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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his spouse Peng Liyuan.

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China plays down fears of debt, political risk linked to Belt and Road

...the habit of ignoring the country's own labor laws when dealing with the workforce, and that they are now exporting exploitative practices overseas.Liu Kaiming, who directs the Institute of Contempora...

29 Apr 2019

China plays down fears of debt, political risk linked to Belt and Road

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

We have an ethical obligation to relieve individual animal suffering

...the effects of human-caused climate change on their survival and wellbeing as the ecosystems on which they depend undergo drastic changes. Thus, we should act to save the polar bear—that is, the polar...

13 Aug 2018

We have an ethical obligation to relieve individual animal suffering

News / Energy

Girl power! India's 'solar gal pals' light up rural homes

...The fire we saw in some of these women, it is like they were finally recognising that their voice has value," said Shah. Repeated studies show that when women control the family's finances, they inves...

22 Nov 2018

Girl power! India's 'solar gal pals' light up rural homes

emissions from a power plant in moscow russia

News / Carbon & Climate

The number with the power to halt the climate crisis

...the SCC give regulators leeway to adopt their own “flavors” of the measure, sometimes in response to lobbying from utilities and other stakeholders. For example, when the Minnesota Public Utilities Co...

3 Jun 2019

The number with the power to halt the climate crisis

News / Food & Agriculture

Palm oil: the pros and cons of a controversial commodity

...the carbon stored in the forest, mostly into the atmosphere. Each hectare of rainforest converted releases 174 tons of carbon. How big a problem is this? The ubiquity of palm oil and the growing dema...

5 Nov 2019

Palm oil: the pros and cons of a controversial commodity

News / Energy

China must ‘leap over Oil Age’ to meet climate challenge

...the 2030 target China committed to under the Paris Agreement. Transport is crucial Han Wenke, former head of the NDRC’s Energy Research Institute, said at the release of the report that the institute...

13 Feb 2020

China must ‘leap over Oil Age’ to meet climate challenge

News / Water

Will blood be shed over water? A new early warning tool predicts water-related conflict a year in advance

...the nature of the problem, the major drivers and potential ways to address the problem,” added Iceland, who was part of the team that designed the conflict prediction tool. “ According to the Water, ...

19 Jan 2020

Will blood be shed over water? A new early warning tool predicts water-related conflict a year in advance

News / Carbon & Climate

Global Carbon Project: Coronavirus causes ‘record fall’ in fossil-fuel emissions in 2020

...the world. The findings highlight the scale of the impact that Covid-19 has had on the world’s economies. The peak of the decrease in emissions this year occurred in the first half of April, the res...

14 Dec 2020

Global Carbon Project: Coronavirus causes ‘record fall’ in fossil-fuel emissions in 2020

News / Corporate Responsibility

Saving Guimaras island from the worst oil spill in the Philippines

...The oil that contaminated the water was not only devastating for the environment but also for the people and the economy of Guimaras. “I was shocked to see dead fishes floating in the water. Then, the...

17 Oct 2019

Saving Guimaras island from the worst oil spill in the Philippines

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Juliana vs United States: An inter-generational fight for climate justice

...the case is “nonjusticiable,” meaning that the courts are not the proper venue to resolve the issues in Juliana; even if this was not the case, they continue, the plaintiffs lack standing to sue. The ...

21 Nov 2018

Juliana vs United States: An inter-generational fight for climate justice

News / Transport

Hyperloop promises ultrafast transportation. But what does it mean for the environment?

...the environmental footprint of the materials used to build it. Other concerns include noise pollution and how to repurpose hyperloop tubes and tunnels at the end of their lifespan. “ There’s no world...

13 Dec 2018

Hyperloop promises ultrafast transportation. But what does it mean for the environment?

News / Lifestyle

From smarter energy to less plastic, Caribbean resorts go green

...when she booked a week's getaway at the Bucuti and Tara Beach Resort in Aruba, she chose the "green stay" option, agreeing to reuse her sheets and towels rather than have them changed each day. "You d...

2 Feb 2019

From smarter energy to less plastic, Caribbean resorts go green

News / Policy & Finance

Policy continuity and concerns in Indian elections

...when most of the rivers in northern India – notably the Brahmaputra and the Ganga – carry huge sediment loads from the Himalayas, the world’s youngest mountain. There are additional concerns whether t...

27 May 2019

Policy continuity and concerns in Indian elections

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

How a moral philosopher justifies his carbon footprint

...the offset might not be the same people harmed by the flight, but when it comes to climate, we should care (at least a bit) about the total amount of carbon in the air. So a focus on total emissions d...

30 Jul 2018

How a moral philosopher justifies his carbon footprint

Opinion / Policy & Finance

‘Ghost gear’ poses grave threat to marine wildlife and food security

...The Ocean Cleanup has revealed that 46 per cent of the surface plastic in the North Pacific Gyre is comprised of ghost gear. Some plastics are worse than others When discussing the issue of ocean plas...

31 Oct 2018

‘Ghost gear’ poses grave threat to marine wildlife and food security

News / Policy & Finance

Why attacks on environment defenders should scare big business

...the Philippines last year. Of the 164 land and environmental activists killed around the world in 2018—a drop from the 207 individuals killed in 2017—58 lost their lives in Asia, the second most dange...

31 Jul 2019

Why attacks on environment defenders should scare big business

News / Green Buildings

From breathing walls to rain-harvesting canopies: The coolest tech at Singapore Green Building Week

...the rainwater when needed. The mast also contains intelligent controls that automatically adjust the lighting levels, depending on the time of the day, and a window in the mast allows people to gaze a...

9 Sep 2018

From breathing walls to rain-harvesting canopies: The coolest tech at Singapore Green Building Week

News / Cities

Kitchen building material could cut urban flooding by half - scientists

...theast China. As well as helping water escape into the ground, travertine removes a number of pollutants that occur when rainwater mixes with dirt, rendering it suitable for agriculture, they said. "W...

31 Oct 2018

Kitchen building material could cut urban flooding by half - scientists

News / Policy & Finance

Michael Bloomberg to spend $500 million to close coal plants

...there is virtually no hope of bold federal action on this issue for at least another two years," he said, when US President Donald Trump's current term in office ends. The UN World Meteorological Orga...

10 Jun 2019

Michael Bloomberg to spend $500 million to close coal plants

Electronic waste being processed in an informal setting in Thailand. Image: Basel Action Network

News / Waste

E-waste smuggling ring in Thailand signals failure of Basel Convention

...the environmental impact of electronic waste could be making the problem worse, experts in Southeast Asia say. The region's e-waste sector has been under the spotlight since news broke in May last yea...

27 Mar 2019

E-waste smuggling ring in Thailand signals failure of Basel Convention

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