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Fashion's deadliest disaster prompts Bangladeshi workers to opt for university

...ice in shaping the future of Bangladesh's lucrative garment sector. "The Rana Plaza disaster is a symbol of industrial insensitivity to the humanity of workers. These are people with dreams and famili...

29 Apr 2016

Fashion's deadliest disaster prompts Bangladeshi workers to opt for university

News / Carbon & Climate

Gore spurns Trump on climate change

...ition of slavery, winning women’s suffrage, ending apartheid in South Africa and gaining civil rights in America. People said it could not be done, it met all kinds of fierce resistance, but in the en...

19 Jun 2017

Gore spurns Trump on climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

Media reaction: Donald Trump’s climate and energy executive order

...ies “to review all of their rules, policies, and guidances and see if there’s anything that inhibits the development of domestic energy production”, explains Vox, setting a timeline for change within ...

30 Mar 2017

Media reaction: Donald Trump’s climate and energy executive order

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

To build a better future, we must imagine ourselves there

...iece I was amused to receive an invitation from a wonderful organization called “Julie’s Bicycle” to an event with the compelling title: “How to be a COPtimist: Culture, Creativity and COP21.” Optimis...

25 May 2016

To build a better future, we must imagine ourselves there

News / Energy

German scientists test world's 'largest artificial sun'

...imate talks in Morocco in November provided welcome momentum in the fight against climate change, and were a sign that "things are starting to change". This story was published with permission from Th...

24 Mar 2017

German scientists test world's 'largest artificial sun'

Footbridge over the Coapa River in Chiapas, Mexico

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

To conserve tropical forests and wildlife, protect the rights of people who rely on them

...icies and programmes. Creating local stakes In contrast, as I show in my book, concrete institutional arrangements that help citizen groups and civil society organisations engage in political and poli...

7 Apr 2017

To conserve tropical forests and wildlife, protect the rights of people who rely on them

News / Carbon & Climate

All the sustainable ladies: 10 women who will inspire you

...initiative, the Mary Robinson Foundation—Climate Justice, identifies seven principles for climate justice and aims to amplify the voices of poor and vulnerable communities. It aims to provide thought ...

6 Mar 2017

All the sustainable ladies: 10 women who will inspire you

News / Water

The surprising way artificial sweeteners are being used to detect water pollution

...iceño, also a professor at Florida International University, says he is working with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to apply it to assessing the impacts of Hurricane Irma. Bric...

23 Oct 2017

The surprising way artificial sweeteners are being used to detect water pollution

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change causes compensation conundrum

...ibility for risk reduction, or to apportion responsibility for loss and damage resulting from climate change, and that improved attribution science can and will be used in climate litigation. Sophie M...

26 Sep 2017

Climate change causes compensation conundrum

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Financing fossil fuels is not a risk worth taking

...ica’s Trumpocene, the histrionics of politics can have a blinding effect. The noise, tension and intrigue can so engross -- and take up air time -- that important events are being hidden in plain sigh...

28 Feb 2017

Financing fossil fuels is not a risk worth taking

people carrying umbrellas after a storm in India

News / Policy & Finance

Insurance for poor could protect the most disaster-vulnerable - governments

...ilor disaster risk financing mechanisms to suit their needs. The money will go towards a global partnership for climate and disaster risk finance and insurance solutions being set up by the British an...

31 Jul 2017

Insurance for poor could protect the most disaster-vulnerable - governments

News / Energy

In response to pollution complaints, a coal plant in Indonesia offered soap and mops

...ing with the communities,” he added, referring to the October meeting. In October, Mongabay-Indonesia met with Andi Faliandra, head of the environment ministry’s Pacitan office. Faliandra, who said hi...

6 Feb 2017

In response to pollution complaints, a coal plant in Indonesia offered soap and mops

News / Carbon & Climate

Coral reef survival hinges on ‘urgent and rapid’ emissions cuts

...is the biggest driver of bleaching, while local efforts to improve water quality or restrict fishing have little impact on limiting its severity. This means that “immediate action to curb future warmi...

17 Mar 2017

Coral reef survival hinges on ‘urgent and rapid’ emissions cuts

News / Policy & Finance

Cambodia dismisses claims of illicit sand exports despite ban

...and exports and Singapore’s recorded sand imports from Cambodia, but has recently said that silica sand was not part of the ban. “ If we report sand exporting activities to the ministry, it will tell...

8 May 2017

Cambodia dismisses claims of illicit sand exports despite ban

News / Energy

As prices plunge, Africa surges into clean, cheap solar energy

...ight their homes, according to IRENA statistics. "About 60 million people may be using off-grid renewable electricity of some kind in Africa. That is about 10 per cent of those living off-grid," IRENA...

12 Oct 2016

As prices plunge, Africa surges into clean, cheap solar energy

News / Food & Agriculture

What 2018 has in store for sustainable palm oil

...ion, wildlife habit destruction, labour exploitation, and the violation of the rights of indigenous communities in tropical countries. This is a big task, overseeing the business practices of compan...

7 Mar 2018

What 2018 has in store for sustainable palm oil

News / Food & Agriculture

Sustainable use of oceans requires end to illegal fishing

...ilva. "Today many fisheries around the world are characterised by excessive fishing effort, low productivity and inadequate profitability." “ IUU fishing activities are a threat to marine life and im...

9 Jun 2017

Sustainable use of oceans requires end to illegal fishing

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Palm oil shows need for socially aware research

...itive step. RSPO certification implies that a plantation has met certain criteria including transparency and a commitment to employees’ rights, and it prohibits cultivation on land with ‘high conserva...

21 Jun 2016

Palm oil shows need for socially aware research

Opinion / Waste

In banning plastic bags we need to make sure we’re not creating new problems

...ically similar in size to single-use shopping bags but heavier and therefore contain more plastic. Ireland’s tax on plastic shopping bags, implemented in 2002, also resulted in a significant increase ...

25 Jul 2017

In banning plastic bags we need to make sure we’re not creating new problems

News / Carbon & Climate

Companies from Chanel to Ben and Jerry’s are benefiting from the new “carbon insetting” trend

...in the certification.” Nespresso’s massive initiative with PUR Projet — planting 10 million trees in Colombia, Ethiopia, Mexico and Nicaragua to reach carbon neutrality by 2020 — is not certified thro...

1 Feb 2017

Companies from Chanel to Ben and Jerry’s are benefiting from the new “carbon insetting” trend

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