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Opinion / Energy

Are villages embracing the Fourth Industrial Revolution faster than cities?

...ition, a social enterprise from India, is working towards providing energy access to the remote mountain communities. They are moving communities away from pre-Industrial Revolution solutions like ker...

13 Nov 2017

Are villages embracing the Fourth Industrial Revolution faster than cities?

Ando International, a Vietnamese garment firm with 900 workers in HCM City, has improved a lot in labour standards

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

What businesses can do to stamp out slavery in their supply chains

...ir-trade mines. Fairtrade International established an auditing and certification scheme to help particularly artisanal and small-scale miners to improve working conditions, and to help companies and ...

21 Aug 2017

What businesses can do to stamp out slavery in their supply chains

News / Cities

In Jakarta, solving problems with new tech tools and people power

...ified by the sub-district and then the district authorities. The idea is to combine technocratic planning by municipalities with citizens’ ideas.” According to Ajie, having the Qlue app as a separate ...

16 Oct 2017

In Jakarta, solving problems with new tech tools and people power

News / Energy

New study questions impact of ending fossil fuel subsidies

...increase their emissions in the absence of subsidies is “not surprising” and “a function of their applying a single global policy”. He says: “It would be interesting to see them test this finding agai...

15 Feb 2018

New study questions impact of ending fossil fuel subsidies

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Automation, the changing world of work, and sustainable development

...ion, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and digital communications – and the implications for rich country economies. But when looking at the implications for poorer people in poorer countries, mu...

18 Aug 2017

Automation, the changing world of work, and sustainable development

News / Carbon & Climate

UK launches ‘world first’ research programme into negative emissions

...ired. Phil Williamson, school of environmental sciences, University of East Anglia The UK programme is divided into four large, interdisciplinary, multi-centre consortia, each receiving around £1.6m ...

25 Apr 2017

UK launches ‘world first’ research programme into negative emissions

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The health costs of environmental change

...ions’ quality of life is being mortgaged for economic gain. Nowhere are these implications more visible than in the emerging markets of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe. Rapid growth and rising ...

17 Jul 2017

The health costs of environmental change

News / Carbon & Climate

'We will not be sacrificed': Yolanda survivors to Trump, Bonn negotiators

...ities suffering the impacts of climate change, and civil society organisations, including Greenpeace Southeast Asia, filed a petition with the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in the Philippines to in...

8 Nov 2017

'We will not be sacrificed': Yolanda survivors to Trump, Bonn negotiators

News / Manufacturing

As synthetic microfibres infiltrate food, water, and air, how can we prevent future release?

...ine which fabrics shed the most. But parsing and identifying the exact types of plastics, especially microscopic fibers, found in environmental samples is difficult and requires expensive equipment th...

20 Jul 2018

As synthetic microfibres infiltrate food, water, and air, how can we prevent future release?

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate deniers face scientific pushback

...ismiss scientific evidence is in the scientists’ own hands. “Most researchers who have tried to engage online with ill-informed journalists or pseudoscientists”, he writes in the journal Nature, “wil...

13 Dec 2016

Climate deniers face scientific pushback

Videos / Policy & Finance

'Stand up for someone's rights today,' UN urges on Human Rights Day

...and intolerance – divisive visions of the world which drive increasing selfishness, isolation, scapegoating [and] violence.” “And in this toxic tide of hatred which is slowly rising in many societies,...

12 Dec 2016

'Stand up for someone's rights today,' UN urges on Human Rights Day

News / Energy

Residential solar rooftop fails to shine

...ion in Indian homes. Yet, the situation on the ground is quite different. In the building sector, solar panels are primarily finding their way on the roofs of commercial, government and institutional ...

7 Sep 2016

Residential solar rooftop fails to shine

News / Carbon & Climate

As Philippine coastal village sinks, who's paying for the damage?

...illage in Aringay, La Union, a bucolic municipality 244 kilometres north of Manila. In this village, 306 families are fighting to protect their homes, and their existence as a people, from vanishing i...

17 Jan 2018

As Philippine coastal village sinks, who's paying for the damage?

News / Policy & Finance

Trump hesitates over global climate deal

...ight growth, and that is for activities to promote implementation of the Paris agreement.” Espinosa was in New Delhi for talks with India’s environment minister Ramesh Dave and officials in the minist...

20 Apr 2017

Trump hesitates over global climate deal

An air conditioning unit installed at Senso-ji, Tokyo's oldest temple.

News / Green Buildings

To fight climate change, we have to make cooling a hot topic

...ice president, Asia-Pacific of the non-profit International Institute of Energy Conservation said citizens in countries such as Thailand and even Myanmar have access to financing for air conditioning,...

7 Feb 2018

To fight climate change, we have to make cooling a hot topic

News / Carbon & Climate

From traffic jams to floods, can Indonesia's 'Big Durian' be fixed?

...id urbanisation, climate change and the failure of infrastructure and public transport to keep pace with its expansion. In addition to its infamous congestion - which is often cited by traffic studies...

27 Nov 2017

From traffic jams to floods, can Indonesia's 'Big Durian' be fixed?

News / Policy & Finance

Trump win will not derail global climate effort, activists vow

...ity ActionAid. "This is a global crisis that President-elect Trump will have to address." With joint action on climate change having helped build stronger and more positive relationships with countrie...

9 Nov 2016

Trump win will not derail global climate effort, activists vow

Second photo of Panel discussion at Technology + Sustainability event by Eco-Business and BMW Asia

News / Transport

Does technology a smarter city make?

...inability: The Road to Smart Cities'. At the same time, humanity is facing its biggest crisis due to rapid urbanisation, climate change, and political instability, she added. "But this revolution off...

4 Oct 2017

Does technology a smarter city make?

Press Releases / International Tourism Partnership

Share your sustainability journey with the Green Hotelier Awards

...ing voice on sustainability in hospitality is again seeking the hotels in Europe, Middle East & Africa, Asia Pacific and the Americas with the innovative environmental and responsible initiatives ...

10 Mar 2017

Share your sustainability journey with the Green Hotelier Awards

News / Policy & Finance

At G20 in China, Ban stresses 'far-reaching' impacts of early climate action, urges unity on Global Goals

...is over, scientifically and environmentally: it is affecting our daily lives.” “In that regard, the actions taken by early 'ratifiers' like China and the United States – those are the two biggest emit...

5 Sep 2016

At G20 in China, Ban stresses 'far-reaching' impacts of early climate action, urges unity on Global Goals

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