
smallholders
in particular, some sort of assurances that their efforts will be rewarded.” Coming together When Hernedi met Syahrani in 2016, she was working as the World Resources Institute’s (WRI) Su...
12 Nov 2018
Indonesia’s sustainable districts bet on corporate deforestation pledges
News /
Policy & Finance
India promotes South-South cooperation, but key questions unaddressed
As the second week of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Conference of Parties (COP) kicked off in Delhi, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted South-South cooperation and i...
10 Sep 2019
India promotes South-South cooperation, but key questions unaddressed
News /
Policy & Finance
Malaysian
smallholders
accuse EU of discrimination on palm oil ban
...
smallholders
claimed that the planned ban on palm oil will threaten 650,000 farmers and over 3.2 million Malaysians who depend on the palm oil industry for their livelihoods. The ire from Malaysian fa...
25 Jan 2018
Malaysian smallholders accuse EU of discrimination on palm oil ban
News /
Food & Agriculture
Europe's palm oil ban has no basis, says Sinar Mas boss Franky Widjaja
...
smallholders
about sustainable farming practices.
Smallholders
produce 40 per cent of the US$66 billion industry’s oil, but are held back by what Widjaja calls "very old" farming practices. Among them...
28 Feb 2018
Europe's palm oil ban has no basis, says Sinar Mas boss Franky Widjaja
News /
Food & Agriculture
What does sustainable palm oil mean to
smallholders
?
...
smallholders
produce 40 per cent of the US$66 billion industry’s oil, but only 14.5 per cent of the world’s sustainable palm oil. The potential for
smallholders
to grow palm oil in ways that avoid the...
30 Jan 2018
What does sustainable palm oil mean to smallholders?
News /
Policy & Finance
Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil
...
smallholders
’ share of the country’s palm plantations, which stands at about 40 per cent of the 120,000 square kilometres of planted palm estates, according to government data. But there’s a high degr...
22 Feb 2019
Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil
Opinion /
Lifestyle
Sustainable shopping: save the world, one chocolate at a time
...
smallholders
, especially in the Pacific region, simply do not use agrochemicals. It’s also more likely to be grown in heavily rainforested areas, with almost zero water footprint. “ With a bit of att...
2 Apr 2018
Sustainable shopping: save the world, one chocolate at a time
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Carbon & Climate
Pax Silica must not deepen inequality as the Philippines pursues AI ambitions, women in energy transition say
The United States-led partnership must embed climate justice, gender equity and community participation from the outset to ensure …
Pax Silica must not deepen inequality as the Philippines pursues AI ambitions, women in energy transition say
News /
Energy
Pakistan’s solar revolution leans on workers toiling in extreme heat
Nearly a fifth of all Pakistani households rely on solar energy, but the people installing and cleaning these …
Pakistan’s solar revolution leans on workers toiling in extreme heat
News /
Policy & Finance
Chinese transition mineral abuses surge 190% overseas, says new study
Allegations jumped from 51 in 2021 to 148 over a five-year period, found a new Business & Human …
Chinese transition mineral abuses surge 190% overseas, says new study
News /
Carbon & Climate
South Korea takes first legislative step toward binding post-2030 climate goals
The measure responds to Constitutional Court ruling and would require annual and sector-specific emissions reduction pathways through 2050.
South Korea takes first legislative step toward binding post-2030 climate goals
News /
Energy
Taiwan weighs requiring large power users to install on-site generation, storage
The proposal would initially target about 700 large electricity users as Taiwan seeks to ease pressure on its …
Taiwan weighs requiring large power users to install on-site generation, storage
News /
Corporate Responsibility
Global sustainability hiring holds steady despite tougher business climate, survey finds
Profession grows more senior and diverse, but political backlash and regulation weigh on practitioners.
Global sustainability hiring holds steady despite tougher business climate, survey finds
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