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fire breaks out at the SS Power One plant

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State violence suppresses opposition to Chinese coal plant in Bangladesh

...the beginning, the project has been marked by violent protests. The latest occurred in April this year, when the plant’s management refused to let workers take time off for Iftar – the prayer and then...

18 Jun 2021

State violence suppresses opposition to Chinese coal plant in Bangladesh

News / Carbon & Climate

Indonesian peat restoration brings more benefits than it costs, study finds

...ther value, the cost associated with restoring peatland is less than the associated reduction in fire-related costs,” the authors write in the paper. They noted that randomly allocating the 2.5 millio...

16 Dec 2021

Indonesian peat restoration brings more benefits than it costs, study finds

palm oil plantation in Batanghari, Jambi province, Sumatra island, Indonesia

News / Food & Agriculture

To hit climate goals, Indonesia urged to ban new palm oil plantations forever

...when the freeze was introduced, due to the weak price of the edible vegetable oil, forestry experts said. However, the benefits of the policy to date have included the release of government data on pa...

12 Aug 2021

To hit climate goals, Indonesia urged to ban new palm oil plantations forever

Opinion / Policy & Finance

A bolder carbon target and a serious shift to EVs: what can the Philippines do to hit 2022 climate targets?

...the Philippines and Indonesia and retire them early, replacing them with renewable energy alternatives. Called the Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM), the fund was launched during the summit, with the ...

14 Jan 2022

A bolder carbon target and a serious shift to EVs: what can the Philippines do to hit 2022 climate targets?

News / Corporate Responsibility

Almost 60 per cent of sustainability claims by fashion giants are greenwash

...ther inspection. The product was also described as "designed to be remade, so it’s easier to recycle when you’re done with it". The report found this claim to be "highly misleading, especially given t...

2 Jul 2021

Almost 60 per cent of sustainability claims by fashion giants are greenwash

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Biodiversity loss is one of the greatest existential crises of our time. A long-term, flexible solution is needed.

...their grant to pay park rangers who protect the endangered Przewalski’s horse from poaching and illegal grazing. Without these funds, and the freedom to direct the funds where they were most needed, m...

11 Aug 2021

Biodiversity loss is one of the greatest existential crises of our time. A long-term, flexible solution is needed.

News / Carbon & Climate

Q&A: What is the ‘global stocktake’ and could it accelerate climate action?

...The evidence laid out in this report will serve as the basis for the political part of the GST at COP28. Nations have already submitted documents to the UN outlining how they interpret the synthesis r...

22 Nov 2023

Q&A: What is the ‘global stocktake’ and could it accelerate climate action?

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GRI-SM highlight business case for net zero in 2021 Asean regional e-summit

...the Philippines, is one of the most vulnerable regions to global warming, therefore, the country has to respond urgently too. Beyond impacts on the environment and communities, the price tag of inact...

9 Nov 2021

GRI-SM highlight business case for net zero in 2021 Asean regional e-summit

Opinion / Energy

Waste less, earn more

...The good news is that the resulting efficiency gains outweigh the financial cost of the transition. Better still, we won’t have to sacrifice economic growth in the process. Over the past four years, t...

9 Jun 2021

Waste less, earn more

News / Policy & Finance

Vietnam to plant 1 billion trees — but how?

...they don’t have much land, they won’t, because they know that if they grow native trees, it will be their grandchildren who inherit them,” he said. “Planting acacia is something they know works, and t...

24 May 2021

Vietnam to plant 1 billion trees — but how?

Shougang big air venue Beijing winter olympics 2022

News / Lifestyle

Fake snow for Winter Olympics could hurt athletes: report

...thern Japan would be able to host a game again at the end of the century due to climate change. “The weather and snow are far less consistent now than they were at the start of my career,” Lesley McKe...

29 Jan 2022

Fake snow for Winter Olympics could hurt athletes: report

News / Energy

India's solar skills training falls flat, as jobs in short supply

...the forest department in the eastern state of West Bengal, was one of four girls in her Suryamitra training batch who had heard about the programme from the boys at their polytechnic college. "I was q...

28 Jul 2022

India's solar skills training falls flat, as jobs in short supply

News / Carbon & Climate

Big data, low carbon: how data centres innovate for sustainability

...the rear door of the rack. As server fans move heated air through the rack, the coil absorbs the heat before the air enters the data centre. Direct-to-chip cooling integrates the cooling system direc...

5 Jul 2022

Big data, low carbon: how data centres innovate for sustainability

News / Policy & Finance

Analysis: Where is India spending more, fossil fuels or renewables?

...the one hand, there are the commitments India has made to decarbonise its economy in the face of climate change that is already impacting the country grievously. Then there are the planners who are co...

20 Oct 2022

Analysis: Where is India spending more, fossil fuels or renewables?

Australian drylands viewed from the air.

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

We’re worried about a tipping point in how ecosystems absorb carbon

...their long-term contribution towards offsetting emissions. Take bushfire as an example. When it burns a forest, the carbon stored in the plants is released back into the atmosphere as smoke – so the e...

26 Mar 2022

We’re worried about a tipping point in how ecosystems absorb carbon

News / Water

UN Ocean Conference leaves indigenous peoples feeling excluded

...their oceans by 2030 by joining the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People. The goal of protecting 30 per cent of the world’s land and sea area by the decade’s end is also a target under the UN...

4 Jul 2022

UN Ocean Conference leaves indigenous peoples feeling excluded

Biden's return to Paris pact just a first step for US climate action

News / Policy & Finance

Stuck on mute? US climate summit exposes perils of online diplomacy

...the meeting back on track. As entertaining as these blunders may be, they illustrate the challenges of collaborating online - and raise questions about whether global climate action could suffer. Whil...

23 Apr 2021

Stuck on mute? US climate summit exposes perils of online diplomacy

News / Energy

Coal dust casts a pall over children’s health in Pakistan

...the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The collateral damage of this way of earning is that the children of these colliers are miserable, and the air they breathe is toxic. The prev...

26 Jul 2022

Coal dust casts a pall over children’s health in Pakistan

China to cut energy intensity, but no consumption cap in new 5-year plan

News / Energy

Energy crisis and COP26 are a 'reality check' that the world still needs coal, says coal lobby group

...the state. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is evidence of the energy security risk of a reliance on imported fossil fuels, Nicholas added. "Russia is the third-largest thermal coal exporter in the wor...

24 Mar 2022

Energy crisis and COP26 are a 'reality check' that the world still needs coal, says coal lobby group

Collecting and sorting waste in Chiang Mai, Thailand

News / Waste

Can ‘plastic credits’ help solve the waste crisis?

...the people, the infrastructure, the bins, the collection, the recycling, the planning, the overheads, the risks,” Ballik says. In August 2022, they will publish their result: the Standards Process Mod...

8 Feb 2022

Can ‘plastic credits’ help solve the waste crisis?

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