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Opinion / Food & Agriculture

How the gig economy can transform farms in the developing world

Think of a modern farm. You might imagine neat rows of crops, shiny new tractors, perhaps mechanised irrigation systems. But you’d be only partly right. For truly modern agriculture, we need to look t...

3 Apr 2018

How the gig economy can transform farms in the developing world

News / Energy

US coal is on the up—for now

...renewables, particularly in solar power. In both countries there is growing concern about the serious impact on health of air pollution caused by burning coal. Before his election to the White House, ...

12 Jan 2018

US coal is on the up—for now

News / Energy

Do Filipinos dream of electric jeepneys?

Basahin sa tagalog [Editor's note, 9 March 2023]: Read our latest analysis on ongoing industrial action against government plans to phase out traditional jeepneys. A fleet of electric vehicles cre...

7 Aug 2019

Do Filipinos dream of electric jeepneys?

Opinion / Transport

Lessons learned on electrifying PRC urban buses

...renewables. As the PRC moves forward on electric urban buses, its technology and policies is likely that BEB will become more popular due to their environment and financial benefits. Other PRC cities ...

14 Jan 2019

Lessons learned on electrifying PRC urban buses

solar powered streetlamps in Yunnan China

News / Energy

California pushes ahead for new era of US-China climate partnerships

...renewables and commercialization of new clean energy and renewable energy technologies. At CEM8, Brown signed cooperation agreements with seven Chinese provinces, expanding California’s links to inclu...

7 Jul 2017

California pushes ahead for new era of US-China climate partnerships

A Qantas plane on the runway at Sydney's aiport

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

You've heard of a carbon footprint—now it's time to take steps to cut your nitrogen footprint

Nitrogen pollution has significant environmental and human health costs. Yet it is often conflated with other environmental problems, such as climate change, which is exacerbated by nitrous oxide (N₂O...

17 Jul 2018

You've heard of a carbon footprint—now it's time to take steps to cut your nitrogen footprint

Press Releases / PennWell

India to move decisively towards renewables for future generation

...renewables is achieved, as is the ability of the grid to accommodate high-levels of renewable energy via battery-based balancing power. Speaking at a TERI event, Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister for Power...

13 Apr 2017

India to move decisively towards renewables for future generation

News / Water

Heineken invests an additional RM2.5 million for water conservation

Criss-crossed by over 3,000 rivers, Malaysia is a country that sources 98 per cent its water from streams and rivers. Despite this, 53 per cent of Malaysian rivers have been classified as at least sli...

1 Aug 2018

Heineken invests an additional RM2.5 million for water conservation

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Talking climate change in India

...Renewables: What do renewables mean to you and can they replace fossil fuels? Afterwards, the participants were given short passages — or these were read out to them — on various themes such as econo...

22 Jun 2017

Talking climate change in India

News / Energy

Renewables offer cheaper, more reliable power for Philippines' small islands - report

...renewables will supply cheaper, efficient, secure, cleaner power, the report said. "Renewable energy systems are not only sustainable but affordable and secure because there is no fuel requirements," ...

9 May 2017

Renewables offer cheaper, more reliable power for Philippines' small islands - report

Scavengers pick through garbage collected at a landfill site in Thailand.

Opinion / Waste

Why we're hunting for treasure—in old landfill sites

Humans are generally getting better at dealing with their mess. In the UK, for instance, 45 per cent of household waste is now recycled—yet that still means more than 12 million tonnes are buried in t...

30 Aug 2018

Why we're hunting for treasure—in old landfill sites

News / Cities

At ‘renewable cities’ forum, envisioning a city that produces more energy than it uses

What does a city powered entirely by renewable energy look like? Ray Wills imagines a Sydney that, by 2025, is generating more energy than it’s consuming. Every home in the sunny Australian city has s...

23 May 2017

At ‘renewable cities’ forum, envisioning a city that produces more energy than it uses

News / Energy

How far would Germany’s 2038 coal phaseout breach Paris climate goals?

If the German government adopts the recommendations, coal capacity would barely fall faster than a business-as-usual (BAU) pathway over the next decade. This is because ageing coal-fired power station...

31 Jan 2019

How far would Germany’s 2038 coal phaseout breach Paris climate goals?

News / Energy

Whose power plans are greener: China's or India's?

...renewables as a proportion of installed capacity because its energy mix, at 1,646 GW, is more than five times greater than India’s. But while China got off to an early lead in renewables, India is loo...

9 May 2017

Whose power plans are greener: China's or India's?

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

A lack of understanding of the threat that air conditioning systems pose to the environment is masking a crisis created by these so-called “carbon bombs in a box." Governments, businesses and consume...

7 Feb 2018

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

Opinion / Transport

China's outward public investment—good news for the environment and tackling poverty?

...renewables, railways and water resources management. But others, such as the power and highway projects in Pakistan and Sri Lanka, continue the path of dirty development based on fossil fuels and roa...

26 Oct 2017

China's outward public investment—good news for the environment and tackling poverty?

News / Carbon & Climate

Ex-UN climate chief sees climate action "explosion" in coming decade

In the next five to 10 years, the world will see an "explosion" of positive action on climate change, not only in terms of efforts to reduce planet-warming emissions but also in people's daily lives, ...

20 Nov 2017

Ex-UN climate chief sees climate action "explosion" in coming decade

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

CO₂ shortage: why can't we just pull carbon dioxide out of the air?

More people than ever are acutely aware that rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere are accelerating climate change and global warming. And yet food manufacturers have been issuing st...

10 Jul 2018

CO₂ shortage: why can't we just pull carbon dioxide out of the air?

News / Policy & Finance

Australia's $60 million plan to save the Great Barrier Reef dismissed as 'meaningless'

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday announced A$60 million in funding for an 18-month programme to help restore the health of the ailing Great Barrier Reef, but conservation and clima...

24 Jan 2018

Australia's $60 million plan to save the Great Barrier Reef dismissed as 'meaningless'

News / Energy

As land conflicts rise, clean energy investors face financial risks

...renewables as investors look for attractive returns in a market with relatively few other attractive options, it said. About 65 per cent of the world's land area is held by local communities and indig...

2 May 2017

As land conflicts rise, clean energy investors face financial risks

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