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'Everyone around you loses': How domestic abuse hurts economies

...to ignore the problem - not least, because a failure to tackle domestic abuse undermines investments to cut poverty. It's an argument that resonates. "That actually interests governments more than sim...

14 May 2024

'Everyone around you loses': How domestic abuse hurts economies

hydropower plant on Nam Theun river in Laos PDR

News / Energy

Untapped hydropower can help Laos, Myanmar and Indonesia safely meet energy demand: study

...ted out that the team's detailed analysis shows there is another side to the story. "With careful planning and development, hydropower can make an important contribution to electricity generation. Thi...

26 Jan 2023

Untapped hydropower can help Laos, Myanmar and Indonesia safely meet energy demand: study

News / Corporate Responsibility

Meralco's Niels Nable on bridging the age and mindset gap in corporate sustainability

...the burden to consumers due to its dependence on fossil fuels? I don’t want to invalidate their sentiments because at the end of the day, there is some truth to it. The missing context there is that t...

22 Mar 2023

Meralco's Niels Nable on bridging the age and mindset gap in corporate sustainability

News / Transport

Replacing traditional tricycles with e-trikes in tropical Boracay – a transition that needs to be just: GerWeiss Motors chief

...t want this transition to become their burden. The majority of the transportation on the island is now electrical. Our contribution to that is that we’re supporting almost 30 per cent of the total tri...

24 May 2023

Replacing traditional tricycles with e-trikes in tropical Boracay – a transition that needs to be just: GerWeiss Motors chief

News / Transport

Grab sustainability head Iris Chang: we're growing too fast for a bolder decarbonisation target

...ty team sits in the marketing department. How did you go about setting Grab's decarbonisation target? How long did it take? It took us about a year and a half to put the decarbonisation target togethe...

17 May 2022

Grab sustainability head Iris Chang: we're growing too fast for a bolder decarbonisation target

Phong Dien Solar PV Park in Thua Thien-Hue, Vietnam

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Cut the climate doom – exponential green change is possible

...ting threat and an exponential opportunity. In July alone, record temperatures were set and broken daily across the world, making it almost certain to become the hottest month on record. This extreme ...

7 Aug 2023

Cut the climate doom – exponential green change is possible

News / Energy

Air conditioner curbs add to heat deaths—but renewables can help

...t) temperatures. Wealthier countries with more stable power systems and populations better able to afford cooling are usually better able to deal with heatwaves, heat experts say. But even there, hug...

7 Feb 2023

Air conditioner curbs add to heat deaths—but renewables can help

Research / DNV

Hydrogen forecast to 2050

...traded? What will be spent on hydrogen through to 2050? Insights Which policies and strategies can best accelerate the scaling of hydrogen? What can be done to reduce risk and increase the att...

14 Oct 2022

Hydrogen forecast to 2050

News / Energy

Can mining clean up its act to meet soaring demand for green metals?

...Two months later, the state's parliamentary commission found that Vale was aware of the risks of the structure breaking yet continued operating and failed to adopt measures that could have prevented t...

5 Feb 2023

Can mining clean up its act to meet soaring demand for green metals?

Podcasts / Food & Agriculture

Plant-based protein – fad or the future?

...the nutritional profile of these products. There is exciting innovation in substituting saturated fats for unsaturated fats and reducing the salt content and sugar [of alternative protein products]. ...

31 Aug 2022

Plant-based protein – fad or the future?

News / Cities

India's shrinking coal jobs fuel 'distress' migration to cities

...t will substantially increase," he said, noting they have higher fertility rates than industrial states like Tamil Nadu. The number of inter-state migrants like Midha is estimated at about 100 million...

29 Mar 2023

India's shrinking coal jobs fuel 'distress' migration to cities

News / Transport

The roadblocks obstructing EV uptake in Nepal

...transportation are at the bottom of the list.” This is far below the ambitious transport electrification target that Nepal set for itself in 2020 in its updated Nationally Determined Contribution to t...

7 Dec 2023

The roadblocks obstructing EV uptake in Nepal

Press Releases / Greenpeace

Greenpeace calls for climate reparations as country faces impact of typhoon Mawar

...t only with preparing for escalating impacts, but also dealing with the anxiety of an uncertain future. But even while communities are doing their utmost so that they can ensure their own future, they...

31 May 2023

Greenpeace calls for climate reparations as country faces impact of typhoon Mawar

A dolphin performs at the S.E.A. Aquarium

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

It's World Oceans Day. An aquarium that keeps dolphins captive is promoting ocean conservation.

...tted the fact that the popular tourist attraction still houses more than 20 captive Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins. The irony is not lost on Singaporean animal welfare groups, who say that letting t...

8 Jun 2023

It's World Oceans Day. An aquarium that keeps dolphins captive is promoting ocean conservation.

News / Carbon & Climate

As climate 'tipping points' near, scientists plan for the unthinkable

...tential tipping point that could take the carpet right out from under livestock farming", which is a major driver of deforestation, said Tim Lenton, director of the Global Systems Institute at Exeter ...

19 Sep 2022

As climate 'tipping points' near, scientists plan for the unthinkable

News / Policy & Finance

Congo's GiveDirectly fraud and the future of cash transfers

...t the GiveDirectly incident speaks to is that these bad actors had to go through a lot more effort, actually, to succeed in their diversion efforts," she said, adding that it was a reminder about the ...

23 Jun 2023

Congo's GiveDirectly fraud and the future of cash transfers

A press conference at the AVPN Global Conference in Bali

News / Carbon & Climate

'Just the beginning': dawn of greenwash era for journalism in Asia?

...tive. It sends a signal to the whole system to get in line and that opens up an opportunity to do reporting that scrutinises local governments and companies to ensure they stick to these commitments."...

26 Aug 2022

'Just the beginning': dawn of greenwash era for journalism in Asia?

News / Policy & Finance

Philanthropists back justice for workers in green energy deals

...ty International and now a senior advisor to the Community Arts Network, a global activist group. Sayak Datta, a partner at management consultancy Kearney in Singapore, agreed that just energy transit...

9 Oct 2023

Philanthropists back justice for workers in green energy deals

News / Policy & Finance

Forget Western models, Asian philanthropists should give boldly and champion local leaders: AVPN CEO

...t Goals — 2030 sustainability targets set by the United Nations — has doubled since the pandemic started, to US$4.2 trillion a year, and it is time for Asian funders to "take the stage" to fill this g...

22 Jun 2022

Forget Western models, Asian philanthropists should give boldly and champion local leaders: AVPN CEO

News / Food & Agriculture

India's women farm workers suffer job losses from climate shocks

...Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, climate change, resilience, women’s rights, trafficking and property rights. Visit https://www.context...

19 Oct 2022

India's women farm workers suffer job losses from climate shocks

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