Eco-Business

Sort by

Relevance Date

Showing results 5161–5180 of 10000

News / Carbon & Climate

'Extinction denial’ is the latest anti-science conspiracy theory, biologists warn

...The Spectator disputed the findings or attacked the reputations and methods of the report’s authors, leading one of them, Andy Purvis of the Natural History Museum in London, to write a lengthy rebutt...

16 Sep 2020

'Extinction denial’ is the latest anti-science conspiracy theory, biologists warn

News / Policy & Finance

Thailand under pressure to act against the Sanakham dam project

...the prior consultation step and sent them back to the Laos government for revision, citing “out of date” information, but neither the MRC nor the Thai authorities can stop the dam. “The villagers are ...

28 Sep 2020

Thailand under pressure to act against the Sanakham dam project

News / Water

As water scarcity grows, Asia’s utilities are turning to data and sensors to keep the taps flowing

...the project, explained that the authority can set thresholds for the digital devices and programme them to send alerts to MWA personnel, including management, when these are exceeded. “They can then d...

13 Oct 2020

As water scarcity grows, Asia’s utilities are turning to data and sensors to keep the taps flowing

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Illicit trade in marine resources keeps billions out of Pacific economies every year

...ther, targeting areas where combination of these factors make illegal fishing a profitable and relatively low risk activity. In the Pacific, the Central Western part takes the brunt of the hit: About ...

2 Jan 2020

Illicit trade in marine resources keeps billions out of Pacific economies every year

Opinion / Energy

The coronavirus has accelerated changes in energy supply and demand

...the form of electricity was down 2.5 per cent in the first quarter and is predicted to be 5 per cent lower for the year. This is eight times the size of the reduction seen during the 2008 financial cr...

29 Jun 2020

The coronavirus has accelerated changes in energy supply and demand

News / Carbon & Climate

High-tech weather forecasting aims to bring new hope to Indian farmers facing the devastation of climate change

...they can, tell them which crops will be best suited to the coming conditions, and provide guidance on when to plant and harvest. But the scale of the challenge is daunting. Some 60 per cent of India’s...

28 Aug 2019

High-tech weather forecasting aims to bring new hope to Indian farmers facing the devastation of climate change

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Global emissions are way off target. What needs to happen?

...the time — to comply with the climate pact they made in Paris. The less action countries take collectively to cut carbon, the higher the temperature increase and the more severe the impacts. The poor,...

16 Mar 2020

Global emissions are way off target. What needs to happen?

News / Energy

UK’s CO2 emissions have fallen 29 per cent over the past decade

...the table, below. The bulk of the reduction in coal use last year came from the power sector, which accounted for 93 per cent of the overall fall in demand for the fuel in 2019. The remainder was fro...

5 Mar 2020

UK’s CO2 emissions have fallen 29 per cent over the past decade

News / Policy & Finance

Xie Zhenhua: China’s top climate negotiator steps down

...the process of China and the US reaching a consensus on emissions targets in 2014, which then paved the way for the Paris Agreement. According to Xie, the key to that accord is “that each country woul...

12 Dec 2019

Xie Zhenhua: China’s top climate negotiator steps down

News / Energy

As investment giant BlackRock pulls back from coal, activists urge the same for biomass energy

...the coalition effort is timely just the same and climate action cannot be ignored even under the specter of Covid-19. “After the pandemic is over, there is not going to be a return to normal; there ca...

20 Apr 2020

As investment giant BlackRock pulls back from coal, activists urge the same for biomass energy

Gerard Barron, chief executive and chairman, DeepGreen

News / Energy

We need to mine deep-sea metals to power the energy transition: DeepGreen CEO Gerard Barron

...the project by the time they came into invest). And third, they just never found much of the resource they were looking for. What was there to learn from that experience? The benefit from that project...

22 Oct 2020

We need to mine deep-sea metals to power the energy transition: DeepGreen CEO Gerard Barron

Press Releases / Rights and Resources Initiative

New study shows rights-based conservation as viable path to achieve global biodiversity agenda

...them: By empowering the Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and Afro-descendants who have customary land rights to at least half of the Earth. The study, conducted by the Rights and Resources Init...

1 Dec 2020

New study shows rights-based conservation as viable path to achieve global biodiversity agenda

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Huge wildfires in the Arctic and far North send a planetary warning

...the atmosphere at a time when carbon dioxide concentrations are setting new records. Vast sub-Arctic forests The boreal or taiga ecosystem, a swath of northern forest that covers 17 per cent of the gl...

15 Aug 2019

Huge wildfires in the Arctic and far North send a planetary warning

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Why the European Union's green taxonomy is risky business

...these difficulties rather than their cause. Moreover, when a financing gap does exist, it does not necessarily apply to the entire spectrum of capital. Usually, the shortfall affects a specific phase,...

3 Feb 2020

Why the European Union's green taxonomy is risky business

Press Releases / Butterfield Trust in Asia

Butterfield expands scholarship to support next generation of environmental leaders to Singapore

...the UK, The Bahamas, Switzerland, Mauritius and Singapore. Applications for the scholarship can be made through the below link here: www.butterfieldgroup.com/scholarships/Pages/default.aspx. The appl...

25 Feb 2020

Butterfield expands scholarship to support next generation of environmental leaders to Singapore

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Greening sovereign-debt restructuring

...the short term, the bad news is that these countries are set to be among the hardest hit in economic terms. The World Bank estimates that as many as 100 million people could fall into extreme poverty ...

13 Aug 2020

Greening sovereign-debt restructuring

News / Food & Agriculture

Stingless bee honey discovery could create conservation-friendly business opportunities in Asia Pacific

...the University of Queensland and one of the authors of the new study. This is the first time that trehalulose has been found as a major component in any food. The sugar in stingless bee honey was prev...

12 Aug 2020

Stingless bee honey discovery could create conservation-friendly business opportunities in Asia Pacific

Opinion / Water

Making ocean protection an investment priority

...ther waste out of the waterways in the first place. Saving the oceans should not be an afterthought. More than three billion people depend on the oceans for their livelihoods. Ocean and coastal resour...

29 Oct 2019

Making ocean protection an investment priority

News / Energy

Pakistan pushes renewables—but coal expansion continues too

...the energy task force and now special assistant to the prime minister. Jafry, of the alternative energy board, said the policy represented a significant shift from the past, when investors approached ...

12 Aug 2020

Pakistan pushes renewables—but coal expansion continues too

News / Carbon & Climate

Efforts to fix air pollution gasp for funding, as pandemic pressure builds

...the problem is increasing as evidence of the damage becomes clearer. This year, the Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated how the world can pull together when faced with "an existential threat", Ban wrot...

9 Sep 2020

Efforts to fix air pollution gasp for funding, as pandemic pressure builds

Page 259

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Policy & Finance

News / Water

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Opinion / Energy

News / Carbon & Climate

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

News / Energy

News / Policy & Finance

News / Energy

News / Energy

Press Releases / Rights and Resources Initiative

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Press Releases / Butterfield Trust in Asia

Opinion / Policy & Finance

News / Food & Agriculture

Opinion / Water

News / Energy

News / Carbon & Climate

Most popular

News / Lifestyle

News / Policy & Finance

News / Transport & Logistics

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

News / Policy & Finance

News / Policy & Finance

Transforming Innovation for Sustainability Join the Ecosystem →

Receive the latest insights daily or weekly.