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Government unhappy, but Pakistan to stay with coal

Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Imran Khan gave his maiden speech to the nation on August 19. Not once did he mention words like load shedding, power shortfall or outages. Ironically, just two nights be...

28 Aug 2018

Government unhappy, but Pakistan to stay with coal

Loose palm oil fruit on the estate of PT AMNL, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

News / Food & Agriculture

Europe's palm oil ban has no basis, says Sinar Mas boss Franky Widjaja

Europe's proposed ban on palm oil for biofuels is unwarranted, and threatens the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers in Indonesia and Malaysia, one of the biggest names in Southeast Asia's ...

28 Feb 2018

Europe's palm oil ban has no basis, says Sinar Mas boss Franky Widjaja

News / Energy

Coal-reliant Philippines struggles to power up clean energy

For Nestor Castro and the other residents of Lamao village, which sits near two coal-fired power plants and an oil refinery, the country's shift to renewable energy cannot come soon enough. Not only w...

21 May 2018

Coal-reliant Philippines struggles to power up clean energy

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Putting carbon back in the land is just a smokescreen for real climate action: Climate Council report

...carbon Land carbon is part of the active carbon cycle at the Earth’s surface. Carbon is continually exchanging between the land, ocean and atmosphere, primarily as carbon dioxide. In contrast, carbon ...

3 Oct 2016

Putting carbon back in the land is just a smokescreen for real climate action: Climate Council report

An Obike bicycle is left by a busy walkway near Kent Ridge train station in Singapore. The explosion in use of smart bike-sharing schemes has concerned Singapore's tidiness-conscious government. Image: Eco-Business

News / Lifestyle

Mobike in regulation talks in Singapore as bike dumping worsens

...carbon dioxide emissions, according to data from World Wide Fund for Nature.

7 Jul 2017

Mobike in regulation talks in Singapore as bike dumping worsens

The Bo-Kaap neighborhood of Cape Town by David Stanley

Opinion / Water

Water crises are hitting our economies: Time to hit back with natural infrastructure

With rapidly dwindling water supplies, Cape Town is making headlines as a city in the throes of a crisis. Residents, already experiencing impacts on their businesses and lives, are bracing for the wor...

26 Feb 2018

Water crises are hitting our economies: Time to hit back with natural infrastructure

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Rebuilding the world's forests

...carbon dioxide as they grow, making them vital tools for absorbing the greenhouse-gas emissions – from cars, factories, power stations, and livestock – that result in climate change. If we continue to...

22 Mar 2017

Rebuilding the world's forests

Videos / Carbon & Climate

‘Trees on steroids’: Issam Dairanieh on turning CO2 into products

...Carbon Brief spoke to Dr Issam Dairanieh, the company’s CEO, about his idea to tackle climate change through CO2 reuse. He explained what carbon capture and usage is, and how it could play a role in f...

18 Oct 2016

‘Trees on steroids’: Issam Dairanieh on turning CO2 into products

News / Corporate Responsibility

At Davos, bosses paint climate change as an opportunity

...carbonise the world's economy at a pace that cannot wait for the great inventions that might otherwise occur over a century," he said, adding they need to occur "over a decade or so". Although technol...

26 Jan 2018

At Davos, bosses paint climate change as an opportunity

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Is your business fit for tomorrow’s markets? How to do the math

...carbon footprints than traditional gasoline vehicles are beginning to penetrate the market. But they—by themselves—are not going to meet demand for sustainable mobility in 2030. The auto industry of t...

17 Aug 2017

Is your business fit for tomorrow’s markets? How to do the math

Government-installed solar panels on Sumba Island Indonesia

Opinion / Policy & Finance

2017: What next for green finance?

...carbon footprint data, and then providing social media and carbon offset incentives to encourage carbon-light living. There is no doubt that considerable uncertainty clouds the year ahead. But one thi...

27 Jan 2017

2017: What next for green finance?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Getting the jump on a White House weasel

...carbon productivity”. The idea is that instead of viewing carbon as a demonic substance, we should think more carefully how to use this extraordinary element to the best effect. “ Today’s populists m...

14 Feb 2017

Getting the jump on a White House weasel

News / Food & Agriculture

In Kenya, struggling potato growers ink a new deal

Sitting on a rickety bench at his home in Kipipiri, in central Kenya, Samuel Macharia pulls a piece of paper from his pocket and proudly points to the signature at the bottom. "This paper means I get ...

9 Jan 2018

In Kenya, struggling potato growers ink a new deal

News / Food & Agriculture

Investors warned against 'financial food poisoning' of Asia’s factory farms

...carbon-intensive meat - chicken - generates 65 times more emissions per calorie than legumes. Regulators are starting to eye the polluting effects of the meat industry, for instance in New Zealand - ...

16 Aug 2017

Investors warned against 'financial food poisoning' of Asia’s factory farms

Spectators on the floating platform at Marina Bay are cooled by 'recycled' cold air from a district cooling system. Image: SP Group

News / Carbon & Climate

3 firms winning in Singapore's sustainable business space

...carbon emitter per capita. But that is changing, and a Norwegian firm named REC Solar is primed to take advantage of the trend towards clean energy. Installled solar capacity in Singapore has almost q...

8 Aug 2017

3 firms winning in Singapore's sustainable business space

News / Transport

Bike-sharing schemes: Flourishing or running riot?

...carbon travel option. In April, Mobike, known for its red livery and the first of the new bike-sharing schemes, worked with the Tsinghua Urban Planning and Design Institute to produce the first report...

12 Jun 2017

Bike-sharing schemes: Flourishing or running riot?

News / Carbon & Climate

Coral reef survival hinges on ‘urgent and rapid’ emissions cuts

...Carbon Brief: “The 2016 mass bleaching event was so severe that the protection status, water quality, and even previous bleaching events did not prevent corals from bleaching.” This means that the sec...

17 Mar 2017

Coral reef survival hinges on ‘urgent and rapid’ emissions cuts

News / Waste

We know the wrong way to deal with e-waste. But what should we do instead?

Rajesh was just 10 years old when we met. His days were spent standing on tiptoe to dunk computer circuit boards into big vats of hot acid. He had gloves but no goggles, and the acid splashed his shir...

23 Aug 2018

We know the wrong way to deal with e-waste. But what should we do instead?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Mother nature vs climate change

...carbon as all forests combined. Peatland soils are composed of carbon – in the form of decomposed plant material – that has accumulated for thousands of years; and when peatlands are drained or burned...

17 Nov 2016

Mother nature vs climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

India eyes unexploited coal reserves in Indonesian Papua

As it seeks to diversify its sources of fuel, India is looking to get in on the ground floor of coal mining in previously unexploited deposits in Indonesian Papua. In exchange for technical support an...

12 Jun 2018

India eyes unexploited coal reserves in Indonesian Papua

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