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News / Carbon & Climate

Our brains can lead us astray when making ‘eco-friendly’ decisions

...when applied to the type of problem they’re supposed to solve,” the authors write. But if these tools don’t fit the problem that the brain is trying to solve, they can lead to mistakes in judgment. Fo...

5 Mar 2019

Our brains can lead us astray when making ‘eco-friendly’ decisions

News / Carbon & Climate

World risks 'disaster' as reuse of natural resources declines

...the world's resources," he said, urging faster action to keep the average rise in global temperatures to limits adopted in the 2015 Paris Agreement. Governments must lead the change in their economies...

21 Jan 2020

World risks 'disaster' as reuse of natural resources declines

News / Food & Agriculture

Amazon rainforest fires turn São Paulo's sky black

...the deforestation process in the Amazon region. “They cut the trees, leave the wood to dry and later put fire to it, so that the ashes can fertilise the soil,” she explained, adding that when the rain...

26 Aug 2019

Amazon rainforest fires turn São Paulo's sky black

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Crisis stops communities from having say about projects on their land

...the crisis, surely they should do the same for companies. Conflict on the horizon Companies that try to force through community consultation processes during the global pandemic may be stacking their...

26 May 2020

Crisis stops communities from having say about projects on their land

News / Energy

Efficient energy cuts UK electricity’s carbon output

...the power sector has been falling faster in the UK than anywhere else in the world – despite the British government’s belief that electricity consumption would rise. Part of the explanation is the clo...

26 Mar 2020

Efficient energy cuts UK electricity’s carbon output

News / Carbon & Climate

New forests mean permanently lower river flows

...they close the pores on their leaves to conserve water, and as a result take up less water from the soil. In wet weather, though, they use more water from the soil, and also catch the rainwater in the...

20 Jan 2020

New forests mean permanently lower river flows

Opinion / Policy & Finance

How to bring the wisdom of the public to bear on the climate emergency

...the challenges of responding to the climate breakdown—but the devil is in the detail. Past assemblies offer valuable lessons in how they can most effectively address the climate emergency. Ireland is ...

27 Jun 2019

How to bring the wisdom of the public to bear on the climate emergency

News / Policy & Finance

Tiny loans lead to bigger debts, land losses in Cambodia

...they said. "MFIs, as they currently operate, pose a direct threat to the land tenure security of millions of people in Cambodia," they said in the report. "In most cases, the land that was lost was in...

13 Aug 2019

Tiny loans lead to bigger debts, land losses in Cambodia

News / Policy & Finance

India promotes South-South cooperation, but key questions unaddressed

...the UNCCD COP. Who owns the land? Who is responsible when the land is no longer able to support a livelihood, and a farmer is forced to migrate? These are not questions anyone thought about when they ...

10 Sep 2019

India promotes South-South cooperation, but key questions unaddressed

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Red alert for blue planet and small island states

...the small island states of the Pacific will be making their voices heard as they seek to confirm themselves in the role of custodians of the world’s largest region. “ Sea level rise in some Pacific c...

4 Nov 2019

Red alert for blue planet and small island states

News / Energy

The greening of China’s industrial strategy

...the manufacturing learning curve.It is not lost on China that these are all potentially the mainstream energy, transport and food production industries of the future, where the country’s state agencie...

22 May 2020

The greening of China’s industrial strategy

News / Policy & Finance

UK lawmakers to count environmental cost of mass tourism

...the environment, the lawmakers said, but in many cases "overtourism" had harmed people and their landmarks. Thailand has said it will close access to Maya Bay, which featured in the hit film "The Beac...

19 Jul 2019

UK lawmakers to count environmental cost of mass tourism

News / Corporate Responsibility

Can ethical businesses bring a breath of fresh air to Asia's polluted cities?

...the world's 20 most polluted cities in India, many businesses there have rushed to market air purifiers that are usually priced at hundreds of dollars - well beyond the reach of the average resident. ...

19 Feb 2020

Can ethical businesses bring a breath of fresh air to Asia's polluted cities?

Opinion / Lifestyle

Yes, it's still up to you to do something about climate change

...then another, and another, to change the energy of the flood.” The upshot is that our small acts absolutely can make a difference in unexpected and possibly powerful ways. Our individual choices join ...

9 Dec 2019

Yes, it's still up to you to do something about climate change

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Firm priorities for fragile states

...the formal economy through which to meet these needs. Earlier in the crisis, there were hopes that some fragile states would escape the worst of Covid-19’s health impact, owing to their youth and isol...

17 Jun 2020

Firm priorities for fragile states

News / Carbon & Climate

Arctic’s oldest ice shows signs of change

...the atmosphere. The race is on to understand the forces at work in what might be – one day – the only surviving ice in the polar summer. “We can’t treat the Last Ice Area as a monolithic area of ice w...

22 Nov 2019

Arctic’s oldest ice shows signs of change

News / Transport

Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Pamela Mar, supply chain futurist

...The rollout of the WorkerApp—a joint initiative by the Fung Academy (Fung Group’s learning arm) and Li & Fung (a member of the Fung Group)—is the most important task she has accomplished in the pa...

30 Jan 2020

Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Pamela Mar, supply chain futurist

News / Carbon & Climate

7 ways climate change was felt in Asia in 2019

...the eastern state of Bihar alone, with many more reported dead in other parts of the region. With this year’s monsoon rains delayed, the heatwave was the second-longest ever recorded in the region, ex...

19 Dec 2019

7 ways climate change was felt in Asia in 2019

News / Carbon & Climate

As climate heats up, planners urged to look beyond history to judge risks

...the effects of climate change into their planning decisions, it said. The study, published in the journal Science Advances, found predictions based only on events in the preceding 45 years foresaw far...

20 Mar 2020

As climate heats up, planners urged to look beyond history to judge risks

Powerhouse of a Sunkoshi hydropower project in Nepal

News / Water

All water for power in Nepal’s new electricity bill

...the Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF), the Wolfensohn framework is etched on the first page of the bill: “The market, the legislature, the judiciary, the media, political parties, business ent...

31 Aug 2020

All water for power in Nepal’s new electricity bill