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Wiebe Wakker is traveling from the Netherlands to Australia in an electric car, without any money. Image: Wiebe Wakker

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Around the world in an electric car

...Then I had a flat tyre, then the bushings on the lower arms went. The car was undrivable, and had to transported to the next city on a truck. But we didn’t have the tools to load the car onto the truc...

4 Oct 2017

Around the world in an electric car

News / Policy & Finance

Bangkok climate talks: key outcomes on the Paris Agreement ‘rulebook’

...ther. Venezuela and other countries also made a push at the talks for similar progress to be made on these other approaches. Looking ahead With the conclusion of the Bangkok talks, COP24 is the next (...

11 Sep 2018

Bangkok climate talks: key outcomes on the Paris Agreement ‘rulebook’

News / Energy

Diesel or solar: Could a push to power the Philippines turn greener?

...the moment, they bring cost savings in the long run because energy from the sun is free, he said. He said the company is not setting up solar-only plants in remote areas at the moment because of the c...

25 Oct 2018

Diesel or solar: Could a push to power the Philippines turn greener?

The Panasonic Kids School programme reached approximately 2.8 million young people around the world. Image: Panasonic

News / Corporate Responsibility

Green dreamers: How firms are grooming a generation of sustainability thinkers

...the Citi Foundation. She emphasised the company’s belief in the benefits youth bring to society when they thrive in the workforce. In March 2018, the inaugural Youth Co:Lab Summit recognised five yout...

22 May 2018

Green dreamers: How firms are grooming a generation of sustainability thinkers

News / Carbon & Climate

Sustainability research that aims to change the world

...the sake of knowledge," he says. "They teach to make a difference in the world, through their own research as well as by equipping our students with the skills to change the world when they leave univ...

18 Sep 2017

Sustainability research that aims to change the world

News / Corporate Responsibility

Why sustainability is a risk issue for businesses

...the population. We asked ourselves, how can we be more relevant to the vast majority of the Filipinos?,” said Zobel. “That created a new impetus to be inclusive in the way we did business.” The countr...

26 Sep 2018

Why sustainability is a risk issue for businesses

News / Cities

UN forum spotlights cities, where struggle for sustainability ‘will be won or lost’

...the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). It is the main United Nations platform on sustainable development and it has a central role in the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs at the...

12 Jul 2018

UN forum spotlights cities, where struggle for sustainability ‘will be won or lost’

Videos / Waste

Humans, fish, and other animals are consuming microfibres in our food and water

...thesize that the physical shape of synthetic fibers might affect organisms. For example, they could increase the likeliness of blockages in the digestive tracts of some organisms that consume them, de...

9 Jul 2018

Humans, fish, and other animals are consuming microfibres in our food and water

A firefighter in Falls Creek, Victoria, Australia looks across the smog generated by wildfires.

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Is Hothouse Earth inevitable?

...the environment, the world could face ecological and economic collapse in the 21st century. Yet that is essentially what has happened. As new research for the Club of Rome shows—and the latest report ...

22 Oct 2018

Is Hothouse Earth inevitable?

An air conditioning unit installed at Senso-ji, Tokyo's oldest temple.

News / Green Buildings

To fight climate change, we have to make cooling a hot topic

...the industry says about price and profit in the short run,” he remarked. Other participants at the summit noted that there is a general lack of awareness of the issue of cooling, in contrast to the ex...

7 Feb 2018

To fight climate change, we have to make cooling a hot topic

News / Transport

Electric vehicle sales promise shock for Big Oil

...the whole world. There are immense variables taken into account in the report. These include the number of miles driven by the average electric vehicle and the sort of car it replaces. These variables...

9 Jul 2018

Electric vehicle sales promise shock for Big Oil

News / Policy & Finance

The world will fail to achieve the SDGs—here's how business can fix that

...the report pointed out. It also noted that 70 per cent of the global population does not have a legal record of the land they own, further underscoring the scale of the opportunity for solutions in th...

5 Feb 2018

The world will fail to achieve the SDGs—here's how business can fix that

News / Carbon & Climate

The Arctic’s oldest, thickest ice is breaking up

...the future. If even the thickest, oldest ice is now susceptible to increased warming and changes in weather, what hope is there for the rest of the Arctic? “ The ice is more broken up. It’s thinner. ...

23 Aug 2018

The Arctic’s oldest, thickest ice is breaking up

Saulo Chuc Moo, a community leader from Tabi, a Mayan community

Opinion / Policy & Finance

This is not the end of the Green Climate Fund, but its next steps are critical

...the GCF wither. Do we—as a community—sit back and watch that happen? Do we turn our backs when the going gets tough? Do we ignore the oncoming energy revolution that the GCF was born to support? There...

23 Jul 2018

This is not the end of the Green Climate Fund, but its next steps are critical

News / Carbon & Climate

Taking back carbon 'imperative' to stop planet overheating, backers say

...the Washington-based World Resources Institute, told a panel discussion on the fledgling approach this week. If the world overshoots the temperature goals set in the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate ch...

20 Sep 2018

Taking back carbon 'imperative' to stop planet overheating, backers say

News / Waste

As Bhutan’s economy grows, so does its waste problem

...the major problems with the problem specifically to Bhutan’s capital is that the sewer system is connected directly into the river. Furthermore the leachate (the black water) from the wasteland fields...

9 Apr 2018

As Bhutan’s economy grows, so does its waste problem

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Sustainable diets will remain a minefield until we change the way we approach food

...the drive for change, it’s vital for consumers to use their purchasing power as discerningly as they can. But with profit-making still at the top of the food industry agenda—and the environmental cost...

2 Mar 2018

Sustainable diets will remain a minefield until we change the way we approach food

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

Why should companies care about social responsibility?

...then the health of society 2) If the company wants to succeed in the long term it needs to have the acceptance—or licence to operate—from social actors affected by the company’s’ operations. Take the ...

13 Nov 2018

Why should companies care about social responsibility?

News / Carbon & Climate

The top 10 most read stories of 2018

...the wait. By the time they were released into the ocean, most were too tired to swim and remained motionless on the beach until participants were asked to pick them up and put them in the sea. This w...

2 Jan 2019

The top 10 most read stories of 2018

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Why the rise of populist nationalist leaders rewrites global climate talks

The election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil not only marks the rise of another populist nationalist leader on the world stage. It’s also a turning point for the global politics of climate change. When th...

8 Dec 2018

Why the rise of populist nationalist leaders rewrites global climate talks

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