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Eye of fire: What Mexico's latest gas leak tells us about sustainability scores

...the few listed SOEs, Gazprom and Saudi Aramco, are everything but aligned with the 2°C-targets set out by the Paris Agreement. What can we do? On the listed front, the above begs the question on the...

9 Jul 2021

Eye of fire: What Mexico's latest gas leak tells us about sustainability scores

Rainforest in Papua province, Indonesia.

News / Policy & Finance

Indonesia’s forest-clearing moratorium underdelivered — but so did donors

...the researchers added. They said the small impact of the moratorium, as seen in the result of their study, indicates limited compliance of the policy. Therefore, bolstering local monitoring and enforc...

17 Mar 2022

Indonesia’s forest-clearing moratorium underdelivered — but so did donors

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Taking back the Ocean, Inc.

...ther opportunity for the UN to peddle the narrative that the profit motive, which is largely responsible for destroying the ocean, can spur the necessary action to save it. As Standing puts it, if we ...

16 Aug 2022

Taking back the Ocean, Inc.

extreme heat waves taste of what's to come

News / Carbon & Climate

Extreme heat waves are a taste of what’s to come under a changing climate

...they measured the intensity of the events by the margin at which they broke previous records. They argue that these events tend to happen at times of accelerated warming, and that these extreme heat e...

28 Jul 2021

Extreme heat waves are a taste of what’s to come under a changing climate

News / Carbon & Climate

Study fails to establish link between increased deforestation and Covid crisis

...The money injected into the world’s economy since the Covid-19 pandemic struck has dwarfed responses to other global crises, such as the great recession of 2008 or the US Marshall Plan, the aid progra...

15 Sep 2021

Study fails to establish link between increased deforestation and Covid crisis

Managing climate-friendly and energy-efficient buildings

News / Green Buildings

Nurturing greener tenants for more sustainable buildings

...when they are not in use, turning up the temperature on air-conditioning, and saving water – these may seem like small actions, but they are vital to the fight against climate change. Today, buildings...

21 Mar 2022

Nurturing greener tenants for more sustainable buildings

Desmond Tan speaking at Sustainability Exchange season 2

News / Carbon & Climate

Don’t neglect climate change amid high cost of living: Singapore environment official

...the cost of living was the top concern among people aged 20 to 40 globally, followed by climate change. “Many Gen Zs and millennials are reassessing what matters most to them as they grapple with the ...

30 May 2022

Don’t neglect climate change amid high cost of living: Singapore environment official

News / Waste

'Polluter-friendly': Green groups demand Philippine president Marcos to scrap EPR bill

...the state to make companies accountable for their role in the country’s chronic plastic waste issue. While the bill is a “meaningful step” to address the plastic crisis, the mechanisms in the bill ca...

15 Jul 2022

'Polluter-friendly': Green groups demand Philippine president Marcos to scrap EPR bill

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesia's fishing industry faces downturn amid push for higher productivity

...the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The country’s waters support some of the highest levels of marine biodiversity in the world, and the fisheries industry employs about 12 million Ind...

26 Apr 2022

Indonesia's fishing industry faces downturn amid push for higher productivity

News / Policy & Finance

Experts welcome ‘futuristic’ initiative to restore Indus River in Pakistan

...the prospectus for the Living Indus Initiative. In September, Rehman announced the project, which was approved by Pakistan’s parliament in the wake of the worst floods in a decade. The Living Indus In...

25 Nov 2022

Experts welcome ‘futuristic’ initiative to restore Indus River in Pakistan

News / Policy & Finance

Singapore’s UOB to stop backing new upstream oil and gas projects, sets 2050 net-zero targets for polluting sectors

...the first bank in Asia to do so. Net-zero targets for five other sectors, including power, automotive, real estate, construction and steel, were unveiled. The six sectors make up 60 per cent of the b...

31 Oct 2022

Singapore’s UOB to stop backing new upstream oil and gas projects, sets 2050 net-zero targets for polluting sectors

News / Energy

Lebanese solar energy scams hold back push for green power

...the word to warn others about the scam so that they are informed if they decide to make a purchase." This story was published with permission from Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Tho...

5 Oct 2022

Lebanese solar energy scams hold back push for green power

Opinion / Waste

Plastic credits: a transitionary tool towards a circular economy

...the market. Once the end buyer (eg, brand owners) pays and receives the offset, the buyer gets credit for the impact created (waste or emissions reduction), and the offset cannot be resold. The buyer ...

29 Oct 2021

Plastic credits: a transitionary tool towards a circular economy

News / Policy & Finance

Britain's foreign aid: Where does the money go?

...the aid budget last year was spent by departments outside the FCDO - the biggest spenders being the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Home Office. The BEIS - which...

24 Nov 2022

Britain's foreign aid: Where does the money go?

evacuation by national disaster response force

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate migration predicted to rise in India as extreme weather worsens

...ther," Bharadwaj told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "Communities are not able to cope and recover easily. The loss and damage they suffer is very high and they migrate because they have reached the ...

28 Oct 2021

Climate migration predicted to rise in India as extreme weather worsens

News / Carbon & Climate

Interconnected disasters ‘the tip of the iceberg’

...the world, says the report. “The scale of the interconnection, when you really look into it, is surprising even for us,” says O’Connor, referring to scientists studying the phenomenon. Covid-19 has al...

10 Sep 2021

Interconnected disasters ‘the tip of the iceberg’

News / Energy

Urban Indians beat space crunch by investing in digital solar power

...the nation away from its reliance on fossil fuels like coal. "The idea for the start-up came from the fact that most of us did not have access to a rooftop," said young entrepreneur Mathew Samuel, 24,...

16 Mar 2022

Urban Indians beat space crunch by investing in digital solar power

greenpeace asia tech firms demonstration

News / Carbon & Climate

How green is Asian tech? C+ at best: Greenpeace

...they collectively used more electricity than the whole of Thailand in 2019. “The tech sector brands itself as the industry of the future, but when it comes to climate action, tech giants like Samsung ...

9 Dec 2021

How green is Asian tech? C+ at best: Greenpeace

Coal miners at Lao Ye Temple Mine in Shanxi, China

News / Energy

Analysis: what does China’s coal push mean for its climate goals?

...them in 2014. However, the provincial governments do not have 100 per cent authority on the matter, either. Carbon Brief understands that, although they are the one to issue the permits, they must fol...

30 Mar 2022

Analysis: what does China’s coal push mean for its climate goals?

News / Cities

Digital nomad hotspots grapple with housing squeeze

...The remote work boom sparked by Covid-19 has lured large numbers of "digital nomads" from the United States to the Mexican capital and other cities, drawn in part by lower housing costs south of the b...

28 Sep 2022

Digital nomad hotspots grapple with housing squeeze

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