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Carbon & Climate
Want to save the planet? Move to Wales
Fighting climate change is much more than a day job for Chris Vernon and Erica Thompson. It is their entire way of life. They are part of a groundbreaking Welsh government scheme under which people ge...
23 Oct 2018
Want to save the planet? Move to Wales
News /
Food & Agriculture
'Nobel for food' winner tells ailing world to eat more veg
...
smallholders
in Asia miss out on new, resilient seeds that could improve yields in the face of climate change, according to the Netherlands-based Access to Seeds Foundation. Seeds for diversity Diver...
11 Jun 2019
'Nobel for food' winner tells ailing world to eat more veg
News /
Food & Agriculture
Perpetual haze? Sustained pressure on peatlands will mean no end to Indonesia's forest fires, warns report
A dangerous combination of the development of industrial palm oil and pulpwood plantations on Indonesia's carbon-rich peatlands, and weakened regulations to protect peat, means that annual toxic...
22 Nov 2019
Perpetual haze? Sustained pressure on peatlands will mean no end to Indonesia's forest fires, warns report
News /
Food & Agriculture
Big brands sourcing illegal palm oil from habitat of orangutans, rhinos, elephants and tigers: study
...
smallholders
and, like GAR, is aiming for full traceability by the end of 2020. Both Musim Mas and GAR are members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the industry certifier for palm oi...
1 Oct 2019
Big brands sourcing illegal palm oil from habitat of orangutans, rhinos, elephants and tigers: study
News /
Food & Agriculture
Are small farmers ready as Indonesia looks to impose its palm oil sustainability standard on all?
...
smallholders
by 2020. The need to do so will only grow more urgent as the number of such operators continues to increase, expanding their share of Indonesia’s oil palm plantation area to 60 percent by...
16 Apr 2018
Are small farmers ready as Indonesia looks to impose its palm oil sustainability standard on all?
News /
Food & Agriculture
Haze from forest fires, Indonesia’s national ‘embarrassment’, is back
Three years after forest fires in Indonesia sent huge volumes of smoke billowing into Malaysia and Singapore, the Southeast Asian neighbors are dealing with a repeat of the “embarrassing” transboundar...
8 Aug 2019
Haze from forest fires, Indonesia’s national ‘embarrassment’, is back
News /
Carbon & Climate
Innovation rush aims to help farmers, rich and poor, beat climate change
In decades to come, African farmers may pool their money to buy small robot vehicles to weed their fields or drones that can hover to squirt a few drops of pesticide only where needed. Smartphones alr...
29 Jul 2019
Innovation rush aims to help farmers, rich and poor, beat climate change
News /
Food & Agriculture
Experts question wisdom that more food means less hunger
...
smallholders
. But we really need to question that," said Adrian Martin, a professor at Britain's University of East Anglia. One in nine people already do not have enough food and the world population ...
21 Jun 2018
Experts question wisdom that more food means less hunger
News /
Policy & Finance
Land bill at centre of unrest in Indonesia
In late September, international news outlets caught flak for their coverage of Indonesia’s largest mass protests since the 1998 uprising that led to the fall of the dictator Suharto. Headlines publis...
4 Nov 2019
Land bill at centre of unrest in Indonesia
News /
Food & Agriculture
Indonesia’s sustainable districts bet on corporate deforestation pledges
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smallholders
in particular, some sort of assurances that their efforts will be rewarded.” Coming together When Hernedi met Syahrani in 2016, she was working as the World Resources Institute’s (WRI) Su...
12 Nov 2018
Indonesia’s sustainable districts bet on corporate deforestation pledges
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Policy & Finance
Malaysian
smallholders
accuse EU of discrimination on palm oil ban
...
smallholders
claimed that the planned ban on palm oil will threaten 650,000 farmers and over 3.2 million Malaysians who depend on the palm oil industry for their livelihoods. The ire from Malaysian fa...
25 Jan 2018
Malaysian smallholders accuse EU of discrimination on palm oil ban
News /
Policy & Finance
India promotes South-South cooperation, but key questions unaddressed
As the second week of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Conference of Parties (COP) kicked off in Delhi, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted South-South cooperation and i...
10 Sep 2019
India promotes South-South cooperation, but key questions unaddressed
News /
Food & Agriculture
Europe's palm oil ban has no basis, says Sinar Mas boss Franky Widjaja
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smallholders
about sustainable farming practices.
Smallholders
produce 40 per cent of the US$66 billion industry’s oil, but are held back by what Widjaja calls "very old" farming practices. Among them...
28 Feb 2018
Europe's palm oil ban has no basis, says Sinar Mas boss Franky Widjaja
News /
Food & Agriculture
What does sustainable palm oil mean to
smallholders
?
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smallholders
produce 40 per cent of the US$66 billion industry’s oil, but only 14.5 per cent of the world’s sustainable palm oil. The potential for
smallholders
to grow palm oil in ways that avoid the...
30 Jan 2018
What does sustainable palm oil mean to smallholders?
News /
Policy & Finance
Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil
...
smallholders
’ share of the country’s palm plantations, which stands at about 40 per cent of the 120,000 square kilometres of planted palm estates, according to government data. But there’s a high degr...
22 Feb 2019
Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil
Opinion /
Lifestyle
Sustainable shopping: save the world, one chocolate at a time
...
smallholders
, especially in the Pacific region, simply do not use agrochemicals. It’s also more likely to be grown in heavily rainforested areas, with almost zero water footprint. “ With a bit of att...
2 Apr 2018
Sustainable shopping: save the world, one chocolate at a time
News /
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
News /
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
News /
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
News /
Food & Agriculture
What 2018 has in store for sustainable palm oil
...
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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Policy & Finance
Brazil’s fossil fuel roadmap could strengthen COP31 push against blockers, say advocates
Ahead of COP31’s opening on Monday, Brazil’s voluntary roadmap faces fossil fuel expansion and transition disputes, as rising …
Brazil’s fossil fuel roadmap could strengthen COP31 push against blockers, say advocates
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Policy & Finance
Democratic midterm wins may boost COP31 hopes, but Trump still controls US climate policy
United States election results may embolden countries to push for stronger fossil fuel commitments, but observers expect limited …
Democratic midterm wins may boost COP31 hopes, but Trump still controls US climate policy
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Policy & Finance
Developing countries ‘missing out’ on COP31’s climate delivery push, UN climate chief warns
Simon Stiell acknowledged that many developing countries have struggled to engage with the summit’s Action Agenda and called …
Developing countries 'missing out' on COP31’s climate delivery push, UN climate chief warns
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Cities
Analysis: How many times will Nepal resettle its disaster-affected?
A resettlement village set up after the 2015 earthquake was washed away in the August floods. Khalte’s destruction …
Analysis: How many times will Nepal resettle its disaster-affected?
News /
Waste Management
Global safeguards needed to assess health risks of novel chemicals: experts
Research is ongoing into the health effects of the world’s roughly 350,000 synthetic chemicals, but what we know …
Global safeguards needed to assess health risks of novel chemicals: experts
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Corporate Responsibility
Will Singapore’s tougher haze law follow the money? What to watch in the first designations
Singapore’s amended haze law empowers the government to cut companies off from banks, suppliers and insurers without a …
Will Singapore's tougher haze law follow the money? What to watch in the first designations
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