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Scientists predict El Niño in 2020 based on earlier warning method

...the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The discovery of the new method was first published in 2013 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal - and the scientists have since been checking...

7 Nov 2019

Scientists predict El Niño in 2020 based on earlier warning method

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

Covid-19 has made HR the most important job in sustainability

...ther into the future, when the crisis tails off and some normalcy returns, what will be required of the CHRO in helping the company’s leadership and its workforce regain morale and confidence? The ...

27 Apr 2020

Covid-19 has made HR the most important job in sustainability

News / Cities

Asian cities urged to guard cultural heritage as they modernise

...the kampungs are a buffer zone that enables the transition from rural to urban life. They should be a part of urban planning," Sutanudjaja told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Residents, many of whom ...

21 Oct 2019

Asian cities urged to guard cultural heritage as they modernise

News / Carbon & Climate

Drought may hit half world’s wheat at once

...the planet’s wheat fields, and 57 per cent of the world’s wheat. Scientists from Europe, the US and China report in the journal Science Advances that they worked with computer simulations to model the...

3 Oct 2019

Drought may hit half world’s wheat at once

Opinion / Cities

6 signs of progress since the adoption of the Paris Agreement

...the Paris Climate Agreement’s target despite the Trump administration’s withdrawal. Together, these entities account for almost 70 per cent of the US economy. If they were a country, their economy wou...

10 Dec 2020

6 signs of progress since the adoption of the Paris Agreement

News / Food & Agriculture

As fires burn, can Indonesia avoid repeat of 2015 haze crisis?

...the plantations where fires occurred in the past," Rompas told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "Without this, fires will worsen and the situation could be the same as in 2015." Indonesian farmers burn...

6 Aug 2019

As fires burn, can Indonesia avoid repeat of 2015 haze crisis?

Press Releases / Rabobank

Rabobank earns top spot in global sustainability ranking

...The assessment takes into account both the content of the sustainability policy and how the bank applies it in practice. Rabobank received the best score of all the 294 major banks included in the ass...

13 Feb 2019

Rabobank earns top spot in global sustainability ranking

News / Policy & Finance

The global coronavirus pandemic has revealed cracks in the foundation of conventional conservation funding. What should we do instead?

...the giant ibis — in Cambodia. IBIS Rice farmers meet strict environmental standards, and in return, IBIS Rice pays the farmers 40 per cent–50 per cent over the market rate for their rice. The strate...

17 Aug 2020

The global coronavirus pandemic has revealed cracks in the foundation of conventional conservation funding. What should we do instead?

News / Waste

In Pakistan's northern mountains, plastic bags face the bin

...the plastic bag ban to all national parks in the northern territory. For now, despite the ban, plastic bags still lurk in the region's markets. A young trader in the main Aliabad city market said that...

27 Jun 2019

In Pakistan's northern mountains, plastic bags face the bin

Mangroves in Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

News / Carbon & Climate

'Ecological mangrove restoration' trumps one-size-fits-all approach to forest loss

...they help to reduce the power of waves crashing into the mangroves, the mangroves reciprocate by helping to protect these offshore habitats from being smothered by silt and other runoff from the land...

3 Nov 2020

'Ecological mangrove restoration' trumps one-size-fits-all approach to forest loss

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Banks need to take Belt and Road environmental risks seriously

...the economies of countries around the globe.Yet BRI projects overlap some of the most ecologically fragile places on earth. The multi-trillion-dollar initiative — to build transcontinental networks of...

3 Feb 2020

Banks need to take Belt and Road environmental risks seriously

News / Water

Surviving India’s drought: ‘People have stopped expecting a decent life’

...the road, where they queue up for over an hour. Sometimes they get two vessels of water, sometimes they don’t. When they get it, they have to carry that on their heads in the afternoon heat. When they...

13 Jun 2019

Surviving India’s drought: ‘People have stopped expecting a decent life’

News / Energy

Coronavirus crisis threatens to cut off clean electricity lifeline for poor

...they have no electric power, meaning they cannot store food in fridges and must shop frequently. "If they stay at home, they will starve and they will die," she said, warning the Covid-19 pandemic cou...

21 Apr 2020

Coronavirus crisis threatens to cut off clean electricity lifeline for poor

News / Policy & Finance

More than 11 million face eviction, displacement as India booms

...they are normalised, and we don't see the outpouring of sympathy and help that we see when there is a big natural disaster," said Shivani Chaudhry, executive director of HLRN. "But there is nothing no...

10 Apr 2019

More than 11 million face eviction, displacement as India booms

Opinion / Lifestyle

Will fast fashion brands change their ways in a climate crisis?

...the onset. They use strategies like producing made-to-order, so they are not making more than what is sold. They do this because waste is one of their biggest concerns. They also design clothing to be...

2 Aug 2019

Will fast fashion brands change their ways in a climate crisis?

Dr Ashley Brooks has worked on one of the world's most ambitious conservation projects - to double the population of wild tigers by 2022. Image: Ashley Brooks

News / Carbon & Climate

24 hours with... WWF tiger conservationist Dr Ashley Brooks

...the dawn chorus of birds in the park behind my apartment in Darwin, Australia. First action for the day is to make a coffee, catch up on the news, then take the dog for a walk in the park. 7:30am: Ope...

14 May 2020

24 hours with... WWF tiger conservationist Dr Ashley Brooks

News / Energy

Half of China’s investment in Kazakhstan is in oil and gas

...ther than try and compete with China in producing goods, the Kazakh government has focused on industrial cooperation as the best means to develop its economy.The government had previously mentioned th...

30 Oct 2019

Half of China’s investment in Kazakhstan is in oil and gas

e-waste being processed by hand in India

News / Waste

Electronic waste is recycled in appalling conditions in India

...ther metals. They were reluctant to talk and very cautious with their replies, but they did tell us they were somewhat aware of the health and environmental implications of the work. We could not stay...

18 Feb 2019

Electronic waste is recycled in appalling conditions in India

News / Manufacturing

Thai garment factory investigated by Starbucks after illegal wages expose

...the 26 workers told the Thomson Reuters Foundation they did not receive wage slips at work yet the MAP Foundation—a non-profit that supports Burmese migrant workers—said it had gathered dozens of thei...

5 Sep 2019

Thai garment factory investigated by Starbucks after illegal wages expose

News / Carbon & Climate

Don't decide our planet's future without us, say striking British students

...their future. Joining youth around the world as they skipped class to highlight the urgency of global warming, school children packed the streets of London, some accompanied by their parents. As they ...

18 Mar 2019

Don't decide our planet's future without us, say striking British students

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