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Radical changes proposed for Indonesia to meet clean energy target

...Carbon Development Initiative report, the government said that less carbon-intensive, more efficient energy systems can deliver an average of 6 per cent gross domestic product growth per year until 20...

16 Jul 2019

Radical changes proposed for Indonesia to meet clean energy target

News / Carbon & Climate

One-third of world’s new vegetation in China and India, satellite data shows

...Carbon Brief. The findings also suggest that the “CO2 fertilisation effect”—where increasing CO2 levels in the atmosphere bolster the growth of plants—could be a “less prominent” driver of “global gre...

13 Feb 2019

One-third of world’s new vegetation in China and India, satellite data shows

News / Energy

China's coal consumption on the rise

...carbon. Don’t get those ideas confused.”He added that China’s green transition is a tough challenge: a quick shift from peak carbon to zero carbon. But if China can make it happen, it will have more c...

4 Mar 2019

China's coal consumption on the rise

Greenwashing has become a growing problem

Podcasts / Corporate Responsibility

'We have reached peak greenwashing': what to do about the sustainability marketing tsunami?

The term “greenwashing” was coined in 1986, so the problem of brands exaggerating their sustainability credentials is nothing new. Most companies try to make themselves look better than they actually ...

17 Jun 2022

'We have reached peak greenwashing': what to do about the sustainability marketing tsunami?

News / Carbon & Climate

It's official: India just experienced its hottest decade on record

The past decade was India's hottest on record, with extreme heat directly killing about 350 people last year, the national meteorological department's chief said on Tuesday. India has faced some of th...

8 Jan 2020

It's official: India just experienced its hottest decade on record

News / Carbon & Climate

How Brazil can save the Amazon through bioeconomy

The latest IPCC report on land use highlights that soil degradation accelerates the climate crisis, while sustainable land use is crucial to achieving the objectives set on the Paris Accord and to ens...

7 Oct 2019

How Brazil can save the Amazon through bioeconomy

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Will women build the sustainable infrastructure of the future?

...carbon economy, and identifies ways to accelerate action in five sectors: energy, cities, food and land use, water and industry. Our blog series, The $26 Trillion Opportunity, explores these economic ...

11 Mar 2019

Will women build the sustainable infrastructure of the future?

Women farmers harvesting citronella grass plants in Bukidnon in the Visayas region of the Philippines

News / Corporate Responsibility

How Philippine social enterprises battered by the lockdown are staying afloat

Amid the biggest health and economic crisis of a generation, Philippine social enterprises have experienced a sharp slump in revenue, with the most vulnerable of them already closing shop, according t...

23 Sep 2020

How Philippine social enterprises battered by the lockdown are staying afloat

News / Waste

Innovative solutions to reduce plastic waste and mitigate climate change impacts in the Philippines

...carbon emissions in 2012, according to the World Resources Institute Climate Analysis Indicators Tool. Part of that waste is a massive amount of plastic. The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternativ...

12 Jun 2019

Innovative solutions to reduce plastic waste and mitigate climate change impacts in the Philippines

News / Corporate Responsibility

Investors drop demands after Tyson Foods pledges zero deforestation

Green Century Capital Management, the impact investment group that was pushing for Tyson Foods Inc. to rid its supply chain of unsustainable practices, has withdrawn its request after Tyson, the world...

24 Feb 2020

Investors drop demands after Tyson Foods pledges zero deforestation

News / Carbon & Climate

Fast Arctic melt could cost $70 trillion

...carbon now being released into the atmosphere as the Arctic permafrost begins to melt. The other is the reduced reflection of solar radiation back into space as what had once been an expanse of snow a...

2 May 2019

Fast Arctic melt could cost $70 trillion

News / Carbon & Climate

Rising heat stress could cost 80 mln jobs by 2030 - UN

Rising heat due to climate change could lead to the loss of 80 million jobs by 2030, with poor countries worst hit, the United Nations said on Monday, as Europe sweltered in record temperatures. A tem...

2 Jul 2019

Rising heat stress could cost 80 mln jobs by 2030 - UN

News / Carbon & Climate

Decarbonisation is flawed, says development expert on why business won't save the world

...carbon. When a company says it’s achieved a three per cent reduction in carbon, it’s not decarbonisation—it’s merely taking inefficiencies out of their carbon usage,” he said, calling decarbonisation ...

21 Jan 2019

Decarbonisation is flawed, says development expert on why business won't save the world

News / Carbon & Climate

Grub's up! Can insect pet food cut dogs' carbon pawprint?

...carbon pawprint" created by pets in the animal-loving nation. "One of the very best things we can do for the environment is to reduce our meat consumption, but up until now there haven't been many opt...

11 Jan 2019

Grub's up! Can insect pet food cut dogs' carbon pawprint?

News / Food & Agriculture

As aquaculture booms, it's consuming more fish than it produces

From conveyor belt sushi to grilled fish stalls on the streets of Bangkok, the popularity of seafood as a source of protein is on the rise globally. This is particularly so in Asia Pacific, which is p...

23 Oct 2019

As aquaculture booms, it's consuming more fish than it produces

News / Energy

Philippine banks' long road to clean energy

The Philippines has shown the first signs of a shift away from coal financing, but industry observers said the pace is woefully slow and unlikely to pick up in the foreseeable future. Last month, the...

20 May 2020

Philippine banks' long road to clean energy

Opinion / Cities

Green gentrification: How climate action in cities can avoid fueling inequality

When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans 14 years ago, hundreds of thousands of people lost their jobs, homes and possessions. But some people were hit harder than others. Nearly two-thirds of jobs lost...

16 Dec 2019

Green gentrification: How climate action in cities can avoid fueling inequality

News / Carbon & Climate

7 insane ideas to stop climate change

...carbon sequestration technology. A company in Canada has set up a plant capable of capturing 1 tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) every day, while a firm called Climeworks runs plants in Iceland, Switzerla...

18 Dec 2018

7 insane ideas to stop climate change

News / Energy

Bangladesh may ditch 90% of its planned coal power

...carbon emissions and requiring costly capacity payments. Secondly, as indicated by Minister Hamid in the Centre for Policy Dialogue webinar, the government is likely to turn from coal to liquid natura...

4 Aug 2020

Bangladesh may ditch 90% of its planned coal power

News / Cities

Future or fantasy: Are floating cities the next stage of Singapore's urban development?

...carbon dioxide entering the ocean, he said. Both could affect marine biodiversity and habitats. He added: “If the floating island is constructed with sufficient gaps allowing sunlight to penetrate thr...

2 Oct 2019

Future or fantasy: Are floating cities the next stage of Singapore's urban development?

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