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The foods that reverse climate change

...the carbon gathered from the atmosphere by the plant to the dirt. Soil-dwelling fungi feed on the carbon delivered by the roots and provide the plants with other nutrients in return. Applying microbe-...

29 Jan 2021

The foods that reverse climate change

Opinion / Energy

Coronavirus has cut CO2 from Europe’s electricity system by 39 per cent

...the same period last year. The data shows electricity demand is down 15 per cent in the UK and 13 per cent in the EU-27 over the past 30 days, against the same period last year. This is shown in the c...

4 May 2020

Coronavirus has cut CO2 from Europe’s electricity system by 39 per cent

Podcasts / Energy

How can renewables overcome their human rights problems?

...When it comes to attacks on human rights activists, the violation of Indigenous people’s rights and child labour, the sector is in fact the third-worst in the world, behind only the mining and agribus...

8 Oct 2020

How can renewables overcome their human rights problems?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The AIIB’s transparency deficit

...when there is still a chance to influence the outcome. But the ESF review draft demonstrates the bank’s intention to delegate the responsibility for accountability to its future clients. Unless the dr...

26 Oct 2020

The AIIB’s transparency deficit

Alsons Power Group's second 105-MW coal plant in central Mindanao

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Retiring or repurposing Asia’s coal plants: why owners must plan and act now

...the role of their facilities to avoid their assets becoming stranded. Owners must begin planning now for retirement, repurposing with affordable and alternative generation, or further diversification ...

23 Aug 2021

Retiring or repurposing Asia’s coal plants: why owners must plan and act now

News / Policy & Finance

China declares no more pangolin scales in traditional medicine

...the large-scale illegal trade in the scaly anteaters, conservationists say. The eight species of pangolins are together one of the most widely trafficked animals in the world, with more than a million...

19 Jun 2020

China declares no more pangolin scales in traditional medicine

News / Carbon & Climate

Shell says new ‘Brazil-sized’ forest would be needed to meet 1.5C climate goal

...the end of the century remains essentially the same. Aside from the temporary impact of Covid-19, the major difference between the two scenarios is the “extensive scale-up of nature-based solutions”, ...

17 Feb 2021

Shell says new ‘Brazil-sized’ forest would be needed to meet 1.5C climate goal

News / Carbon & Climate

Antarctica’s ice loss could soon be irreversible

...the flow of melting ice from the continent of Antarctica. If the annual average temperature of the planet goes beyond 2°C, then the Antarctic melting rate will double. And when global heating really s...

2 Oct 2020

Antarctica’s ice loss could soon be irreversible

News / Carbon & Climate

Southeast Asian nations missing from push to protect 30% of planet

...there over the past two decades. The region is also home to about 18 per cent of the world's endangered species, according to the Campaign for Nature. In Indonesia, for example, the Rawa Singkil Wildl...

29 Jun 2021

Southeast Asian nations missing from push to protect 30% of planet

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

How colonialism’s legacy makes it harder for countries to escape poverty and fossil fuels today

...the continued development of poorer nations. The Green Climate Fund In 2010, the recognition of ongoing injustices resulted in the creation of the Green Climate Fund. The U.N. launched the fund with t...

29 Jun 2021

How colonialism’s legacy makes it harder for countries to escape poverty and fossil fuels today

Australian drylands viewed from the air.

News / Carbon & Climate

New study challenges finding that climate change will drive dryland expansion

...the response of plants to rising CO2 levels. Using this method, the authors find that the global dryland area will not change significantly over the coming century as the climate warms. While the CO2 ...

15 Mar 2021

New study challenges finding that climate change will drive dryland expansion

News / Policy & Finance

South Asian migrant workers seek justice as wage theft worsens under coronavirus

...they would make in the same job at home. But their migrant status makes it much harder for them to seek justice when things go wrong - as they have for large numbers in recent months as the pandemic h...

15 Sep 2020

South Asian migrant workers seek justice as wage theft worsens under coronavirus

News / Energy

Is South Korea on the right path to carbon neutrality?

...the country were displayed in central Seoul to show the people’s desire to march together against the climate crisis when they couldn’t take to the streets due to the coronavirus. The Korea Beyond Coa...

4 Dec 2020

Is South Korea on the right path to carbon neutrality?

Sarah Cragg is the head of a new sustainability unit at advertising agency MullenLowe. Image: MullenLowe

News / Corporate Responsibility

Marketing agency MullenLowe hires Ben & Jerry's executive Sarah Cragg to run sustainability practice

...when businesses are keen to communicate their sustainability credentials amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. MullenLowe salt has worked with a range of companies to support their sustainability activi...

11 Nov 2020

Marketing agency MullenLowe hires Ben & Jerry's executive Sarah Cragg to run sustainability practice

Environmental activists protest in support of German climate targets at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany

News / Policy & Finance

Push to 'keep 1.5 alive' heats up, 100 days from COP26 climate talks

...the world on the right path. A 2018 report from the UN climate science panel then identified the "clear benefits to people and natural ecosystems" of sticking to warming of just 1.5C and warned the da...

23 Jul 2021

Push to 'keep 1.5 alive' heats up, 100 days from COP26 climate talks

News / Carbon & Climate

Power sector emissions were higher last year than when Paris deal was signed

...the enormity of the challenge.” Solar and wind pushed coal to a record fall last year, with power generation from the fossil fuel down 4 per cent from 2019. Image: Ember The new study, titled Global...

30 Mar 2021

Power sector emissions were higher last year than when Paris deal was signed

News / Energy

IEA: India is on ‘cusp of a solar-powered revolution’

...The IEA’s India Energy Outlook 2021 finds that the energy demand of the world’s third-largest emitter will expand more than any other nation over the next two decades, edging out the EU to make it the...

15 Feb 2021

IEA: India is on ‘cusp of a solar-powered revolution’

News / Policy & Finance

Vietnam conservation regulations improving, but enforcement remains a problem

...ther agencies, defining their role and responsibilities,” Kempinski said. Then there is the enforcement side of the laws. “In terms of punishment, if this is a criminal offense, there is the Penal Cod...

8 Oct 2020

Vietnam conservation regulations improving, but enforcement remains a problem

News / Energy

In pursuit of self-determined development, Borneo’s indigenous tribes turn to homegrown renewables

...the kind of development that meets the aspirations of their people,” the indigenous activist says. “Providing villages with their own renewable energy system is a crucial step, but there are still man...

21 Jan 2021

In pursuit of self-determined development, Borneo’s indigenous tribes turn to homegrown renewables

News / Carbon & Climate

Satellite alerts seen helping fight deforestation in Africa

...the training they receive and support their efforts. Fanny Moffette, lead researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison The study looked at whether the alert system—launched by the Global Forest Watch...

5 Jan 2021

Satellite alerts seen helping fight deforestation in Africa

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