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Will the UN food systems summit bring change?

...their children. So, on the face of it, it is good news that the UN will host a Food Systems Summit on 23 September. It aims to accelerate the transformation of these systems so they provide nutritious...

21 Sep 2021

Will the UN food systems summit bring change?

News / Transport

When air travel rebounds, will sustainability be a concern for business travellers?

...the future, as businesses capitalise on the pandemic to further transform their business models and invest in digital technologies to connect their satellite businesses. "There will obviously be more ...

15 Feb 2021

When air travel rebounds, will sustainability be a concern for business travellers?

Myanmar Faces Third Wave of COVID-19 Infections Amid Anti-Coup Protests

News / Policy & Finance

Myanmar faced third wave of Covid-19 infections amid anti-coup protests

...There is no medical staff to take the swabs, no staff to analyze the samples in the lab, no doctors to test the results,” he said. “Even if someone tested positive, there is no one in the hospital who...

7 May 2021

Myanmar faced third wave of Covid-19 infections amid anti-coup protests

A man carries a sign asking world leaders to stop fossil fuels, COP26

News / Carbon & Climate

COP26 draft text criticised for lack of commitment to fossil fuel phase-out

...The key outcome of the COP26 climate summit, known as the cover decision, is expected to be released late on Friday or on Saturday, when the conference wraps up. The final iteration of the cover text ...

10 Nov 2021

COP26 draft text criticised for lack of commitment to fossil fuel phase-out

News / Policy & Finance

Global watchdog ratchets up pressure on funds over greenwashing

...themselves under the spotlight for overstating their green credentials. To tackle this, the body is crafting recommendations to address the issues arising from the proliferation of and "systemic over-...

7 Jul 2021

Global watchdog ratchets up pressure on funds over greenwashing

News / Carbon & Climate

6 times when sustainability was almost funny in 2020

...The group was drawing attention to the link between the exploitation of animals and the source of the virus. "Coincidence? We think NOT!" the group tweeted, with an emoji of a masked person next to an...

16 Dec 2020

6 times when sustainability was almost funny in 2020

Norwegian Climate and Environment Minister Espen Barth Eide

News / Carbon & Climate

COP26 carbon-market talks 'difficult'—but hopes for breakthrough, says Norway minister

...the main motives now is to ensure that there should be no double reporting" of the emissions reductions by both the seller and the buyer, Barth Eide said. Article 6 could also pave the way to link exi...

8 Nov 2021

COP26 carbon-market talks 'difficult'—but hopes for breakthrough, says Norway minister

Migrants who returned from their hometown of Uttar Pradesh arrive to wait in line to be tested for Covid-19

News / Cities

'Life is precious' say Indian migrants fleeing Covid-hit cities

...the state migrant control room in eastern Jharkhand state. "They are worried where they would be safer - in cities or their villages. They want guarantees, but like always there are none as far as the...

3 May 2021

'Life is precious' say Indian migrants fleeing Covid-hit cities

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change made India and Pakistan’s 2022 early heatwave ‘30 times more likely’

...these two months. The researchers focused on the two months because the heat was unusually severe for the time of year in the region, explains Dr Friederike Otto, co-leader of WWA and a senior lecture...

28 May 2022

Climate change made India and Pakistan’s 2022 early heatwave ‘30 times more likely’

News / Carbon & Climate

Lessons from the rush to reforest

...the mistakes and successes of the past. They show the crucial importance of choosing the right plants for the right location – increasingly difficult as the planet warms – and ensuring local communiti...

10 May 2021

Lessons from the rush to reforest

News / Policy & Finance

Biden’s finance pledge inadequate for climate justice

...The gap between the promised USD 100 billion per year and the current reality is clear for developing countries to see. Some voice their disappointment more loudly than others, while others keep quiet...

22 Apr 2021

Biden’s finance pledge inadequate for climate justice

Rainforest in Papua province, Indonesia.

News / Carbon & Climate

Forest carbon projects can provide Southeast Asia with more food, water: study

...them to compete with other potentially lucrative land-use alternatives, such as palm oil production,” the authors wrote. The increase in benefits largely taper off after the US$25 mark. Another five m...

14 Feb 2022

Forest carbon projects can provide Southeast Asia with more food, water: study

News / Carbon & Climate

Look beyond popular areas for green innovations: investors

...the other areas. Why? Because they’re just not aware,” said Santos, adding that the bulk of emissions come from agriculture, industrial processes and the built environment. He cited one of Wavemaker’s...

17 Jan 2022

News / Energy

ExxonMobil takes a gamble on algae biofuel

...then extract the inner lipids, proteins and carbs, which undergo a final processing step to convert them into biofuel. Then, of course, there was the need to scale up the entire process, growing the m...

7 Jul 2021

ExxonMobil takes a gamble on algae biofuel

News / Policy & Finance

Developing countries ‘deeply frustrated’ by COP26 outcome

...the final wording of the decision text, in relation to the phase-out of coal. He was tearful as he apologised for the way the process had unfolded. There were finger-pointing at India for the watered-...

17 Nov 2021

Developing countries ‘deeply frustrated’ by COP26 outcome

News / Carbon & Climate

Global biodiversity deal running short on time and ambition

...the scenes, he notes. “They have not done the kind of global outreach to civil society and the private sector that the UK did in the lead up to the COP26 climate talks,” he says. “The worry that we we...

6 Apr 2022

Global biodiversity deal running short on time and ambition

News / Energy

Renewables are booming in Vietnam. Will the upswing last?

...the buyer of the power they generate. In Vietnam, that’s either EVN or one of its subsidiaries. The PPA is one of the most important documents that lenders look to when determining whether or not a pr...

13 Apr 2021

Renewables are booming in Vietnam. Will the upswing last?

News / Policy & Finance

Popular opposition suspends a bridge project in a Philippine coral haven

...the heavy sedimentation, runoff and silt from the construction could cloud the water, blocking the sunlight that’s essential for the growth of the algae that, in turn, nourish the corals. Coral expert...

6 May 2021

News / Policy & Finance

Struggling Thai fisherfolk gird for losses as another Laos Mekong dam looms

...the Isaan region, points to the wider picture across Thailand’s northeast. “If we include the tributaries of the Mekong, the losses could be much more than 70 per cent. Many [people] get fish from th...

13 Jun 2022

Struggling Thai fisherfolk gird for losses as another Laos Mekong dam looms

News / Food & Agriculture

Who gets to define sustainable palm oil?

...the RSPO at the top and MSPO and ISPO at the bottom, with the ISPO lagging far behind others. Over the years, the two countries have attempted to strengthen the standards. In 2014, Indonesia made ISPO...

8 Jun 2021

Who gets to define sustainable palm oil?

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