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Trash for teaching: Indian students hope to set example on plastic recycling

...them out of manual child labour. “ These are problems created by us and there is no proper system for management of plastic waste. These children are teaching their parents and that is the first step...

13 Jun 2019

Trash for teaching: Indian students hope to set example on plastic recycling

Videos / Carbon & Climate

This robot is replanting endangered reefs with heat-resistant corals

...thered and dispersed them on part of the Great Barrier Reef. What makes these larvae unique—and the groundbreaking experiment especially promising—is that they are heat-tolerant, meaning they not only...

14 Jan 2019

This robot is replanting endangered reefs with heat-resistant corals

News / Food & Agriculture

Tackling the trade in endangered marine species

...the survival of the species in the wild, and then there is a vote on the proposed inclusion at a conference of parties to the treaty. Yvonne Sadovy, professor of marine biology and ecology at the Univ...

30 Apr 2019

Tackling the trade in endangered marine species

A woman rides in the back of an auto-rickshaw in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Opinion / Transport

Women, work, and India's rickshaw revolution

...the promotion meant transferring farther away from home. She took the new position, only to find the commute difficult and unsafe, as she left in the early hours of the morning, walking 1.5-2 kilometr...

10 Dec 2018

Women, work, and India's rickshaw revolution

News / Policy & Finance

China tightens sustainability rules for its notorious fishing fleet

...the University of California, Santa Barbara. “No other nation has more say as to what will become of the future of our ocean.” The country hauls in around 15 per cent of the world’s reported wild fish...

19 Aug 2020

China tightens sustainability rules for its notorious fishing fleet

News / Waste

ADB: Coronavirus could leave major Southeast Asian cities with 1,000 extra tonnes of medical waste per day

...therapy bags in 60 days during the height of the virus. The Indonesian city has seen the highest number of fatalities in the Asean bloc, accounting for about half the region's coronavirus-related deat...

4 May 2020

ADB: Coronavirus could leave major Southeast Asian cities with 1,000 extra tonnes of medical waste per day

News / Carbon & Climate

Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Ayala's Vickie Tan, SDG advocator

...the region. When I was invited to present at the Pan-Asia Risk and Insurance Management Association (PARIMA) what we were doing in Ayala, the audience realised that aligning the business with the SDGs...

27 Dec 2019

Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Ayala's Vickie Tan, SDG advocator

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

How to get to net-zero emissions

...the future.” Fink has seen the writing on the wall: the world is entering an era when sustainability is not only good for the environment, but also highly lucrative. Those attending the G20 meeting an...

25 Jun 2019

How to get to net-zero emissions

A beach clean up in Indonesia. Companies pay to have beaches cleaned to offset the plastic they cannot eliminate from their operations. Image: Seven Clean Seas

News / Waste

What is plastic offsetting? And can it really help to fight the plastic crisis?

...the plastic they use first. “ Companies want to keep using plastic, but if that is to happen safely and without a backlash, then they need to fix the system, and clean up the mess already made. In ...

13 Mar 2020

What is plastic offsetting? And can it really help to fight the plastic crisis?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Data-driven gender equality

...ther with the SIGI Policy Simulator, which launched this year, governments can assess how inclusive their gender policies are, identify areas for reform, and evaluate the programs they implement. The ...

25 Jan 2019

Data-driven gender equality

Opinion / Cities

How can cities adapt to climate hazards?

...the trains we catch to work, to the healthcare services we use, to the homes we live in. All are impacted by climate change. In fact, the vast majority of cities across the globe are already feeling t...

25 Oct 2019

How can cities adapt to climate hazards?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Leaving no worker behind in a low carbon future

...the kind of employement needed in the 21st-century economy? A "just transition" is one that checks these boxes—and it's something all countries must grapple with as they put together their long-term ...

26 Mar 2019

Leaving no worker behind in a low carbon future

A shopping mall in Singapore. More than half of Singapore consumers believe businesses have a responsibility to ensure their supply chains are free from environmental harm or negative social practices. Image: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/levoodoo/4391795562/">Lip Jin Lee</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">CC BY-NC 2.0</a>

News / Carbon & Climate

Do Singaporeans really care about climate change?

...The survey asked 3,530 members of the public what they knew about climate change and their motivations to act on the problem. Weather, volcanoes and artificial intelligence Some 93 per cent of the cit...

2 Apr 2019

Do Singaporeans really care about climate change?

News / Waste

Litterbugs, not plastic manufacturers, are responsible for the plastic crisis: Asian plastics giant

...there’s a demand for them. Companies are not forcing people to use plastic. The inventor of plastic bags envisioned that people would reuse them," he said. The son of the inventor of the plastic bag, ...

22 Nov 2019

Litterbugs, not plastic manufacturers, are responsible for the plastic crisis: Asian plastics giant

News / Policy & Finance

Indigenous groups continue fight against newly-revived Philippine mine

...the stakes of the other two, and by 2017 the Tampakan mining company is “100 per cent Filipino,” according to a factsheet from the MGB. By then, the Supreme Court had upheld the legality of the Tampak...

10 Mar 2020

Indigenous groups continue fight against newly-revived Philippine mine

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Climate change impacts in Bangladesh show how geography, wealth and culture affect vulnerability

...the majority of the people are ethnic Bengalis who are largely divided between Muslims and Hindus. Others are members of the Rakhine ethnic minority. These farmers, who settled in the region in the la...

13 Feb 2020

Climate change impacts in Bangladesh show how geography, wealth and culture affect vulnerability

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

How can comedy help us deal with the climate crisis?

...Their flawed characters, their struggles with what life throws at them, and their perseverance against the odds make them a good mirror of the human condition. Comic figures often have a keen abili...

19 Dec 2019

How can comedy help us deal with the climate crisis?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Not enough climate action in stimulus plans

...the state of green recovery efforts around the world: Which countries are greening their economic recovery plans? The European Union is at the greener end of the spectrum. About 30 per cent of its €75...

18 Sep 2020

Not enough climate action in stimulus plans

News / Water

The invisible water shortage in Hebei’s capital

The stalks left after the soy harvest in the village of Tatou are still green. By mid-autumn, most crops in northern China have been harvested. But here on the outskirts of the city of Shijiazhuang, r...

19 Dec 2019

The invisible water shortage in Hebei’s capital

News / Lifestyle

Arctic cruises accused of leaving indigenous people in the cold

...the Inuit Circumpolar Council. "They don't leave much value behind them," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "They arrive with their own guides. Villagers might be able to sell a little bit of lo...

15 Aug 2019

Arctic cruises accused of leaving indigenous people in the cold

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