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News / Food & Agriculture

'Nobel for food' winner tells ailing world to eat more veg

...the 20 main vegetables and forget about the rest,'" he said. "That is not the way we see it. Vegetables are important just for their variety, for the variety in farming systems, in market value and in...

11 Jun 2019

'Nobel for food' winner tells ailing world to eat more veg

News / Carbon & Climate

Arctic soils may produce huge methane leak

...the atmosphere and transform the northern landscape. One-fourth of all the land in the northern half of the globe is defined as permafrost. This long-frozen soil is home to the detritus of life over m...

10 May 2019

Arctic soils may produce huge methane leak

News / Carbon & Climate

Planting more trees could cut carbon by 25%

...the importance and value of urban forests. They have identified huge areas of woodland hitherto not mapped or recorded. They have tried to make an estimate of the number of trees on the planet and th...

11 Jul 2019

Planting more trees could cut carbon by 25%

News / Food & Agriculture

Perpetual haze? Sustained pressure on peatlands will mean no end to Indonesia's forest fires, warns report

...the blame for the slash-and-burn forestry that causes the seasonal fires, which were the worst this year since the record-breaking haze of 2015. But the presence of multi-billion dollar agribusiness f...

22 Nov 2019

Perpetual haze? Sustained pressure on peatlands will mean no end to Indonesia's forest fires, warns report

The four eastern cooling towers at the Drax coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire.

News / Policy & Finance

Post-Fukushima coal boom, Japan pumped $92bn into coal and nuclear

...The Fukushima effect But campaigners from 350.org say these policies are only the beginning. Furuno said the report would put the onus on the banks to make further disclosures about their exposure to ...

10 Sep 2018

Post-Fukushima coal boom, Japan pumped $92bn into coal and nuclear

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Covid-19 is a product of our unhealthy relationship with animals and the environment

...the environment are connected. Let us show respect for each other, for the other sentient animals, and for Mother Nature. For the sake of the wellbeing of our children and theirs, and for the health o...

8 May 2020

Covid-19 is a product of our unhealthy relationship with animals and the environment

News / Cities

Despite funding loss, cities vow to continue resilience push

...the Thomson Reuters Foundation on the sidelines of the conference in Rotterdam. Cities in the 100RC network have so far raised $25 billion from their own budgets, businesses and other sources to put t...

10 Jul 2019

Despite funding loss, cities vow to continue resilience push

Opinion / Cities

Making green cities mainstream

...the city’s early years. These parks underpin a new wave of urban greening, with projects that aim to deliver action on climate change, biodiversity and the health and well-being of communities. The Me...

9 Jul 2019

Making green cities mainstream

News / Food & Agriculture

Climate, conflicts set to plunge millions into food crisis

...the tip of the iceberg. If you look at the numbers further down, you have people who are not food insecure but they are on the verge," Russo told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. These people, a furthe...

3 Apr 2019

Climate, conflicts set to plunge millions into food crisis

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Why countries should unlock their public wealth

...the city has a negative net worth. But Boston’s total real-estate assets are actually worth almost 40 times their book value, because they are reported at their historic cost. In other words, the city...

28 Dec 2018

Why countries should unlock their public wealth

News / Water

Soap and superbugs: 2 bln people lack water at health facilities—UN

...the fundamentals of health care," she said. She urged governments to prioritise the issue when they meet at next month's World Health Assembly in Geneva. The data showed that West Africa had some of t...

3 Apr 2019

Soap and superbugs: 2 bln people lack water at health facilities—UN

News / Green Buildings

Why hospitals in Asia need to be 'climate-smart'

When Typhoon Haiyan ripped through the island of Leyte in the Philippines in 2013, it destroyed the local power grid and left 300 towns and millions of residents without electricity for months, includ...

24 May 2018

Why hospitals in Asia need to be 'climate-smart'

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate strategy needs tailoring to poorest

...them in sub-Saharan Africa and India – could be priced out of the food market. So for many of the poorest people on the planet, the cure could be worse than the disease. “The findings are important to...

13 Aug 2018

Climate strategy needs tailoring to poorest

News / Carbon & Climate

A ‘jigsaw’ approach to protecting the environment

...the environment. Macao is ideal for such gatherings as it is well-known in the East and West, and a longstanding bridge to Portuguese-speaking countries. These were the sentiments expressed by exhibit...

4 Jul 2019

A ‘jigsaw’ approach to protecting the environment

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Countries' climate plans miss big opportunity in reducing food loss and waste

...they will address food loss and waste when they enhance their national commitments. The time to strengthen action is right now. So, countries of the world, use this opportunity to tackle food loss and...

4 Jul 2019

Countries' climate plans miss big opportunity in reducing food loss and waste

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Safeguarding health in a warming world

...the vulnerability of the system—and of the population it serves. In many cases, those who are likely to suffer the most severe consequences of climate change —such as the poor—have the least access to...

4 Jul 2019

Safeguarding health in a warming world

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

Female corporate leaders make firms less likely to fall foul of environmental laws

...the environment. That is the key finding of my research, published in the Journal of Corporate Finance. I studied 1,893 environmental lawsuits filed against any of the firms listed on the Standard and...

3 Sep 2018

Female corporate leaders make firms less likely to fall foul of environmental laws

News / Energy

Vietnam’s first Goldman Prize winner pushes for renewable energy and conservation

...the same time advocating for the reduction of coal power. What is your strategy for pursuing these goals? We do our work at both the policy level and the grassroots level. At the policy level we do a ...

30 May 2018

Vietnam’s first Goldman Prize winner pushes for renewable energy and conservation

News / Food & Agriculture

Agreement bans commercial fishing across much of the Arctic, for now

...the size of the Mediterranean Sea, until there’s a better scientific understanding of the fish stock in the region. As part of the agreement, the signatory parties have agreed to a 16-year moratorium ...

8 Oct 2018

Agreement bans commercial fishing across much of the Arctic, for now

Opinion / Waste

Circular economy: ancient populations pioneered the idea of recycling waste

...the products that feed today’s rampant consumerist hunger, which are then thrown away. The idea of the circular economy only took off in the 1980s, but this doesn’t mean that the practices at the core...

11 Jan 2019

Circular economy: ancient populations pioneered the idea of recycling waste

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