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News / Food & Agriculture

New UN agency projects to boost farming practices, improve farm animal health

People around the world, especially poor farmers in developing Asian countries, will benefit through the use of nuclear techniques in combatting diseases affecting farm animals and improve water manag...

2 Jan 2018

New UN agency projects to boost farming practices, improve farm animal health

News / Policy & Finance

Make oceans profitable to catch investment wave, say global leaders

Countries need to start viewing ocean conservation as a "bankable" investment to attract funding for initiatives to cut pollution and protect industries like fishing, said political and economic leade...

15 Mar 2018

Make oceans profitable to catch investment wave, say global leaders

News / Cities

Asia's expanding cities must embrace youth to avoid unrest -U.N.

Governments overseeing Asia's rapidly-expanding cities must give young people greater opportunities in order to avoid unrest like the Arab Spring, said the regional head of the United Nations developm...

8 Feb 2018

Asia's expanding cities must embrace youth to avoid unrest -U.N.

News / Energy

Southeast Asia's largest wind project gets $1.1 billion funding injection

Thai renewables developer Wind Energy Holdings Co. Ltd (WEH) has raised US$1.1 billion to finance five new onshore wind farms in what is billed as Southeast Asia's biggest wind energy project yet. Loc...

13 Dec 2017

Southeast Asia's largest wind project gets $1.1 billion funding injection

News / Policy & Finance

Rising disaster risk but little insurance interest in Pacific islands

Pacific island nations are some of the world's most disaster-prone countries, yet only a handful have signed up to an insurance scheme that dispenses rapid payouts in a crisis—a situation experts hope...

2 Jul 2018

Rising disaster risk but little insurance interest in Pacific islands

News / Energy

German scientists test world's 'largest artificial sun'

...carbon-dioxide-free fuel," he said. Countries are under increasing pressure to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and hope to use excess power generated by renewable sources such as wind or solar to crea...

24 Mar 2017

German scientists test world's 'largest artificial sun'

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The leadership void on climate change

...carbon trading market, which with three to five billion tonnes of annual carbon allowances, will be the largest carbon market in the world. China also plans to invest US$361 billion in renewable energ...

24 Apr 2017

The leadership void on climate change

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Capitalising on climate unity

...carbon dioxide emitter – from the Paris agreement dealt the accord a major blow. Many of America’s closest allies – including both of our countries, the Marshall Islands and Australia – were deeply di...

20 Nov 2017

Capitalising on climate unity

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

We can still keep global warming below 2℃ – but the hard work is about to start

...carbon emissions from fossil fuels, the carbon intensity of the energy system (how much carbon is produced for each unit of energy) and the amount of carbon emitted to produce one dollar of wealth. Th...

1 Feb 2017

We can still keep global warming below 2℃ – but the hard work is about to start

News / Carbon & Climate

Limiting warming to 1.5C has clear benefits for Australia, study says

...Carbon Brief. ‘Angry summer’ Australia has been no stranger to extreme weather events in recent years. The “angry summer” of 2012 to 2013, for example, saw more than 205 records broken, including Sydn...

17 May 2017

Limiting warming to 1.5C has clear benefits for Australia, study says

News / Carbon & Climate

Rising seas will swallow 14,000 U.S. historic sites - study

Almost 14,000 archeological sites and national monuments in the United States could be lost by the year 2100 as seas rise due to climate change, scientists said on Wednesday. The findings offer a glim...

1 Dec 2017

Rising seas will swallow 14,000 U.S. historic sites - study

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News / Energy

Finkel Review 'does not pass the climate test'

Australia’s chief scientist Alan Finkel has released a much-anticipated plan to make the country’s national electricity market more secure, reliable, affordable and low-carbon, but experts are worried...

9 Jun 2017

Finkel Review 'does not pass the climate test'

News / Water

Rate of ocean warming quadrupled since late 20th century, study reveals

...Carbon Brief: “If you want to know about global warming, you really have to understand ocean warming.” Credit: Rosamund Pearce, Carbon Brief. Completing the picture But accurately working out how qu...

21 Mar 2017

Rate of ocean warming quadrupled since late 20th century, study reveals

News / Carbon & Climate

US economy risks China’s climate impact

German scientists have shown once again that climate change remains a global problem, with China’s climate impact, for instance, hurting the economy of the United States. Disastrous flooding—likely to...

31 May 2018

US economy risks China’s climate impact

News / Lifestyle

Save together or crash together: Why conserving every animal species counts

...carbon emissions, hot water and firewood even. If we can celebrate the companies that are doing good things in the environment more often, I think the world would be a much better place. A Fiji Islan...

21 Feb 2018

Save together or crash together: Why conserving every animal species counts

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The state of green business in 2017

...carbon emissions, joining a growing chorus: So far, more than 1,200 companies have either set an internal price on carbon or committed to using one, according to the CDP. Setting an internal carbon pr...

17 Feb 2017

The state of green business in 2017

News / Carbon & Climate

Seven regions poised to feel climate change pain -- and what they're doing about it

...Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions steadily climb. Oceans are warming and glaciers, ice caps and sea ice are melting faster than expected. Meanwhile, heat and rainfall records tumble. ...

18 Jul 2017

Seven regions poised to feel climate change pain -- and what they're doing about it

News / Carbon & Climate

Westerners urged to reduce carbon footprint

...carbon dioxide pollution that causes a large part of global warming comes from the 10 per cent best-off people on the planet, he argues. Carbon footprint "Let’s be clear about this. If the top 10 high...

26 Jan 2017

Westerners urged to reduce carbon footprint

Dr Tiun Ling Ta, Seberang Perai Municipal Council Councillor (far left) moderates a panel discussion with Phee Boon Poh, chairman of Penang’s State Welfare, Caring Society and Environment Committee, Dato Maimunah bt. Mohd Sharif, Penang Island city council mayor and Dato Sr Haji Rozali bin Haji Mohamud, Seberang Perai Municipal Council president

News / Energy

Are vested interests slowing Malaysia’s shift to renewables?

...carbon filter-processing factory, shared how he had made an appeal for tidal power to be integrated into a second bridge linking Penang Island to the Malaysian peninsula, which was opened in 2014. Tid...

14 Sep 2017

Are vested interests slowing Malaysia’s shift to renewables?

Barack Obama on lessening climate impacts of food production

News / Food & Agriculture

Climate change talks should focus on food despite resistance - Obama

Climate change discussions should focus more on food production and cutting food waste, but a lack of knowledge is fuelling public resistance, former US President Barack Obama wrote in a major British...

30 May 2017

Climate change talks should focus on food despite resistance - Obama

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