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Carbon & Climate
24 hours for more sustainable todays and tomorrows
From sustainable landscape restoration that mitigates climate change, to tenure security and innovative financing tools, to climate-smart lifestyle changes, the agenda is wide and deep for an upcoming...
3 May 2019
24 hours for more sustainable todays and tomorrows
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Food & Agriculture
Bitter aftertaste? Food companies could face costly disputes over land in Africa
Food companies doing business in Africa risk becoming bogged down in decades-long legal disputes over land that could cost tens of millions of dollars, according to a report released on Monday. From s...
26 Feb 2019
Bitter aftertaste? Food companies could face costly disputes over land in Africa
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Water
Poor people's right to water cut off by thirsty exports, unequal supply
Yogita has to fetch water up to six times a day - sometimes going out in the middle of the night - from a hand pump about half a kilometre from her house in India's Madhya Pradesh state, leaving her b...
20 Mar 2019
Poor people's right to water cut off by thirsty exports, unequal supply
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Food & Agriculture
What 2018 has in store for sustainable palm oil
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smallholders
to complete the certification process. “The clock has already started ticking for us in 2018,” says Webber. “It will take a few years to completely roll out since there are millions of sm...
7 Mar 2018
What 2018 has in store for sustainable palm oil
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Food & Agriculture
Grain on the blockchain: how digital supply chains are greening agriculture
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smallholders
, pigs represent their livelihoods, says Ohlsson. "They’re used to pay dowries, for financial security. They're incredibly valuable and well taken care of, but that value is reflected by t...
10 May 2019
Grain on the blockchain: how digital supply chains are greening agriculture
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Food & Agriculture
Abandoned by banks, Indonesia's poor farmers turn to crowdfunding
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smallholders
with less than 2 hectares (5 acres) of land each. The majority of farmers in the region face an uphill battle to access credit, leaving them unable to modernise, boost yields, diversify i...
12 Oct 2018
Abandoned by banks, Indonesia's poor farmers turn to crowdfunding
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Food & Agriculture
The future of forests: How to balance development with conservation?
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smallholders
can be more productive, as long as that doesn’t create a massive incentive to open up even more forest, they can be part of the solution. A rubber plantation in Bintan, Indonesia. Image:...
21 May 2019
The future of forests: How to balance development with conservation?
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Policy & Finance
A forest beset by oil palms, logging, now contends with a coal-trucking road
A biodiverse patch of forest in Sumatra threatened by encroaching oil palm plantations and illegal logging could soon be carved up by a road for coal trucks. The Harapan forest spans 769 square kilome...
29 May 2019
A forest beset by oil palms, logging, now contends with a coal-trucking road
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Policy & Finance
EU parliament unfazed by trade fight over palm biofuel phase-out
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smallholders
who produce palm oil in a sustainable way, Eickhout said. By incentivizing these producers, he said, “we can promote the sustainable versions.” Eickhout said the nuances of the policy wer...
15 Oct 2019
EU parliament unfazed by trade fight over palm biofuel phase-out
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Food & Agriculture
How farms are feeding the extinction of the world's wildlife
On April 3, the United Kingdom announced a ban on the sale of ivory that is “one of the toughest in the world.” By restricting the ivory trade, the UK joined other countries—including China and the Un...
9 Jul 2018
How farms are feeding the extinction of the world's wildlife
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Food & Agriculture
Scientists around the world are working to turn agricultural waste into food, packaging and more
When we pick up a piece of fruit, bar of chocolate or package of flour, we don’t often think of the massive amounts of agricultural waste — the stems, leaves, seed pods and more — that never make it o...
15 May 2019
Scientists around the world are working to turn agricultural waste into food, packaging and more
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Food & Agriculture
Have we overlooked the human side of palm oil production?
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smallholders
, who produce about 40 per cent of the world’s palm oil but often do not have access to good quality seeds, fertiliser and knowledge about better agricultural practices, shares Neville. Sh...
1 Aug 2018
Have we overlooked the human side of palm oil production?
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Food & Agriculture
How the gig economy can transform farms in the developing world
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Smallholders
will have better knowledge of what and when to produce, and whom to deliver to. They can then market their produce to consumers with greater confidence, and consumers will know well ahead...
3 Apr 2018
How the gig economy can transform farms in the developing world
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Carbon & Climate
Climate action must not leave human rights behind
Seventy years ago, in the wake of World War II, the world emerged from one of its darkest times. This led the international community to send a clear message to future generations: “Never again!” Thro...
13 Dec 2018
Climate action must not leave human rights behind
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Food & Agriculture
Palm oil—can we enjoy it responsibly?
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smallholders
and rolling out new technologies to several millions of farmers is very costly,” says Suwarganada. Another promising attempt to produce oil palm in a sustainable way comes from Colombia, ...
17 Feb 2019
Palm oil—can we enjoy it responsibly?
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Carbon & Climate
What does battling climate change look like?
Global agri-business Olam International and Eco-Business have launched Re-imagining a Brighter Future, a global competition looking for inspiring photographs that show how people are fighting or adapt...
1 Aug 2018
What does battling climate change look like?
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Policy & Finance
Land rights to forest communities a must to control climate change
Forestry has become an increasingly important issue in South Asia, with the new Pakistani government touting the success of its “billion tree tsunami” in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a model for a “ten billi...
13 Dec 2018
Land rights to forest communities a must to control climate change
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Olam
Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security 2019 winner announced
Singapore, June 6, 2019 – A unique mapping approach that will give smallholder farmers a ‘best fit’ for what to grow, where and how, has been awarded the 2019 Olam Prize for Innovati...
11 Jun 2019
Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security 2019 winner announced
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Food & Agriculture
Buy green palm oil or forests will suffer, industry warns
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smallholders
achieve no deforestation by 2020, Ware added. The new RSPO rules run the risk of alienating smaller-scale palm oil producers, many of whom are already struggling to meet the old standards...
27 Nov 2018
Buy green palm oil or forests will suffer, industry warns
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Policy & Finance
The coffee farmers betting on blockchain to boost business
On a bustling street near the shiny new international airport in Ethiopia's capital is a small coffee roastery with big dreams. Nearly 40 Ethiopians—a third of them women—sift, roast and package prize...
21 Feb 2019
The coffee farmers betting on blockchain to boost business
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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