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The Limits to Growth, 50 years later

...that today is better than the past? And five years in the future will be better than today? In other words, what is the fraction of people that actually believe that the society is on the right path? ...

30 Aug 2022

The Limits to Growth, 50 years later

News / Food & Agriculture

India’s palm oil drive faces reality check

...time. But what happens when the mills are saturated with the produce cultivated in the state? Some states, like those in the north-east, lack both milling capacity and road infrastructure to transport...

6 Jul 2023

India’s palm oil drive faces reality check

Opinion / Cities

Choosing the right trees for a changing climate

...ts’ heat and drought tolerance, along with efficient maintenance of urban plantings and detailed monitoring through time. The trees left to protect the hotter cities of the future will depend on the p...

21 Jul 2022

Choosing the right trees for a changing climate

News / Cities

India's poor coal 'thieves' forced to scavenge for survival

...th no land left to sustain them, end up working at the bottom of the coal industry for the lowest pay, he noted. "There are no other jobs," he added. Theft or survival? At the opencast mines in Jharkh...

8 Feb 2023

India's poor coal 'thieves' forced to scavenge for survival

A rock dove that collided with a wind farm power line in Kutch, Gujarat

News / Energy

Poor planning of renewables in Asia is hurting biodiversity, say conservationists

...t up or around them — and find it difficult to turn to avoid cables or wind turbine blades before it is too late. BirdLife International is concerned that over the next 24 to 36 months, the transitio...

13 Jun 2022

Poor planning of renewables in Asia is hurting biodiversity, say conservationists

News / Carbon & Climate

Global turbulence may herald 'giant leap' to a greener era, says top scientist

...te action. "The first reaction of the turbulence in the world economy is that people start looking inwards," he said, adding that young protesters would likely return to the streets at some point. Ult...

2 Sep 2022

Global turbulence may herald 'giant leap' to a greener era, says top scientist

News / Energy

Can Indonesia ditch coal and improve lives with new green deal?

...to Indonesia and then spent. Traction Energy Asia's Pratama said it was important that the majority of financing for the JETP comes in the form of grants rather than loans and credit guarantees, which...

23 Nov 2022

Can Indonesia ditch coal and improve lives with new green deal?

News / Carbon & Climate

In 'world's most polluted city,' Indian workers unaware of toxic air

...to cleaner alternatives like natural gas. But other issues - from road and construction dust to trash burning - needed to be handled by the other agencies such as the transport department, real estate...

19 Apr 2022

In 'world's most polluted city,' Indian workers unaware of toxic air

News / Transport

Delivery Hero sustainability chief: we need to decouple 'hyper' business growth from carbon emissions

...trying that idea with the Sustainable Restaurant Certification Programme. The challenge is ensuring that whatever approach we take is actually materially impactful and authentic. The last thing that w...

18 Aug 2021

Delivery Hero sustainability chief: we need to decouple 'hyper' business growth from carbon emissions

News / Cities

Pakistan floods deal fresh blow to struggling small businesses

...ter security is directly linked to climate hazards," he posted on Twitter after the meeting. But for Talat Shaheen, a mother-of-six who intermittently lives and works at small home-based garment facto...

30 Aug 2022

Pakistan floods deal fresh blow to struggling small businesses

News / Cities

Why forests are key to the climate—and not just to absorb carbon

...ts must be integrated into governments' climate policies to fully reflect what forests do for the planet, the report said. Support food and water security Forests help to maintain stable rainfall patt...

26 Oct 2022

Why forests are key to the climate—and not just to absorb carbon

News / Energy

Europe ditching Russia gas could price out emerging Asia buyers, spur renewables

...that the upshot is that with the greater attention on sustainability, fossil fuel exporters are more likely to invest their windfall into their green transition down the road. Godfrey said that coal p...

10 Mar 2022

Europe ditching Russia gas could price out emerging Asia buyers, spur renewables

News / Policy & Finance

Afghan women fear for their jobs and daughters' futures under Taliban

...t in jeans and coats, but I saw no sign of that today." She said only women teachers and doctors had been allowed to return to work, with female government employees told to wait at home until the Tal...

19 Aug 2021

Afghan women fear for their jobs and daughters' futures under Taliban

News / Policy & Finance

Climate-vulnerable nations demand more financial support in COP26 draft deal

...t adapt to starvation, you cannot adapt to extinction, you cannot adapt to lost cultural heritage and you cannot adapt to lost biodiversity," she said, calling for loss and damage to be put at the cen...

11 Nov 2021

Climate-vulnerable nations demand more financial support in COP26 draft deal

News / Policy & Finance

COP27 climate marchers demand justice despite protest restrictions

...the protest tightly. The activists, including many Africans, insisted there could be "no climate justice without human rights" - and lamented that they had not been permitted to demonstrate outside th...

17 Nov 2022

COP27 climate marchers demand justice despite protest restrictions

Press Releases / CDP

Singapore-based organisation tops action towards decarbonisation rankings in transport benchmark from WBA, CDP

...ts which are incompatible with a low-carbon future but the majority failed to disclose any plans for changing this. Some of the solutions that transport operators need to adopt, such as alternative f...

21 Oct 2022

Singapore-based organisation tops action towards decarbonisation rankings in transport benchmark from WBA, CDP

Press Releases / GAIA Asia Pacific

Extinguishing waste-to-energy incineration myths

...tal costs on cities and communities. Dr. Emmanuel substantiates the fears that waste incinerators do fail in living up to their promises. “Continuous monitoring of the state-of-the-art waste-to...

26 Nov 2021

Extinguishing waste-to-energy incineration myths

News / Manufacturing

Crisis after Covid-19 for Sri Lankan women who dress the West

...ted blackouts - power often dies for hours at a time - have shuttered the most energy-intensive industries, textiles among them, and disrupted shipments to the West. The government says help is on its...

17 May 2022

Crisis after Covid-19 for Sri Lankan women who dress the West

News / Carbon & Climate

Dark future? Climate change fuels higher heat, flood threats for children

...the most powerful tropical cyclones in history that killed over 6,300 people. "Everything was at its worst during those times — I don't want anyone to experience that," said the teenager, now 16. Othe...

29 Sep 2021

Dark future? Climate change fuels higher heat, flood threats for children

News / Policy & Finance

The next Amazon? Congo Basin faces rising deforestation threat

...This is particularly difficult in the DRC – by far the most populated nation in the region – where poverty rates are high and the government is looking to boost its oil output. "The opportunity cost f...

14 Nov 2022

The next Amazon? Congo Basin faces rising deforestation threat

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