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Urban greening is good for the environment. Let's make sure it's good for local residents, too

The New York City High Line is a section of the New York Central Railroad, an elevated freight rail line, located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. It was under threat of demolition until 1999...

14 Dec 2017

Urban greening is good for the environment. Let's make sure it's good for local residents, too

Opinion / Energy

Renewable energy trends to keep an eye on in 2017

...renewables like PV or wind is typically not an issue in small amounts, but as the percentage of electricity derived from these variable resources increases, the ability to integrate all that renewable...

24 Apr 2017

Renewable energy trends to keep an eye on in 2017

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The climate change fight returns to Paris

Nearly two years have passed since France’s then-foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, struck his gavel and declared: “The Paris agreement for the climate is accepted.” This week, President Emmanuel Macro...

11 Dec 2017

The climate change fight returns to Paris

Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for Environment and Water resources, announcing 2019 as Year Towards Zero Waste on 12 January

Opinion / Waste

Can Singapore really be a zero waste nation?

A few Saturdays ago, in a shopping mall in the east of the island, Singapore's Minister of Environment and Water Resources (MEWR) declared 2019 the Year Towards Zero Waste. The aim for the year ahead ...

29 Jan 2019

Can Singapore really be a zero waste nation?

News / Food & Agriculture

The Philippines—Asia's most dangerous country for environmental defenders

Filipino activists are paying the price for defending the environment with their lives. A 2017 Global Witness report released on Tuesday revealed that the archipelago is the most dangerous country in ...

31 Jul 2018

The Philippines—Asia's most dangerous country for environmental defenders

News / Carbon & Climate

Ireland’s household pollution tops EU league

Its image of lush green fields and skies unpolluted by the climate-changing greenhouse gases of heavy industry is well-known, but the reality of Ireland’s household pollution is a little different. Th...

25 Apr 2018

Ireland’s household pollution tops EU league

Opinion / Energy

Renewable energy in the EU: Better off Brexit?

...renewables than on coal and gas-fired generation, with $130 billion spent in 2015. In total, renewables contributed to 10.3 per cent of the electricity generated globally. The EU is a leader in the pr...

10 Mar 2017

Renewable energy in the EU: Better off Brexit?

News / Policy & Finance

Cost of fossil fuel investment is too high

European and Chinese scientists have identified a simple new way to become poor: fossil fuel investment. Not only could it leave you without a penny to your name. It could perhaps precipitate a global...

13 Jun 2018

Cost of fossil fuel investment is too high

News / Energy

Cost of renewables fell in 2016, lowering global investment in clean energy – UN

...renewables capacity was roughly double that in fossil fuel generation,” the UN programme said. While the capacity from renewables was equivalent to 55 per cent of all new power, the highest to date, t...

10 Apr 2017

Cost of renewables fell in 2016, lowering global investment in clean energy – UN

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Climate and the G20 summit: Some progress in greening economies, but more needs to be done

...renewables are a growing segment of the electricity supply, except in Russia, where absolute renewable energy consumption has decreased by 20 per cent since 2009. China, the Republic of Korea and the ...

6 Jul 2017

Climate and the G20 summit: Some progress in greening economies, but more needs to be done

Solar panels on Sumba Island in Indonesia

News / Policy & Finance

Green financing in Asia: False momentum or real impact?

While green investments have been growing globally and certainly in Asia, in the wider finance universe it has been more talk than action, said panelists at the Responsible Business Forum in Singapore...

17 Oct 2018

Green financing in Asia: False momentum or real impact?

News / Policy & Finance

Here's a tool to help companies stay ahead in changing carbon markets

A new carbon pricing tool released last month by sustainability research and advisory firm Trucost aims to help corporations lower their investment risks amid changing carbon regulations. The Global C...

8 Sep 2017

Here's a tool to help companies stay ahead in changing carbon markets

News / Energy

Europe's $6.9 bln coal subsidies "better spent on technologies of the future"

...renewables, as a justification for extending and introducing new subsidies to coal," the researchers said in a report published on Monday. Part of the reasoning is that "when the wind doesn't blow and...

11 May 2017

Europe's $6.9 bln coal subsidies "better spent on technologies of the future"

Polish firefighers battle the blaze in Karbole, Sweden

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Wealthy countries can no longer pretend that climate change won’t affect them

It has taken hundreds of heat-related deaths across the northern hemisphere for climate change to make global headlines. In Japan, at least 80 people have died and thousands have been hospitalized as ...

20 Aug 2018

Wealthy countries can no longer pretend that climate change won’t affect them

News / Food & Agriculture

What do Indonesians really think about palm oil?

The farming and production of palm oil has formed the backbone of many communities in Indonesia, the world's largest producer of the world's most widely consumed edible oil. Palm oil accounts for 11 p...

16 Jan 2019

What do Indonesians really think about palm oil?

News / Energy

China, India to beat climate pledges as Trump drags US backwards

...renewables and environmental restoration sectors dwarf those in coal, which is falling out of favor around the world. “In the last ten years the energy market has transformed: the price of renewable e...

17 May 2017

China, India to beat climate pledges as Trump drags US backwards

India One Solar Thermal Power Plant in India

Opinion / Energy

How companies are buying clean energy: 4 lessons from India

...renewables. KERC viewed this recommendation positively, and has waived the grid usage charges for the first 10 years of all solar projects commissioned by March 2018. Taking advantage of this favorabl...

29 Mar 2017

How companies are buying clean energy: 4 lessons from India

News / Energy

Singapore's first e-commerce marketplace for energy powers up

...renewables, and their examples are encouraging others to do the same.” He added: “As a result, local SMEs [small to medium-sized businesses] are looking at bigger companies and following their lead.” ...

19 Jul 2017

Singapore's first e-commerce marketplace for energy powers up

News / Waste

Turning waste into bioplastics, Mexico strikes green gold

Tequila, avocado and corn are proving their worth beyond Mexican fiesta staples as key components for a fast-growing bioplastics market, with companies transforming waste from processing food crops in...

13 Sep 2018

Turning waste into bioplastics, Mexico strikes green gold

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate pledges not enough to deal with emissions

Urgent action is required to check the worldwide rise in emissions of greenhouse gases to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) warned on October 3...

3 Nov 2017

Climate pledges not enough to deal with emissions

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