Eco-Business

Sort by

Relevance Date

Showing results 9821–9840 of 10000

News / Energy

UK set to miss renewable energy targets, warn MPs

...Carbon Brief: “One of the main conclusions of our analysis is that electric heat pumps look like a very expensive way to decarbonise domestic heating. We have identified alternatives which we think ca...

9 Sep 2016

UK set to miss renewable energy targets, warn MPs

News / Cities

Burundi leads the world in renewable energy use — and other fascinating facts about population, environment and energy

...carbon emissions, access to electricity and use of renewable energy. Annual carbon emissions increased 60 per cent globally between 1992 and 2013, with individual country changes ranging from a 280 p...

7 Dec 2016

Burundi leads the world in renewable energy use — and other fascinating facts about population, environment and energy

News / Carbon & Climate

Deforestation-free commodities represent a major investment opportunity: Report

...carbon emissions, due to the production of just four commodities in seven countries. The production of these commodities in the tropical forest regions of Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Sub-Sahara...

2 Feb 2017

Deforestation-free commodities represent a major investment opportunity: Report

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Where should we invest to keep hunger at bay?

This year’s World Food Day has the theme “Change the future of migration. Invest in food security and rural development.” Focusing on the food security-migration nexus is timely and warranted. It’s ti...

17 Oct 2017

Where should we invest to keep hunger at bay?

News / Policy & Finance

The top 5 policy & finance stories in 2016

...carbon reduction targets. But progress was slow and achievements were minimal. Delegates could not agree on how to finance climate mitigation for poorer countries. Specifically, they were unable to ag...

22 Dec 2016

The top 5 policy & finance stories in 2016

News / Carbon & Climate

Solutions to drive the green economy

...carbon technologies, such as solar, wind, biofuels and hydrogen, and adopting carbon pricing, which puts a price on carbon emissions. Mark Gainsborough, executive vice president of New Energies at She...

27 Jul 2016

Solutions to drive the green economy

Videos / Carbon & Climate

Amid rising temperatures, UN agency launches video ‘forecasts’ on impact of climate change

In a year already marked by heatwaves and new daily temperature records, the United Nations weather agency and television weather anchors have joined forces to create video forecasts that explore how ...

6 Jul 2017

Amid rising temperatures, UN agency launches video ‘forecasts’ on impact of climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change is turning Antarctic green

Antarctica is getting greener. British biologists have documented a four-fold or even five-fold increase in plant growth on the Antarctic Peninsula. They identify the sudden burgeoning of green things...

29 May 2017

Climate change is turning Antarctic green

News / Policy & Finance

How happiness impacts forestry (and vice versa) in Bhutan

In the country of Bhutan, a small Buddhist kingdom in the Himalayas, it is often the middle road that is chosen. There’s the middle path of the country’s religion and its emphasis on spiritual balance...

11 Jan 2018

How happiness impacts forestry (and vice versa) in Bhutan

News / Carbon & Climate

Three-year cut to life expectancy from coal heating

Each year, the winter chill creates a rift between China’s north and south based on radically different policies when it comes to heating, and with consequences for air pollution and life expectancy.I...

14 Dec 2017

Three-year cut to life expectancy from coal heating

News / Food & Agriculture

Debate follows British supermarket chain’s decision to ban palm oil

...carbon emissions and biodiversity loss. Rather than avoid palm, these groups believe that retailers and consumers would have greater impact if they supported producers who are doing things sustainably...

14 May 2018

Debate follows British supermarket chain’s decision to ban palm oil

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate warming linked to India’s ‘suicide epidemic’

Warming due to climate change may have caused some 59,000 suicides over the last three decades in India, says a new study which statistically links temperature spikes to crop failures and farmer distr...

10 Aug 2017

Climate warming linked to India’s ‘suicide epidemic’

News / Transport

Infographic: What do Euro 6 emissions standards mean for you?

Air pollution is a silent killer that claims millions of lives globally. The World Health Organisation reported that 1.7 million children under the age of five die each year from polluted environments...

18 Apr 2017

Infographic: What do Euro 6 emissions standards mean for you?

Videos / Policy & Finance

Seizing the economic prize of the SDGs

Multi-trillion dollar revenues, new consumer markets, and the chance to help shape a better world: These are the opportunities that business can unlock by delivering on the Sustainable Developent Goal...

5 Jul 2017

Seizing the economic prize of the SDGs

News / Carbon & Climate

South Asia needs a plan to address climate-induced migration

Natural disasters – such as this year’s heavy rains, floods and cyclones in India, Bangladesh and Myanmar – have become a talking point at COP23, indicating how such extreme events will increase in a ...

14 Nov 2017

South Asia needs a plan to address climate-induced migration

what does it take to phase out fossil fuels?

Opinion / Energy

The myth of a fossil fuel phase-out

...carbon reserves were even more limited, and largely confined to the Middle East. Rapid advances in technology, particularly in the field of exploration and the ability to extract hydrocarbons in new ...

13 Dec 2017

The myth of a fossil fuel phase-out

Videos / Carbon & Climate

In pictures: Confronting climate change

...carbon neutral by 2025. He says cities are obligated to act to mitigate climate change. Jessica learns how Denmark mastered wind energy and now exports its know-how to the world. Danish urban plan...

2 Mar 2017

In pictures: Confronting climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

Humans cause growing heat wave danger

With meticulous attention to clinical detail, US climate scientists have identified 27 different ways to die during a heat wave. And a second study, from Australia, confirms once again that human-indu...

13 Nov 2017

Humans cause growing heat wave danger

News / Policy & Finance

IUCN, other global NGOs, UN likely to see major budget cuts under Trump

Donald Trump’s 2018 budget remains in limbo – the U.S. Congress has now kicked a budget vote down the road four times, moving it from September 2017, passed two missed December dates, and now to 19 Ja...

9 Jan 2018

IUCN, other global NGOs, UN likely to see major budget cuts under Trump

News / Waste

Despite state-level bans, plastic bags still suffocate India's cities

Half of India's states and union territories have introduced a blanket ban on plastic bags, and yet many shoppers remain wedded to the flimsy carrier bags while plastic waste still litters the streets...

2 Mar 2018

Despite state-level bans, plastic bags still suffocate India's cities

Page 492

News / Energy

News / Cities

News / Carbon & Climate

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

News / Policy & Finance

News / Carbon & Climate

Videos / Carbon & Climate

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Policy & Finance

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Food & Agriculture

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Transport

Videos / Policy & Finance

News / Carbon & Climate

Opinion / Energy

Videos / Carbon & Climate

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Policy & Finance

News / Waste

Most popular

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Water

News / Corporate Responsibility

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Policy & Finance

News / Policy & Finance

Transforming Innovation for Sustainability Join the Ecosystem →

Receive the latest insights daily or weekly.