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Palm oil watchdog urged to take 'giant leap' to save forests
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smallholders
. While many RSPO members are pushing for tougher standards, some industry officials warn this could exclude palm companies that have yet to join, especially smaller growers who cannot aff...
27 Aug 2018
Palm oil watchdog urged to take 'giant leap' to save forests
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Food & Agriculture
The top 5 food and agriculture stories in 2017
Agriculture, forestry and other land use activities emit more than 10 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases, based on a study by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). As the world’s...
27 Dec 2017
The top 5 food and agriculture stories in 2017
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Policy & Finance
Indonesia calls on palm oil industry, obscured by secrecy, to remain opaque
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smallholders
, and that the government wanted to give them an opportunity to comply before releasing any data. “We’re fixing that, step by step,” Luhut said as quoted by CNN Indonesia. “In the future, ...
22 May 2019
Indonesia calls on palm oil industry, obscured by secrecy, to remain opaque
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Food & Agriculture
How will Southeast Asia feed its people in 2030?
According to the World Food Programme, 795 million people -- one in nine -- go to bed on an empty stomach each night. Even more - one in three - suffer from some form of malnutrition. Some 60.5 millio...
17 May 2017
How will Southeast Asia feed its people in 2030?
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Policy & Finance
Stop "boring" language to spur climate action, U.N. environment chief says
People are hungry for news about the risks of climate change but experts are alienating them with boring, technical jargon, the United Nations top environment official said on Tuesday. Erik Solheim, e...
20 Dec 2017
Stop "boring" language to spur climate action, U.N. environment chief says
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Policy & Finance
Indonesian smallholder farmers to receive funding boost for irrigation
Up to 24 million smallholder farmers in Indonesia stand to benefit from a large-scale financing scheme that seeks to boost rural livelihoods by providing more reliable access to water. Known as the In...
23 Feb 2017
Indonesian smallholder farmers to receive funding boost for irrigation
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Carbon & Climate
Economic headwinds buffet once-resilient Sumatran forest-farms
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smallholders
have compelled the regions forest-farmers to abandon damar agroforestry over the past decade. Krui is located in Lampung province, bounded by the Indian Ocean and Bukit Barisan Selatan Na...
24 Oct 2017
Economic headwinds buffet once-resilient Sumatran forest-farms
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Policy & Finance
Private sector leaders seek to ramp up investment in sustainable landscapes
At the Global Landscapes Forum’s third investment case symposium, held at the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, top investors, business leaders, an...
5 Jun 2018
Private sector leaders seek to ramp up investment in sustainable landscapes
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Food & Agriculture
Zero-deforestation pledges held back by challenges
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smallholders
in these initiatives by covering the added costs of compliance. More broadly, officials can ensure public support of these private initiatives by passing “supportive” laws that are in lin...
2 Feb 2018
Zero-deforestation pledges held back by challenges
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Food & Agriculture
How will humanity feed itself by 2050?
The food industry today faces a daunting task: feeding 10 billion mouths in a fair and sustainable way by 2050. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, food supply must more...
30 Jul 2018
How will humanity feed itself by 2050?
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Policy & Finance
3 ways to jumpstart sustainable business in the Philippines
If the Philippines is to realise its full economic potential and improve the lives of its citizens, sustainability advocates must stop working on single issues in isolation and band together to achiev...
27 Sep 2017
3 ways to jumpstart sustainable business in the Philippines
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Corporate Responsibility
The BlackRock letter: A turning point for real change?
Although greenwashing is far too common, recently there have been two powerful “green shots,” which show that business is finally taking sustainability a lot more seriously. These are, in our opinion ...
12 Feb 2018
The BlackRock letter: A turning point for real change?
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Food & Agriculture
Putting nutrition back on the menu
Human nutrition is of increasing importance to science. Of course, centuries of scientific research have been devoted to ensuring that enough food is produced for growing populations. But with obesity...
8 Feb 2018
Putting nutrition back on the menu
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Food & Agriculture
Lessons from GM crops: Agritech will not take root without better communication
Technology has the potential to raise crop yields, cut fertiliser use, improve farming efficiency and, by its nature, make the world’s oldest and least digitised industry more sustainable. But without...
14 Jul 2017
Lessons from GM crops: Agritech will not take root without better communication
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Water
Water crises are hitting our economies: Time to hit back with natural infrastructure
With rapidly dwindling water supplies, Cape Town is making headlines as a city in the throes of a crisis. Residents, already experiencing impacts on their businesses and lives, are bracing for the wor...
26 Feb 2018
Water crises are hitting our economies: Time to hit back with natural infrastructure
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Food & Agriculture
As Thailand ramps up its palm oil sector, peat forests feel the pressure
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smallholders
who are involved in this case of land conflict in a protected area. Pru Kaching was declared a National Reserve Forest in 1965, under the control of Thailand’s Royal Forest Department. Th...
27 Mar 2017
As Thailand ramps up its palm oil sector, peat forests feel the pressure
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Food & Agriculture
Food security's social network
In 2015, when the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals were officially adopted, the clock began ticking on an ambitious goal: ending global hunger by 2030. At the time, that target seemed achi...
21 Mar 2018
Food security's social network
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Food & Agriculture
Indonesian farmers pay the price for politics in palm oil
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smallholders
are the latest victims of the push into the relatively pristine forests of Central Sulawesi—and the island of Sulawesi in general—by a palm oil industry that has largely depleted the fore...
6 Jun 2018
Indonesian farmers pay the price for politics in palm oil
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Food & Agriculture
Much of the planet’s land severely degraded owing to increased consumption, UN warns
A new United Nations report warns that a third of the planet’s land is now severely degraded thanks to a doubling in the consumption of natural resources over the past 30 years. Some 15 billion trees ...
13 Sep 2017
Much of the planet’s land severely degraded owing to increased consumption, UN warns
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Food & Agriculture
What is sustainable palm oil?
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smallholders
improve their yields and incomes, as well as to help them access new markets. To help
smallholders
access the certification without the costs, RSPO puts 10 per cent of the profits from CS...
23 Mar 2017
What is sustainable palm oil?
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Energy
Inside China’s solar villages
For a decade, solar power has been bringing opportunities to China’s villages. What does that mean today?
Inside China’s solar villages
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Energy
Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025
Solar power, electric vehicles (EVs) and other clean-energy technologies drove more than a third of the growth in …
Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025
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Waste Management
Chile’s Julio Cordano elected chair of UN plastic pollution treaty talks
The position had been vacant for four months amid a deadlock in negotiations for the treaty to curb …
Chile’s Julio Cordano elected chair of UN plastic pollution treaty talks
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Policy & Finance
Sanae Takaichi supermajority opens path to nuclear-led, industry-driven energy transition in Japan
Landslide election win strengthens push to link decarbonisation with economic security, boosting nuclear, domestic clean tech and state-led …
Sanae Takaichi supermajority opens path to nuclear-led, industry-driven energy transition in Japan
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Cities
Thirsty tech: Why chips and data centres are a growing water risk for investors
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has published a new case study examining the financial risks that …
Thirsty tech: Why chips and data centres are a growing water risk for investors
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Policy & Finance
Taiwan delays 20 per cent renewables target beyond 2026 as tighter solar rules slow rollout
The government shifts focus to rooftop solar and offshore wind, says power supply will remain stable despite regulatory …
Taiwan delays 20 per cent renewables target beyond 2026 as tighter solar rules slow rollout
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