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Solar panel in a once-isolated region in Southwest China

Opinion / Energy

3 lessons from China's effort to bring electricity to 1.4 billion people

...ification has been rough. Initially reliant on imports for its grid and generating capacity, China then had to reshape its institutions to create the financial arrangements to incentivise investment a...

25 Jul 2017

3 lessons from China's effort to bring electricity to 1.4 billion people

eFishery set up at a fish pond in Indonesia

News / Food & Agriculture

How technology is making farming and recycling sexy in Asia

...ission to revolutionise agriculture in his home country, Indonesia. “During those three days I read in the news that a man in Indonesia died from hunger, and I cried. It’s ironic, because Indonesia i...

19 Jun 2017

How technology is making farming and recycling sexy in Asia

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Moving to a low carbon future—with or without Trump

...is share is likely to grow. And, the demand is huge: over 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa live without electricity. The reality in the States is not very different either. For the trillions o...

7 Dec 2016

Moving to a low carbon future—with or without Trump

News / Energy

Vietnam makes a big push for coal, while pledging to curb emissions

...ies and their nominal supervisors in the Ministry of Industry’s Energy Directorate wield considerable influence in the institutions and councils of Vietnam’s Communist Party. Until recently, all have ...

30 May 2017

Vietnam makes a big push for coal, while pledging to curb emissions

News / Food & Agriculture

How impact investors help small fishermen stay afloat

...I, a limited partnership fund that targets $20 million of debt and equity investment for millions of small-scale fishers in Indonesia and the Philippines. It already announced its first close of US $1...

10 Aug 2017

How impact investors help small fishermen stay afloat

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Time for the Nobel Peace Prize to divest from fossil fuels

...ind’. In this time of urgency, an institution with such a mandate has the opportunity to show leadership and inspire others by setting an example and aligning its endowment with its mission. Resisting...

12 Dec 2016

Time for the Nobel Peace Prize to divest from fossil fuels

News / Carbon & Climate

Make climate change an economic - not green - issue, urges ex-president of Maldives

...it in your political manifesto," Mohamed Nasheed said, pointing to climate change's political divisiveness in the United States. But any politician, he said, can win votes by promising more jobs and a...

18 Apr 2017

Make climate change an economic - not green - issue, urges ex-president of Maldives

Opinion / Waste

Victoria's plastic bag ban: A good start, but we can do more

...It should inform consumers why this ban is happening and advise them what actions they can take. Other policies that we can undertake include container deposit legislation. My audits of SA’s landfill ...

27 Oct 2017

Victoria's plastic bag ban: A good start, but we can do more

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

DiCaprio’s documentary calls for a green future, but his vision isn’t radical enough

...ise and take action in our communities, and then politicians will follow suit. This downplays the influence of money in politics, and the reality that voting in many countries is an exercise in futili...

7 Nov 2016

DiCaprio’s documentary calls for a green future, but his vision isn’t radical enough

News / Food & Agriculture

World hunger on the rise again due to conflict and climate - UN

...ilva said this year's setback in the fight against hunger hardly came as a surprise, with almost 20 million people facing starvation because of fighting and drought in South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia an...

4 Jul 2017

World hunger on the rise again due to conflict and climate - UN

News / Manufacturing

FSC mulls rule change to allow certification for recent deforesters

...ing in Vancouver, British Columbia, on October 13 does not change this, its approval by the organisation’s membership—comprising private companies, individuals and conservation NGOs—indicates that the...

26 Oct 2017

FSC mulls rule change to allow certification for recent deforesters

Videos / Food & Agriculture

Nepal’s million dollar trees bring hope and fear

...ing Buddha Chitta for his relatives in his free time. “Everybody is planting this tree nowadays,” he said, “My brother said that they are struggling to sell it at higher prices this year. We have also...

11 Oct 2016

Nepal’s million dollar trees bring hope and fear

News / Food & Agriculture

Development or destruction? An inside look at APP's mega paper mill

...ir land without Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC). Fitri: "APP didn't follow their own policy" on community conflict Aidil Fitri, director of Haki, has been rallying against OKI mill since the...

14 Nov 2017

Development or destruction? An inside look at APP's mega paper mill

News / Lifestyle

50 shades of green: A guide to ecosex

...iness intelligence firm Arizton. This growth is driven by Asia Pacific, the research shows. Surging demand, mainly for condoms but also for sex toys, is being driven mainly by the Chinese, Indian, and...

6 Mar 2018

50 shades of green: A guide to ecosex

Videos / Carbon & Climate

Climate scientists discuss record lows in Arctic and Antarctic sea ice

...imum in terms of our satellite record. So, there is a lot of variability and I think it would be premature to draw any strong conclusions from one year.” This story was published with permission from ...

29 Mar 2017

Climate scientists discuss record lows in Arctic and Antarctic sea ice

News / Carbon & Climate

Sizing up livestock farming’s carbon footprint

...initiatives in Ecuador, Niger, Zambia and Malawi. It also supports a program funded by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition initiative on improving productivity and reducing enteric methane emissions i...

2 Sep 2016

Sizing up livestock farming’s carbon footprint

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The perils of planned extinctions

...iological and social control. Those driving that process were aiming to fulfill a perceived mandate for “science-based social intervention.” Powerful tools like genetic modification and, especially, g...

7 Sep 2016

The perils of planned extinctions

News / Policy & Finance

Cambodian sand could build a foundation for legal action in Singapore

...in and his wife, who have evicted thousands of families from land around the country. Sand is big business The world’s sand mining industry is estimated to be a $70 billion a year industry with illega...

6 Jan 2017

Cambodian sand could build a foundation for legal action in Singapore

News / Carbon & Climate

What is CarboScen?

...isions that mitigate climate change. Measuring carbon density accurately in the field is difficult and time consuming, especially in landscapes with multiple and changing land uses. So scientists from...

11 Apr 2017

What is CarboScen?

News / Manufacturing

Thousands of Vietnamese protest at Formosa Steel Plant in Ha Tinh

...individual lawsuits demanding compensation from Ha Tinh province's Formosa Plastics Group for a toxic chemical spill that put thousands of fishermen and fish processing workers out of work and drew sh...

4 Oct 2016

Thousands of Vietnamese protest at Formosa Steel Plant in Ha Tinh

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