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Aviation industry plans to curb emissions

...the banner of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Neither sector was mentioned at the Paris climate conference last December, when there was worldwide agreement, amid m...

10 Oct 2016

Aviation industry plans to curb emissions

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Nature is priceless — so let's value it

...they were when they discovered fluffy wedge-tailed shearwater chicks in nest after nest in the seabird refuge at the end of the trail. We marvelled at the endangered monk seals resting at the water’s ...

24 Oct 2016

Nature is priceless — so let's value it

News / Carbon & Climate

Scientists uncover surprising source of carbon storage hidden in plain sight

...the northern prairies of North America, and the southern border of the Sahara. Heavily populated areas tended to have less tree cover, despite their climate, so regional variations and trends were als...

23 Sep 2016

Scientists uncover surprising source of carbon storage hidden in plain sight

Press Releases / Greenpeace Southeast Asia

Tech fair highlights need for clean, green, sustainable gadgets

...the cause of raising awareness on the gravity and magnitude of the country’s e-waste problem. “The Philippines is one of the countries that is at the tail end of the supply chain of elect...

25 Oct 2016

Tech fair highlights need for clean, green, sustainable gadgets

News / Cities

Invest in farmers to curb migration to urban slums, cities told

...there are ways of cutting out some of the middlemen, Hawkes said. Home village Cities can make a difference to the lives both of the urban and rural poor, Hawkes said on the sidelines of the Committee...

25 Oct 2016

Invest in farmers to curb migration to urban slums, cities told

News / Food & Agriculture

Poor farmers--unlike rich--face uphill battle with Pakistan’s climate extremes

...The 21-year-old tends the 3 hectares (7 acres) of land without the help of his two brothers, who lost interest in farming when they realised that more erratic weather was making agriculture an unrelia...

30 Mar 2017

Poor farmers--unlike rich--face uphill battle with Pakistan’s climate extremes

News / Carbon & Climate

Cold water poured on warming pause

...They looked at the data discussed in the papers and matched it with other trends in the entire record of global warming. And then they decided that if the period of the review of evidence was 12 years...

14 Dec 2015

Cold water poured on warming pause

News / Water

6 ways to save the world's oceans

...them in captivity, one is directly supporting the cruelty and suffering behind the industry,“ adds Boopal. "Individuals can instead choose to watch them in the wild, to appreciate them as they are and...

8 Jun 2017

6 ways to save the world's oceans

China involved in coal projects in BRI countries

News / Policy & Finance

China’s Belt and Road Initiative still pushing coal

...the needs of four million households. Dr Keyu Jin of the London School of Economics has written that the key issue with the BRI initiative is “whether there is a clear economic case to be made. Is the...

16 May 2017

China’s Belt and Road Initiative still pushing coal

News / Food & Agriculture

Rising CO2 is reducing nutritional value of food, impacting ecosystems

...the plants themselves, and not the food products that arise from them, cautions Elser. This “doesn’t necessarily represent the nutritional contents of the foods at the point of consumption, once they ...

2 Jun 2016

Rising CO2 is reducing nutritional value of food, impacting ecosystems

News / Water

Unearthing the mysteries of groundwater

...the opportunity to take their investigations out of the laboratory and into the field for greater realism. The field research at Borden demonstrated the behaviour of contaminants and the remediation ...

28 Apr 2016

Unearthing the mysteries of groundwater

News / Carbon & Climate

Researchers say you get what you pay for when it comes to payments for ecosystem services

...the outskirts of Wolong were employed by the program as well, but were paid less and had farther to travel to reach their assigned sections of the reserve. The researchers’ found that the two township...

10 Feb 2016

Researchers say you get what you pay for when it comes to payments for ecosystem services

A farmer in Malawi prepares plot for planting

News / Food & Agriculture

U.N. warns of "race against time" for 23 mln drought-stricken African farmers

...when the rains start," David Phiri, FAO subregional coordinator for Southern Africa, said in a statement. "The main way people are able to access food is through what they themselves produce. Assistin...

29 Jul 2016

U.N. warns of "race against time" for 23 mln drought-stricken African farmers

News / Policy & Finance

UN launches new tool to get more women online

...the Internet to their advantage. To close this online gender gap, the United Nations' Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in partnership with the UN Project Office on Gove...

6 Oct 2016

UN launches new tool to get more women online

News / Carbon & Climate

Fossil fuel majors strut their stuff for Marrakesh

...the energy industry is keen to deflect some of the criticism that will be coming the way of the fossil fuel majors over carbon emissions. There are 11 leading oil companies involved in the OGCI, inclu...

7 Nov 2016

Fossil fuel majors strut their stuff for Marrakesh

Opinion / Policy & Finance

It’s air-pocalypse now in Beijing – but the future is brighter

...the roads. But while these ‘airpocalypses’, as they are dubbed by the press, threaten lives and health, they at least focus attention on a challenge that residents in the national capital region of th...

6 Jan 2017

It’s air-pocalypse now in Beijing – but the future is brighter

News / Transport

India's top court calls land deal for Tata Motors factory a 'farce'

...the acquisition. The land could not be deemed to have been acquired for a "public purpose" and must be returned to the farmers within 12 weeks, the Supreme Court ruled. "We are very happy with the ver...

2 Sep 2016

India's top court calls land deal for Tata Motors factory a 'farce'

News / Energy

Green homes are only as green as their users

...them would benefit the residents and the property managers,” Dr Zhao said. “The education component is the key to achieving higher levels of energy and financial savings.” The next phase for the resea...

20 Jun 2016

Green homes are only as green as their users

News / Policy & Finance

Sustainability reporting growing in Asean, but quality lags

...theast Asia's corporate giants, but they have a long way to go in improving the quality of their reports, new research has found. The study conducted by the National University of Singapore Business S...

25 Jul 2016

Sustainability reporting growing in Asean, but quality lags

Press Releases / ClimateCare

Orb Energy Programme issues Gold Standard carbon credits in India

...the public and private sector work together to create award-winning Climate+Care programmes designed to tackle poverty, improve health and protect the environment, whilst delivering value for the orga...

4 Jan 2017

Orb Energy Programme issues Gold Standard carbon credits in India

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