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UNEA-7 charts a path toward a resilient planet

...ited Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) and ending with the decision-making meetings of the Rio Conventions on climate change, biodiversity and desertification, attention in 202...

24 Jan 2025

...it is this same urgency that drives efforts and innovation within EDF, all with the intention of reducing methane emissions and slowing down climate change. “Optimism is a prediction that it is all go...

11 Aug 2023

...ing African institutions, ensuring national ownership and aligning ambition with action. The Sevilla Commitment establishes a foundation, but to truly deliver for Africa, it must develop into a bindin...

4 Aug 2025

...itted to set, ambitious emission reduction targets in collaboration with the Science Based Targets initiative. But while those numbers are impressive, encouraging voluntary reductions is insufficient ...

2 Feb 2024

...ivity of its plantations within its existing resource capacity. Image: RGE RGE made the news for securing some high-profile sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) and sustainability-linked derivatives (S...

19 Dec 2023

...isation, human activities and pollution persist,” Rami Khashab, a biologist and consultant specialising in the conservation of reptiles and sea turtles in Lebanon who is originally from Al-Mansouri vi...

2 Oct 2024

...ies. Chinese firms have been increasingly active in meeting Nigeria’s growing demand for these. Grid instability The condition of the national grid has been steadily deteriorating. In 2011, there were...

4 Jan 2024

...ia, argued in another opinion piece published this month that female leadership is more crucial than ever. This is “as the Indo-Pacific faces rising economic, geopolitical and non-traditional security...

8 Mar 2025

...ive director of Eco-Business who is based in Beijing, welcomed Wang’s decision to join the China team. “His decades of experience in economics and business and his familiarity with the China market wi...

22 May 2024

...ing. And he had a point. In an article published on 10 April in Nature, my colleagues and I show that illicit, often out-of-control road building is imperilling forests in Indonesia, Malaysia and Papu...

12 Apr 2024

...and a standing ovation from some countries. But minutes later, a string of developing countries, including India, raised their objections for being sidelined in the final hour of negotiations. India ...

25 Nov 2024

...and the resulting domestic violence - are repeated in other communities across this island of 22 million people, including in Uva province in the south. Since 1984, large areas of forest in the distri...

14 Feb 2024

GYSS 2024 - Panel discussion by Prof Martin Green

...ig hope is, if solar can maintain the growth rates it has in the recent past, it will be at a level to provide significant CO2 emissions reductions and displace fossil fuels. In Australia it is happen...

15 Jan 2024

...ich would likely, in turn, increase female participation in schooling and employment. In addition to this, the IEA estimates that universal access to clean cooking – achieved in the way their scenario...

24 May 2024

...in landfills and just 12 per cent recycled. "With over half of Indonesia's population residing in urban environments, waste management in cities is a critical issue for governments, industries and cit...

22 Dec 2023

...ies through things like improving river water quality, stopping illegal fishing and logging, supporting community and indigenous land rights, and conserving nature. Why did you choose this job? "As I...

11 May 2023

...inability is about education, understanding and believing in what you think is possible. As long as you believe in sustainability, have hope and make time to understand it, then anything is possible. ...

20 Nov 2023

Lorry entering Rempang to demolish houses

...and acquisition and administrative processes, including environmental and social impact assessments. Civil society groups have said that these expedited timelines have led to inadequate assessments an...

22 Nov 2024

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...it would make it difficult for cheaper and more accessible electric vehicles to arrive. In addition, the United States has an interest in protecting its own industry, and this could pose a significant...

13 Jan 2025

...ion Two Wells Their growing use in pollination - both in covered farming and in fields - is driven by declines in bee populations because of warmer temperatures, pesticide use, diminishing habitats a...

4 Apr 2024

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