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Growing urban warmth helps city trees thrive

...carbon dioxide, which follow from profligate human combustion of fossil fuels. Research of this kind matters: more than half of humanity now lives in cities and by 2050 the urban population will have ...

22 Nov 2017

Growing urban warmth helps city trees thrive

News / Cities

Nature calling: Crammed cities go green for climate, health

...carbon dioxide, and is key to efforts to combat climate change. Some 750 climate scientists and urban planners are gathered in Canada this week at a UN-hosted conference to discuss how to help cities ...

7 Mar 2018

Nature calling: Crammed cities go green for climate, health

News / Carbon & Climate

UN designates 2021-2030 ‘Decade of Ocean Science’

...carbon dioxide (CO2) produced by humans and reduces the impact of climate change. “ The ocean is a new frontier – it covers 71 per cent of the globe [but] we have explored less than 5 per cent. The D...

7 Dec 2017

UN designates 2021-2030 ‘Decade of Ocean Science’

News / Carbon & Climate

Beer flow threatened by warming climate

Beer will be in short supply and double in price because of the difficulty of growing one of its key ingredients, barley, in a warming world. Recurrent droughts and increased heat will cause severe re...

17 Oct 2018

Beer flow threatened by warming climate

News / Carbon & Climate

UN chief urges leaders to inject momentum at 2019 climate summit

The UN secretary-general on Tuesday urged world leaders to use a climate change summit he will host in 2019 to explain how they plan to ratchet up their efforts to reverse worsening global warming tha...

5 Dec 2018

UN chief urges leaders to inject momentum at 2019 climate summit

The Global Goals World Cup in New York City 2017

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Why I don’t believe in the SDGs (and how impact investing is changing my mind)

I’ve never been overly convinced of the value of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Where the previous iteration, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) provided a focused rall...

2 Nov 2018

Why I don’t believe in the SDGs (and how impact investing is changing my mind)

News / Waste

US revealed to be the biggest driver of the world's waste crisis

A new study has identified the United States—the nation where the idea of mass production was born—as the world’s top producer of waste while also being the worst among industrialised nations at manag...

3 Jul 2019

US revealed to be the biggest driver of the world's waste crisis

Plastic trash piles on top of a rubbish bin in downtown Singapore.

News / Waste

Singapore MP calls on government to curb single-use plastic and introduce 'selective' charge for carrier bags

The problem of plastic pollution is to be raised in Singapore's parliament next week, when member of parliament Louis Ng will call on the government to take tougher measures to curb the small island n...

29 Sep 2018

Singapore MP calls on government to curb single-use plastic and introduce 'selective' charge for carrier bags

Electronic waste being processed in an informal setting in Thailand. Image: Basel Action Network

News / Waste

E-waste smuggling ring in Thailand signals failure of Basel Convention

International regulations designed to limit the environmental impact of electronic waste could be making the problem worse, experts in Southeast Asia say. The region's e-waste sector has been under th...

27 Mar 2019

E-waste smuggling ring in Thailand signals failure of Basel Convention

The first electric boat in Raja Ampat is driven near Batanta, the smallest of the four large islands that give Raja Ampat (“Four Kings”) its name. Image: Maha Raja Eco Dive Lodge

News / Lifestyle

Indonesia's scuba diving hotspot Raja Ampat welcomes first electric boats

Competition is healthy among the eco resorts of Indonesia's most famous dive destination, Raja Ampat. And MahaRaja Eco Dive Lodge, which only opened 8 months ago, has just scored an important claim to...

17 Nov 2018

Indonesia's scuba diving hotspot Raja Ampat welcomes first electric boats

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Evaluating Indonesia’s progress on its climate commitments

...carbon dioxide emissions cut by 2030. 3. The energy sector will start to dominate Indonesia's carbon emissions in the next decade. Although Indonesia’s land-use changes and peat fires are the two ...

9 Oct 2017

Evaluating Indonesia’s progress on its climate commitments

Opinion / Lifestyle

Singapore ‘smoking ban’ sounds radical, but it’s an odd way to reduce air pollution

On January 1 2019, Singapore will introduce a “no smoking zone” along a three kilometre stretch of Orchard Road—one of the city’s busiest shopping districts. It sounds controversial—restricting people...

2 Jan 2019

Singapore ‘smoking ban’ sounds radical, but it’s an odd way to reduce air pollution

News / Food & Agriculture

Laos website seeks to promote and preserve traditional food and farming

Restaurateurs and entrepreneurs can now tap into Laos' rich food and farming culture, with the launch of a website dedicated to preserving traditional recipes and agricultural practices before they di...

10 Sep 2018

Laos website seeks to promote and preserve traditional food and farming

Coal is transported from mining sites by trucks in Indonesia.

Opinion / Energy

Why have we been so slow in slashing electricity-linked emissions?

...carbon capture and storage, and putting pressure on major coal consumers to reduce their use of the fuel. Critics have rightly pointed out that in the absence of some of the world’s largest coal consu...

12 Jan 2018

Why have we been so slow in slashing electricity-linked emissions?

The rolling hills of Malham, Yorkshire Dales National Park. Withdrawing from the European Union could potentially threaten the UK's natural areas.

Opinion / Policy & Finance

How will Brexit affect the environment?

The EU has been instrumental in the protection of the UK environment; having created around 80 per cent of the UK’s environmental laws, including the EU-wide target for 50 per cent of municipal waste ...

27 Feb 2019

How will Brexit affect the environment?

News / Policy & Finance

China plans ‘landmark’ biodiversity talks

In 2020, delegates from nearly 200 countries will meet in the capital of Yunnan province, southwest China, to agree on a new framework to halt biodiversity loss and protect ecosystems. The talks will ...

25 Mar 2019

China plans ‘landmark’ biodiversity talks

Opinion / Cities

Greener, greater cities

...carbon emissions. But nature-based solutions—if sufficiently funded and implemented in an equitable manner—offer benefits that we can no longer afford to ignore. The technology and infrastructure that...

22 Jun 2018

Greener, greater cities

News / Carbon & Climate

Chinese most at risk of death from deadly heatwaves, study says

Deadly heatwaves could kill people working outdoors within hours in China's most populous, agricultural region by 2100 as a result of climate change, scientists said on Tuesday. The North China Plain,...

2 Aug 2018

Chinese most at risk of death from deadly heatwaves, study says

Press Releases / Forest Steward Council

FSC’s recent certification in Indonesia gives its forests a chance to thrive

Bonn—September 20, 2018: The Forest Stewardship Council’s (FSC) recent addition of Indonesia’s P.T. Wapoga Mutiara Timber Unit II (WMT II), to its ever-growing family of FSC-complian...

25 Sep 2018

FSC’s recent certification in Indonesia gives its forests a chance to thrive

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesia’s sustainable districts bet on corporate deforestation pledges

Beni Hernedi loves mountain-climbing, and he bristles when people dismiss his passion. “They think it’s about thrill-seeking and cheating death,” he says. “But for me it’s the opposite; it’s about bei...

12 Nov 2018

Indonesia’s sustainable districts bet on corporate deforestation pledges

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