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Opinion / Carbon & Climate

How can the climate crisis cut through the Covid-19 media storm?

...ther type of news has been bulldozed to the back pages by the pathogen, which has infected 423,000 people and killed almost 19,000, at the time of publishing. The homepage of the website of the New Y...

27 Mar 2020

How can the climate crisis cut through the Covid-19 media storm?

Press Releases / PEFC

Malaysia produces PEFC certified eco-friendly egg trays

...the Netherlands and New Zealand. The scheme is also accepted under the Malaysian Green Building Index and other Green Building Systems in Australia, Italy, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, United ...

3 May 2020

Malaysia produces PEFC certified eco-friendly egg trays

News / Energy

Japan faces another Fukushima disaster crisis

...There are the direct effects on the local fishermen who fear that no one will want to buy their catch, but over a wider area the health effects are the main concern. As ever with the nuclear industry,...

6 Nov 2020

Japan faces another Fukushima disaster crisis

News / Carbon & Climate

State of the climate: 2020 ties as warmest year on record

...the annual average temperature for that year. The further that curve is to the right, the warmer it was. The width of each year’s curve reflects the uncertainty in the annual temperature values (cause...

18 Jan 2021

State of the climate: 2020 ties as warmest year on record

News / Energy

China’s energy storage boom falters

...the city sleeps each night. In the morning, when energy use and prices go up, the batteries release their power to the factory next door, reducing its electricity bill.When this demonstration project ...

8 May 2020

China’s energy storage boom falters

News / Cities

Smart cities of the future: eco-utopia or dystopian nightmare?

...ther layer to the city,” she said. “You need a reason for people to live there. There needs to be jobs, good housing, a good environment. I doubt there is any country in the world that was built for t...

2 Mar 2020

Smart cities of the future: eco-utopia or dystopian nightmare?

News / Waste

Will this solar-powered device clean the world's most polluted rivers?

...the Rotterdam, Netherlands-based nonprofit organisation The Ocean Cleanup (TOC). The prototype has been on a trial run since May 2019 near the mouth of the Cengkareng drain, which connects the city’s ...

18 Mar 2020

Will this solar-powered device clean the world's most polluted rivers?

News / Policy & Finance

How can small renewable power producers help the Philippines reach its 35% clean energy target?

...the programme,” said Monalisa Dimalanta, chairperson of the board which develops the policy framework to help the country achieve the goals set under the Renewable Energy Act of 2008. “By sheer volume...

7 Apr 2021

How can small renewable power producers help the Philippines reach its 35% clean energy target?

A farmer spreads fertiliser in Pangkep, South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

News / Policy & Finance

Redirecting subsidies for the good of nature

...the past had one voice, but because the government identified the winners and losers, some of the farmers saw that they stood to gain, so were in favour of the reform,” she explains. The right path Th...

17 Jun 2021

Redirecting subsidies for the good of nature

News / Green Buildings

Sliding walls, hideable offices: How pandemic could change home design

...The question is how can you allow a family to be together but also have their moments of refuge on their own within that unit," he said. “ The pandemic has exposed the growing gap in wealth inequalit...

5 Aug 2020

Sliding walls, hideable offices: How pandemic could change home design

News / Cities

As coronavirus forces lockdowns, city dwellers head to parks

...the northeastern Thai city of Udon Thani, a study by SEI found that people had their lowest stress levels when they were in a park, Archer said. Research published earlier this year by Britain's Unive...

25 Mar 2020

As coronavirus forces lockdowns, city dwellers head to parks

News / Carbon & Climate

Global push urged for Covid-19 vaccine could help climate too

...the signatories of the open letter for a "people's vaccine", said working together to find a solution to the pandemic was an opportunity "to exercise the muscle of international cooperation which is c...

18 May 2020

Global push urged for Covid-19 vaccine could help climate too

News / Lifestyle

4 ways to have a more sustainable Chinese New Year

...The problem with spring cleaning Another by-product of the “out with the old in with the new” mantra is the outflux of unwanted items that people banish from their households at this time of year. I...

11 Feb 2021

4 ways to have a more sustainable Chinese New Year

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The impact of organised crime in fisheries extends far beyond the ocean

...the world, organised crime in the fisheries sector extends much farther. It occurs globally throughout the entire fisheries value chain: on-shore, at-sea, at the coastal interface and in cyberspace. R...

21 Aug 2020

The impact of organised crime in fisheries extends far beyond the ocean

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Why banks need to end both indirect and direct finance to coal

...the early 19th century, the end of the coal industry is now inevitable, meaning that it is time for all financial institutions in the region to strengthen their coal lending, investment and insurance ...

10 Feb 2021

Why banks need to end both indirect and direct finance to coal

News / Policy & Finance

Q&A: What does China's 14th 'five year plan' mean for climate change?

...the end of last summer and momentum was finally achieved under the strong political determination on furthering decarbonisation. In the autumn, the top leadership set the tone for the 14FYP: the plan ...

25 Mar 2021

Q&A: What does China's 14th 'five year plan' mean for climate change?

Opinion / Waste

Innovating for impact: Dealing with a mountain of medical waste

...the construction of the mask itself, there is the MakerMask Initiative, the first open-source 3D printable respirator-quality mask approved by the National Institute of Health (NIH) that can be reused...

15 May 2020

Innovating for impact: Dealing with a mountain of medical waste

News / Cities

Disease hotspots flourish when the city meets the country

...them in city and national strategies as populations swell.“The urban [poor] have been forgotten — they leave their villages, they come to the city, they live in a slum, and then that’s it,” he says.“I...

14 Jul 2020

Disease hotspots flourish when the city meets the country

News / Food & Agriculture

How can Asia’s smallholder farmers endure both climate change and Covid-19?

...the bulk of food supplies. Despite their small land size, they produce up to 80 per cent of the food consumed in the region. But these farmers currently face a double crisis: climate change and the C...

9 Feb 2021

How can Asia’s smallholder farmers endure both climate change and Covid-19?

News / Corporate Responsibility

P&G shareholders vote in landslide to cull supply-chain deforestation

...The majority of shareholders – 67 per cent – voted in favor of the action, according to the Green Century Funds (GCF), which put the resolution up for a vote. According to their website, the GCF are a...

28 Oct 2020

P&G shareholders vote in landslide to cull supply-chain deforestation

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