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Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Green markets for equitable growth

...carbon dioxide emissions. And, in fact, it has reared its head in every United Nations climate negotiation, with the countries that have contributed the most to climate change—beginning with the Unite...

18 Nov 2019

Green markets for equitable growth

A homeless man in Cebu City, Philippines

News / Cities

Dangerously hotter cities await 2100’s residents

Tomorrow’s metropolises will feel the heat: by the close of the century, assuming that nations act on vows to drastically reduce fossil fuel use, hotter cities − on average almost 2°C warmer than toda...

11 Jan 2021

Dangerously hotter cities await 2100’s residents

News / Carbon & Climate

How the pandemic is changing the way leaders approach climate action goals

...carbon emission reduction pledges for 2030, made by 184 countries under the Paris Agreement, are not enough to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius. Countries need to double or triple their 203...

21 Aug 2020

How the pandemic is changing the way leaders approach climate action goals

News / Energy

China drives first global coal capacity increase since Paris Agreement

...carbon emitter, the report, titled Boom and Bust 2020: Tracking The Global Coal Plant Pipeline, found. Outside China, however, the global coal fleet shrank for the second year in a row, with more coal...

29 Mar 2020

China drives first global coal capacity increase since Paris Agreement

News / Cities

Mobility advocates call for better cycling infrastructure, fairer compensation for jeepney drivers in the Philippines

...carbon transport: The bicycle. In Metro Manila, the authorities imposed a total ban on public transport at the height of the pandemic in March. Now undergoing a second lockdown that will last until th...

9 Sep 2020

Mobility advocates call for better cycling infrastructure, fairer compensation for jeepney drivers in the Philippines

News / Food & Agriculture

Singapore eateries that use sustainable palm oil asked to carry 'haze-free' signage

Food and beverage businesses in Singapore that use sustainable palm oil are being asked to carry signage indicating they are "haze-free", as part of a new campaign called "Haze-Free Foodstand" by loca...

4 Nov 2020

Singapore eateries that use sustainable palm oil asked to carry 'haze-free' signage

A mural painted on a wall in the heartland district of Hougang, Singapore, reads: "The future lies in our hands". Image: Robin Hicks/Eco-Business

News / Cities

Singapore's Covid-19 economic recovery team criticised for excluding sustainable business voices, women

...carbon emissions. The letter stressed the need for greater social resilience by including those hardest hit by the pandemic in discussions about the economic future of Singapore, and to transition to...

11 Jun 2020

Singapore's Covid-19 economic recovery team criticised for excluding sustainable business voices, women

News / Carbon & Climate

Online classes, video meetings: Can coronavirus spur low-carbon habits?

...carbon. "Behavioural sciences suggest a disruption is one of the few things that can disturb habits," WRI's Levin said. But how much the coronavirus will cut emissions - or reduce in a lasting way hig...

16 Mar 2020

Online classes, video meetings: Can coronavirus spur low-carbon habits?

News / Policy & Finance

South Korea proposes ban on overseas coal financing

...carbon development path. But since the ruling party’s landslide victory, the question just how far the Green New Deal should go has become a hot button issue, with its details still a battleground. Th...

30 Jul 2020

South Korea proposes ban on overseas coal financing

News / Carbon & Climate

'No doubt' climate change causing wildfires, experts say as Australia burns

...carbon emissions, though it is the second-largest emitter per capita after the United States. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his emissions reduction minister Angus Taylor say Australia does not nee...

15 Jan 2020

'No doubt' climate change causing wildfires, experts say as Australia burns

News / Policy & Finance

The global coronavirus pandemic has revealed cracks in the foundation of conventional conservation funding. What should we do instead?

...carbon offsetting, and even direct investments by environmental groups in fossil-fuel stocks and drilling for oil on conservation land. Can funding for conservation be more sustainable and resilient? ...

17 Aug 2020

The global coronavirus pandemic has revealed cracks in the foundation of conventional conservation funding. What should we do instead?

News / Food & Agriculture

Environmental benefits or social — but rarely both — under RSPO, study shows

The world’s leading palm oil sustainability certification scheme may have helped reduce deforestation and pollution in areas where it’s applied, but has had a limited impact on rural development, a st...

21 Jun 2021

Environmental benefits or social — but rarely both — under RSPO, study shows

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Fossil fuel divestment might just increase carbon emissions, not lower them

...carbon footprints of NOCs per unit of fuel produced are on average bigger than those of IOCs. IOCs are also generally better placed and more willing than are NOCs to reduce the carbon intensity of the...

26 Nov 2019

Fossil fuel divestment might just increase carbon emissions, not lower them

News / Corporate Responsibility

Tree planting pushes out pastoralists in the Himalayas

...carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes by increasing its tree cover through afforestation activities on 45 lakh [4.5 million] hectare of area across the country by 2030. The target was distributed to ...

20 Jan 2021

Tree planting pushes out pastoralists in the Himalayas

News / Carbon & Climate

Pandemic and climate extremes hit India together

...carbon emissions – dramatically increasing the distance that the surges can reach. Sea levels in the North Indian Ocean have risen more quickly than in many oceans elsewhere in recent years. Assam str...

4 Jun 2020

Pandemic and climate extremes hit India together

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Covid-19: a dress rehearsal for the climate emergency?

...carbon emissions under control — such as the move towards remote working and conferencing and a changing attitude towards travel. If just some of these shifts to on-line and less travel endure post t...

17 Mar 2020

Covid-19: a dress rehearsal for the climate emergency?

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Vertical farms are overserved: Global food resilience needs a rebalancing act

...carbon resources, and help people make the right choices about what to plant locally. Now is the time to create the pathways that will afford us better solutions for planet, not profit—and these solut...

11 Oct 2020

Vertical farms are overserved: Global food resilience needs a rebalancing act

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

To protect the natural world, scientists must learn how to interact with indigenous people

...carbon emissions, and provide a whole range of ecosystem services for the other 95 per cent of humanity. Unfortunately, an overwhelming majority of Western-led conservation and restoration projects w...

16 Mar 2020

To protect the natural world, scientists must learn how to interact with indigenous people

News / Carbon & Climate

Antarctic depths warm far beyond oceanic average

Thanks to global heating, a vital part of the Southern Ocean is warming at a rate five times faster than the average for the Blue Planet as a whole, in the far Antarctic depths: 2000 metres or more be...

30 Oct 2020

Antarctic depths warm far beyond oceanic average

News / Policy & Finance

Indonesia set to receive US$56m payment from Norway for reducing deforestation

...carbon dioxide emissions. The payment is for Indonesia preventing the emission of 11.23 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) through reducing its rate of deforestation in 2017. “Indonesi...

2 Jun 2020

Indonesia set to receive US$56m payment from Norway for reducing deforestation

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