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Do slum tours really benefit the poor?

...the beach. Madeleine Monteiro, student, the Netherlands However, Madeleine Monteiro, a 20 year-old student from the Netherlands, says she felt odd gawking at the residents when she joined the Smokey...

20 Mar 2019

Do slum tours really benefit the poor?

News / Carbon & Climate

Has Covid-19 helped ease air pollution?

...the lives of 4,000 children under the age of 5 and 73,000 adults over the age of 70 in China — significantly more than the global death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic at the time of calculation. “Eve...

23 Mar 2020

Has Covid-19 helped ease air pollution?

News / Policy & Finance

The awful toll of superbugs in India's hospitals

...when warranted.” Despite the vigilance, drug-resistant microbes pop up frequently at the hospital, as they do at health facilities across India. When these microbes infect newborns less than 28-days...

9 Jul 2019

The awful toll of superbugs in India's hospitals

News / Carbon & Climate

Scientists agree to protect 30% of the seas. But which 30%?

...the 2019 report prioritized large portions of the Southern Ocean and Antarctic Polar Front, while the 2020 study recommended protecting the Agulhas Front, a patch of sea in the Indian Ocean. But there...

10 Jun 2020

Scientists agree to protect 30% of the seas. But which 30%?

News / Energy

Is UAE leading the way for concentrated solar power in the Gulf?

...the panels. CSP on the other hand stores the sunlight as heat, which can be used at a later time, and even when there is no sunlight. In effect, CSP works like any other thermal power plant. The only ...

10 May 2019

Is UAE leading the way for concentrated solar power in the Gulf?

News / Carbon & Climate

Trump claims climate change is important to him

...ther events. When severe cold and record amounts of snow swept across the nation’s east coast two years ago, the president confused weather with climate, calling for global warming to counteract the i...

4 Dec 2019

Trump claims climate change is important to him

News / Water

Victims of Assam gas explosion fear mounting health costs

...the gas well. He claimed the relief camps where the families have been housed fell outside of it. When The Third Pole visited Baghjan, we found that the camps, located in the midst of other houses in ...

2 Oct 2020

Victims of Assam gas explosion fear mounting health costs

Opinion / Policy & Finance

How can developing countries pay for the SDGs?

...the expense of the public good. But when political leaders are unable to use state revenues freely—say, to enrich themselves or their cronies—they may be more likely to invest in strengthening the gov...

23 Jul 2019

How can developing countries pay for the SDGs?

News / Carbon & Climate

In climate change-hit Bangladesh, hospital boats keep healthcare afloat

...when the disease or pain becomes really bad. That is very dangerous," said Rasul. The NGO currently runs two ships and is in the process of building five more floating hospitals with the help of the K...

23 May 2019

In climate change-hit Bangladesh, hospital boats keep healthcare afloat

The Green Circle Eco-Farm, July 2020. photo credit: Vivian Lee

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Defending food security in Singapore: Could food forests protect our future?

...they realise the future survival of the business depends on sustaining the ecosystems that support their producers’ cultivable land. The need for regenerative agriculture is reflected in the new mass ...

17 Aug 2020

Defending food security in Singapore: Could food forests protect our future?

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

A green Rwandan airport, and a lesson on impatient optimism

...the roofs of the people… electricity rates might go down further. For the government, it might be the same money, but instead of a fossil fuel subsidy, it becomes a renewable energy subsidy,” he said....

19 Jul 2019

A green Rwandan airport, and a lesson on impatient optimism

News / Carbon & Climate

Burning issue: Australia debates risks of logging fire-damaged forests

...the trees, timber workers torched the area to simulate a bushfire and encourage the forest to regenerate. A month later, the ground was still smoking. The Warburton clearcut and others like it in the ...

5 Jun 2020

Burning issue: Australia debates risks of logging fire-damaged forests

Opinion / Water

Covid-19 is telling us that it's time for global systems change—starting with water

...the virus. If they struggle to bring water because they are ill or have to care for the sick, their health and food security could be further compromised. And, to compound the issue, restrictions on m...

5 Jun 2020

Covid-19 is telling us that it's time for global systems change—starting with water

News / Energy

Big energy firms driving coal expansion in the Philippines

...the main drivers of the fossil fuel in the country, which is predicted to have the highest share of coal in the power mix for Southeast Asia in 12 years. He said that government policies like the Coal...

27 Nov 2019

Big energy firms driving coal expansion in the Philippines

Research / Vigeo Eiris

ILO publishes new paper on integrating international social standards into corporate strategies, based on Vigeo Eiris data

...their approaches towards social responsibility are directly influenced by the regional standards and institutional frameworks in which they operate. Therefore and based on the thematic and territorial...

31 Jul 2019

ILO publishes new paper on integrating international social standards into corporate strategies, based on Vigeo Eiris data

News / Carbon & Climate

Pakistan’s Indus delta becoming no man’s land

...Then the sea started rising.” He can recall the 1960s, when nearly half a million lived in Kharo Chhan. They grew rice and other crops. They fished in the delta and the sea. Now all their lands have e...

31 Jul 2019

Pakistan’s Indus delta becoming no man’s land

News / Manufacturing

Unilever reveals global tea suppliers in drive for slave-free sourcing

...the United Nations says. As the world strives to meet a U.N. global goal of ending the $150 billion-a-year crime by 2030, consumers worldwide are increasingly demanding to know whether the products th...

17 Sep 2019

Unilever reveals global tea suppliers in drive for slave-free sourcing

News / Energy

Dirty deeds of the clean energy sector: Investors urged to step up

...the realm of human rights. When it comes to attacks and intimidation of human rights defenders, the sector is the third-worst, coming in only behind the mining and agribusiness sectors, said the Busin...

17 Jul 2019

Dirty deeds of the clean energy sector: Investors urged to step up

News / Food & Agriculture

Not your average pond scum: Could algae win the alternative protein race?

...the land, water and other resources needed to produce the same amount of beef and other animal protein. This means algae can satisfy the world’s quest for a sustainable protein source, at a time when ...

2 Jul 2019

Not your average pond scum: Could algae win the alternative protein race?

Opinion / Cities

Digital solutions for designing liveable cities

...the fare. Through these devices, the riders know in advance when their buses will arrive, how occupied or empty the buses are and the estimated time for a rider to get from one point to another by tak...

3 May 2019

Digital solutions for designing liveable cities

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