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Can the palm oil industry ever be fully sustainable?

...carbon stock, and that which can be used for agricultural development—and not only for palm oil? And who will pay for leaving the forest standing? We do need to look at land use planning from the land...

10 Nov 2017

Can the palm oil industry ever be fully sustainable?

Press Releases / mitsubishi electric hydronics and it cooling spa

Getting higher energy efficiency

Mitsubishi Electric Hydronics & IT Cooling Systems, through its brand Climaveneta has supplied 32 units to the Volkswagen plant in Bratislava. The plant was opened in 1991, covering a total area ...

27 Feb 2017

Getting higher energy efficiency

Press Releases / Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

Life on the edge prepares plants for climate change

In the first study to predict whether different populations of the same plant species can adapt to climate change, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology find that Central ...

2 Jan 2018

Life on the edge prepares plants for climate change

News / Policy & Finance

Is China’s timber from Papua New Guinea illegal?

Papua New Guinea’s timber industry is plagued by illegality, including lax enforcement of forestry laws, the misuse of logging licenses and the sidelining of local communities, according to a new repo...

10 Aug 2018

Is China’s timber from Papua New Guinea illegal?

Press Releases / Tetra Pak

Tetra Pak announces science based targets for climate impact reduction

...carbon economy among customers and other stakeholders.” Cynthia Cummis at the World Resources Institute (WRI) said: “The SBT initiative provides a science-based methodology for companies ...

9 Feb 2017

Tetra Pak announces science based targets for climate impact reduction

News / Food & Agriculture

The Philippines commits to science-anchored fishery policies

The agency responsible for looking after the Philippines’ fish stocks has pledged to step up the science behind its management of the resource as it announced new reforms to the sector. “Healthy fishe...

23 Oct 2017

The Philippines commits to science-anchored fishery policies

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change is a threat – but it won't hurt me, Americans say

...carbon dioxide limits on coal-fired power plants, a policy that is in line with former President Obama's proposed Clean Power Plan, the study found. President Donald Trump has vowed to repeal the plan...

2 Mar 2017

Climate change is a threat – but it won't hurt me, Americans say

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate migrants may face multiple drivers

German scientists say climate migrants may be responding to a range of pressures, and not just to climate change alone. They have established a clear link between climate change and migration: it happ...

27 Nov 2017

Climate migrants may face multiple drivers

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The value of uncertain climate projections

The global climate is in unchartered territory. In the last 800,000 years, carbon dioxide concentrations have not been as high as they are now. The results are noticeable: nearly all hottest years on ...

4 May 2017

The value of uncertain climate projections

Opinion / Lifestyle

Does having children make us care more about the environment?

Psychologists have long been looking into the gap between our intentions and behaviour when it comes to the environment. Many of us say that we are concerned about climate change, for example, and yet...

31 Jan 2018

Does having children make us care more about the environment?

A hilltop forest in Myanmar cleared by slash-and-burn

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

New Asia-Pacific trade agreement lacks protections for one-sixth of world’s forests

In an era of rising anti-globalisation and protectionism, countries in the Asia-Pacific region have turned their eyes to the China-backed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). The region...

3 May 2017

New Asia-Pacific trade agreement lacks protections for one-sixth of world’s forests

News / Carbon & Climate

Indonesia pledges to protect peatlands to fight climate change, haze

...carbon in the form of organic matter, which accumulates over hundreds of years and provides nutrients for plant growth. When peatlands are drained or cleared by fire to make way for plantations, the c...

6 Dec 2016

Indonesia pledges to protect peatlands to fight climate change, haze

News / Carbon & Climate

What is the environmental footprint of your pet's diet?

Based on a poll conducted last year by the Baltimore, Maryland-based Vegetarian Resource Group, an estimated eight million adults in the United States identify as vegetarian. That’s 3.3 per cent of th...

21 Aug 2017

What is the environmental footprint of your pet's diet?

News / Carbon & Climate

Debate over fossil fuel lobby heats up at UN climate talks

...carbon economy. Suckling added: "Business is driving the technology and investment in the transformation in a fundamental and significant way, including some of the companies that were being alluded t...

18 May 2017

Debate over fossil fuel lobby heats up at UN climate talks

Mother and child in the Thar desert, India

News / Carbon & Climate

Drylands face a 4 °C warming under Paris Agreement’s goal

...carbon dioxide may have a positive impact on crop yields.” This piece was produced by SciDev.Net’s Asia & Pacific desk. This article was originally published on SciDev.Net. Read the original artic...

3 May 2017

Drylands face a 4 °C warming under Paris Agreement’s goal

Dr Zhaotan Xiao from RWDC Industries pitching biodegradable bioplastic straws at The Liveability Challenge Finale

News / Waste

Biodegradable straws win at The Liveability Challenge 2018

...carbon dioxide before a panel of judges and a 250-strong audience of investors and sustainability professionals at Marina Bay Sands. The technology behind it—manufacturing a biodegradable material ca...

13 Jul 2018

Biodegradable straws win at The Liveability Challenge 2018

Workers load a truck with palm fruit at a palm oil plantaion in Nagan raya, Aceh province, Indonesia

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Smallholder farmers are key to making the palm oil industry sustainable

Indonesia’s palm oil has long earned the ire of conscious consumers—its production has been linked to child and forced labour, massive deforestation and the demise of iconic species like orangutans. M...

30 Mar 2018

Smallholder farmers are key to making the palm oil industry sustainable

News / Energy

Solar panels have been benefitting the climate ‘since 2011’

...carbon-intensive grid. To take this into account, the researchers used the average carbon intensity of the grid in producing countries to measure emissions, and the average of all grids to measure th...

8 Dec 2016

Solar panels have been benefitting the climate ‘since 2011’

Opinion / Manufacturing

Under the sea, there’s a new unnecessary frontier of natural exploitation

Over the last two weeks, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) has been in discussions in Jamaica. Its mission is to work towards the finalisation of exploitation regulations, a so-called mining co...

30 Mar 2018

Under the sea, there’s a new unnecessary frontier of natural exploitation

Press Releases / SETA

Registration open for Sustainable Energy Technology Asia 2018

...carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to 450 parts per million, an investment of US$8.3 trillion in energy efficiency measures will be required by 2030. Asia holds much potential for investments in energy ...

29 Jan 2018

Registration open for Sustainable Energy Technology Asia 2018

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