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Egypt produces jet biofuel from jatropha

...carbon dioxide emissions caused by aviation companies by 2050. Commercial aviation contributes about 2 per cent of global carbon emissions annually. Gizine El Diwani, professor at the centre’s chemica...

27 Feb 2017

Egypt produces jet biofuel from jatropha

News / Carbon & Climate

2016 was the hottest year ever recorded

...carbon dioxide and methane concentrations surged to new records,” adding that carbon dioxide, as well as methane concentrations contribute to climate change. Carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere f...

19 Jan 2017

2016 was the hottest year ever recorded

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Will China and India lead on global climate action and environmental protection?

...carbon emissions by roughly 2-3 billion metric tons (2.2-3.3 billion U.S. tons) by 2030 compared to forecasts made a year back. Coal-fired power stations are increasingly uneconomical compared to sola...

14 Jul 2017

Will China and India lead on global climate action and environmental protection?

A farmer in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia sits beside his crops

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

We know how food production needs to change if crisis is to be avoided—so why isn't this happening?

As the world races toward a projected 9 billion inhabitants, the failings of dominant food systems are impossible to deny. Current food production methods are severely polluting. They are the cause of...

28 Mar 2018

We know how food production needs to change if crisis is to be avoided—so why isn't this happening?

News / Lifestyle

Coming to Australia: Tiny holiday homes big on sustainability

Appliances running on solar energy, composting toilets and rainwater harvesting systems—these features could help tourists enjoying Australia's natural attractions to leave behind a smaller environmen...

24 Jan 2018

Coming to Australia: Tiny holiday homes big on sustainability

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Processed food is a global health crisis

...Carbon Brief. The international community agreed to work on the links between agriculture and climate change, and to agree which issues should be included by March 31, 2018. Future technical talks on ...

1 Dec 2017

Processed food is a global health crisis

News / Carbon & Climate

Glitter or green? Sydney's big bash gives way to speed climate action

...carbon building competition, efforts to help tenants access renewable energy, retrofitting buildings for energy efficiency and expanding efforts to help commercial buildings cut their emissions. Creat...

15 May 2017

Glitter or green? Sydney's big bash gives way to speed climate action

Oscar-winning actor and UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation Forest Whitaker at Ecosperity

News / Policy & Finance

Gene screening to skills shaping: 5 big ideas for a better world

How the sick are cared for, how we learn, and how and what people eat needs to change fundamentally if we are to create a clean, healthy, and happy future for people and the planet—business as usual i...

19 Jun 2018

Gene screening to skills shaping: 5 big ideas for a better world

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Are the SDGs unsustainable?

The Asia Pacific region is failing to meet almost two-thirds of the targets set by the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a recent report by the UN. The report found th...

23 May 2018

Are the SDGs unsustainable?

News / Waste

Chemical recycling is coming of age

...carbon emissions—each tonne of plastic treated in the firm’s machines will save 1.8 tonnes of CO2—compared with incinerating it in an energy-from-waste plant. Recycling Technologies is setting up an a...

8 Aug 2018

Chemical recycling is coming of age

News / Green Buildings

The top 5 green building stories in 2016

...carbon emissions.These are the top 5 green building stories in 2016. 1. From Shanghai’s greenest, super-tall tower to Singapore’s first carbon-negative home China unveiled its tallest building this ye...

2 Jan 2017

The top 5 green building stories in 2016

Woman in a palm oil plantation in Kalimantan, Indonesia

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

In Riau, Indonesia, women organise for environmental justice

...carbon-rich peatland to develop plantations, causing crisis-level haze that increases the risk of pulmonary disease and even leads to death. Despite being disproportionately affected, women have littl...

15 Sep 2017

In Riau, Indonesia, women organise for environmental justice

Opinion / Energy

Are fossil fuel firms telling investors enough about the risks of climate change?

...carbon mitigation and the possible loss of revenue from cheaper energy sources. Exxon, for its part, says it prices the cost of long-term carbon internally at $80 a ton, matching our market model. The...

17 Feb 2017

Are fossil fuel firms telling investors enough about the risks of climate change?

News / Food & Agriculture

Why is it so hard to sell sustainable palm oil?

As the company that claims to produce more certified sustainable palm oil than any other, Malaysia's Sime Darby Plantation knows more than most about how to grow the world’s most consumed edible oil i...

5 Nov 2018

Why is it so hard to sell sustainable palm oil?

Second photo of Panel discussion at Technology + Sustainability event by Eco-Business and BMW Asia

News / Transport

Does technology a smarter city make?

...carbon vehicles such as electric cars; self-driving vehicles; and digitisation, which enables mobility to be sold as a service. The conversation turned to the city-state’s efforts to increase the use ...

4 Oct 2017

Does technology a smarter city make?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

3 reasons why fossil fuel companies should disclose their reserves

...carbon budget and implicitly show that it is preparing to respond to policies and market signals for a low-carbon future, such as a price on carbon pollution. The demand is there—and now with the new ...

16 Dec 2016

3 reasons why fossil fuel companies should disclose their reserves

Opinion / Waste

Almost everything you know about e-waste is wrong

Many of us think we know what electronic waste is because we wonder what to do with devices we no longer want or need. It’s the old cellphone and its charger stuffed in the drawer. It’s that old lapto...

21 May 2018

Almost everything you know about e-waste is wrong

News / Carbon & Climate

Make climate change an economic - not green - issue, urges ex-president of Maldives

...carbon transition in a way "that political parties can embrace", said Nasheed, speaking at the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship in Oxford. Some populist politicians are already persuaded o...

18 Apr 2017

Make climate change an economic - not green - issue, urges ex-president of Maldives

News / Carbon & Climate

Biofuels could cut transport emissions – but food may be at risk

...carbon-cutting targets, she said. "The long-term future to decarbonising the transport sector lies in use of biofuels that have twice the efficiency of ordinary fuels," she told the Thomson Reuters Fo...

3 Mar 2017

Biofuels could cut transport emissions – but food may be at risk

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

How to win the climate wars – talk about local 'pollution' not global warming

...carbon dioxide parts-per-million, or melting glaciers? Would you even know either was a problem if scientists hadn’t warned us? By contrast, feeling the effects of environmental pollution does not req...

23 Aug 2017

How to win the climate wars – talk about local 'pollution' not global warming

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