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Industry, NGOs agree to single approach to eliminating deforestation from palm oil supply chain

...the fact that the methodology must evolve over time, members of the HCS Convergence Working Group say they are not only committed to furthering the implementation of the converged approach they’ve pro...

10 Nov 2016

Industry, NGOs agree to single approach to eliminating deforestation from palm oil supply chain

Women in China sort through waste plastics to be sent for recycling.

News / Waste

China’s waste ban 'an opportunity for innovation'

...the problem of having to deal with waste in the first place. On the other hand Jens Moller, consultant of the waste-to-energy division at Danish engineering firm Ramboll, said the welfare of society ...

25 Oct 2017

China’s waste ban 'an opportunity for innovation'

News / Policy & Finance

Nobel laureates, leaders gather to push child slavery onto the global agenda

...ther cleans homes and his father works on building sites for a daily wage. "I want to go to school like the other children," he says eventually, standing outside his one-room home in the south Delhi s...

12 Dec 2016

Nobel laureates, leaders gather to push child slavery onto the global agenda

News / Water

South Asia braces for intense heat this summer

...the hundreds to the dozens in the largest city in the state of Gujarat between 2010 and 2015. The plan includes a phone-based warning system when the weatherman forecasts a very hot day. India’s Natio...

6 Apr 2017

South Asia braces for intense heat this summer

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change issues get digital boost

...these areas frequently lack the resources to attend such events, even though it is their countries that are often the ones suffering most from global warming. The other finding is that, across the med...

3 Feb 2017

Climate change issues get digital boost

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

No room for complacency on 1.5°C climate change threshold

...the world’s smallest, but our climate targets are the world’s most ambitious. But whether the world manages to curb climate change ultimately will depend on the willingness of the largest current and ...

24 Oct 2017

No room for complacency on 1.5°C climate change threshold

Tourists visiting Medersa Ben Youssef, in Marrakech, Morroco.

Opinion / Policy & Finance

CMA1, the first meeting under the Paris Agreement - Why it’s significant and how it could happen at COP22

...the Paris Agreement provides that the first meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (known as CMA1) will be held in conjunction with the next Conference of the Parties (COP) under the United Nat...

5 Oct 2016

CMA1, the first meeting under the Paris Agreement - Why it’s significant and how it could happen at COP22

News / Energy

Wind turbines head for homes again

...the design of the pitch control system. “Air flow near to the tip of the blades has a significant impact on the efficiency and the noise from the wind turbine, as well as the aerodynamic force on the ...

2 Feb 2017

Wind turbines head for homes again

Opinion / Policy & Finance

6 benefits to companies that issue green bonds

...the issuers. However, we often see that the process is a good learning experience for the organization. Setting up a green bond framework requires that the financial and environmental staff work toget...

12 May 2017

6 benefits to companies that issue green bonds

News / Food & Agriculture

Lessons from five cities on urban food policy

...then urban-rural alliances and spur innovative governance of complex food systems. The report urges city leaders to make the most of the limited resources they have. That means maximising tight budge...

6 Jul 2017

Lessons from five cities on urban food policy

News / Carbon & Climate

Half a degree warmer means a lot

...ther. And they know all this because they’ve seen it happen in the recent past. There is enough evidence, they say, in the observational record for the last half century to underline the importance of...

5 Jul 2017

Half a degree warmer means a lot

drainage canals in palm oil plantation, dompas riau

News / Food & Agriculture

Industry-NGO coalition releases toolkit for making ‘No Deforestation’ commitments a reality on the ground

...the widespread adoption of HCSA as a signal that it’s finally time they recognise the value of secondary forests and peatlands when they review their principles and criteria this year.” This story was...

11 May 2017

Industry-NGO coalition releases toolkit for making ‘No Deforestation’ commitments a reality on the ground

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change "will hurt US economy, increase inequality" - study

...their current rate, the Midwest could by the end of the century see agricultural losses similar to those suffered during the Dustbowl period of the 1930s, said study co-author Amir Jina of the Univers...

5 Jul 2017

Climate change "will hurt US economy, increase inequality" - study

News / Carbon & Climate

Humans sparked warming nearly 200 years ago

...they saw there was that the sustained trend of warming in the 20th century may have shown its first signs in the tropical oceans and over some parts of the land surfaces of the Northern Hemisphere as ...

31 Aug 2016

Humans sparked warming nearly 200 years ago

News / Policy & Finance

'Ability to resist' makes women able climate leaders: Paris mayor

...the flagship closure of the highway along the right bank of the Seine,a move that has infuriated a vocal minority of drivers. The banks of the Seine from the Bir Hakeim bridge to Ile Saint Louis were ...

14 Mar 2017

'Ability to resist' makes women able climate leaders: Paris mayor

Former United Nations Environment Programme executive director Achim Steiner is now running Oxford Martin School.

News / Policy & Finance

Sustainability is the forgotten half of globalisation, says Achim Steiner

...The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS, which came into force in 1994) was the foundation on which the international community committed to manage the oceans together, and the lac...

2 Mar 2017

Sustainability is the forgotten half of globalisation, says Achim Steiner

Barack Obama on lessening climate impacts of food production

News / Food & Agriculture

Climate change talks should focus on food despite resistance - Obama

...them – they understand air pollution, so they can easily make the connection between energy production and greenhouse gases," he wrote in the Guardian newspaper. "Most people aren't as familiar with t...

30 May 2017

Climate change talks should focus on food despite resistance - Obama

Press Releases / Greenpeace Southeast Asia

PH Canneries fall short on sustainability, social responsibility issues

...theast Asia Canned Tuna Ranking” examines the region’s tuna canneries and the integrity of their supply chains using a 7-point criteria, that sets a score of 70 as the minimum needed for t...

22 Nov 2016

PH Canneries fall short on sustainability, social responsibility issues

News / Lifestyle

Harry Potter linked to illegal owl trade in Indonesia

...the markets in these three periods. Figure by Nijman and Nekaris 2017. Most of these owls are caught from the wild, the study says, which makes the trade largely illegal. “In the 1990s, when surveyin...

3 Jul 2017

Harry Potter linked to illegal owl trade in Indonesia

Opinion / Cities

A tale of clean cities: Strong local leadership key to solving urban sanitation challenge

...the Philippines) – is the vital role of strong local leadership, be it from the mayor or the head of the waste management department. When these people make sanitation their priority, cities can make ...

5 Sep 2016

A tale of clean cities: Strong local leadership key to solving urban sanitation challenge

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