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Green finance? Why global banks are pledging billions to fight climate change

...carbon-intensive sectors. Simon Wilde, Research Fellow, Imperial College Business School, and Doctoral Researcher, University of Bath. This article was originally published on The Conversation.

13 Nov 2017

Green finance? Why global banks are pledging billions to fight climate change

Eden Project in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

News / Green Buildings

For more liveable cities, take a leaf out of nature's book

The Eden Project conservatory in Cornwall, England is known for its diverse collection of plant species from various climates as well as its distinctive architecture. Less known is the fact that inspi...

14 Sep 2017

For more liveable cities, take a leaf out of nature's book

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesia study disputes UN data on peat fire emissions

...carbon emissions would be 19 per cent less than previously stated,” he says, adding it would be crucial to correct the country’s status as the world’s third largest carbon emitter because of forest an...

25 Jul 2016

Indonesia study disputes UN data on peat fire emissions

News / Carbon & Climate

With colour-coded warnings, Indian city gets serious about dirty air

A plan to combat extreme heat in India's Ahmedabad city has been so effective in raising awareness and bringing down fatalities that city officials are rolling out a similar programme to fight another...

10 Jul 2017

With colour-coded warnings, Indian city gets serious about dirty air

tearing forests in tanjung puting national park borneo

News / Food & Agriculture

Palm oil giant FGV: We will ‘endeavor to rehabilitate’ peatlands in Borneo

...carbon-rich environments, creating space for its oil palm plantations. In doing so, FGV violated not only its own green pledge, but also its obligations as a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Pa...

14 Sep 2017

Palm oil giant FGV: We will ‘endeavor to rehabilitate’ peatlands in Borneo

News / Energy

Cheers to the world’s first zero-carbon beer

...carbon brewery. Owned and operated by the Heineken Group, the world’s third-largest beer maker, the Gösser Brewery relaunched as a zero-carbon facility in June. The brewery produces 1.4 million bottle...

18 Aug 2016

Cheers to the world’s first zero-carbon beer

News / Lifestyle

Ditch metal and plastic and turn to wood to save the planet, says U.N.

...carbon emissions, according to a U.N. agency. Furniture, floors and doors made out of wood require less energy to produce than aluminium or plastic, and on top of that wood continues to store carbon f...

25 Jul 2016

Ditch metal and plastic and turn to wood to save the planet, says U.N.

News / Carbon & Climate

Voluntary carbon markets show steady growth as Paris reframes climate action

...carbon-neutral, putting individual, high-profile events at the forefront of voluntary carbon finance. “This is a time of flux for voluntary carbon finance – an interim period as companies and governme...

31 May 2016

Voluntary carbon markets show steady growth as Paris reframes climate action

Flood encroaches upon communities in Mumbai India

News / Carbon & Climate

Rethink needed on Paris emissions targets

...carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and because land temperatures in all climate forecasts turn out to be higher than those over the oceans. For most of human history, carbon dioxide levels in the atm...

17 Aug 2016

Rethink needed on Paris emissions targets

News / Food & Agriculture

NGOs dismiss IndoAgri sustainability policy as "corporate window dressing"

...Carbon Stock Approach—which in the past few months has become the industry norm for deforestation-free plantation development—and obtaining independent, third-party verification that the company and i...

22 Feb 2017

NGOs dismiss IndoAgri sustainability policy as "corporate window dressing"

News / Carbon & Climate

The US$1 trillion cost of cleaning up China’s cities

...carbon cities, part of a bilateral initiative announced last year by mayors and municipalities to meet carbon targets, including at least 20 urban areas in China. The research focuses on how green l...

14 Jun 2016

The US$1 trillion cost of cleaning up China’s cities

News / Carbon & Climate

Mined-out cities: the true cost of coal

Editor's note: This is part one of a two-part photo series looking at the impact of the coal industry in rural China by photographer Stam Lee. Many Chinese cities were founded on coal but are now bei...

15 Dec 2016

Mined-out cities: the true cost of coal

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Pushing GMS food up the value chain

...carbon from the atmosphere. Agribusiness companies that are linked to smallholders are also becoming better at reaching out to regional and global markets. Connectivity to international markets expand...

4 Jan 2018

Pushing GMS food up the value chain

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

China's fight against desertification should not be done at the cost of water security

For the first time, China has hosted a major global event on desertification and land degradation, the Cop-13, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. The event took place in Ordos, in In...

12 Oct 2017

China's fight against desertification should not be done at the cost of water security

News / Carbon & Climate

Setting the bar for sustainability in hospitality

...carbon emissions and water and energy consumption. Greenview embarked on this project in conjunction with Cornell in 2010. Although there have been other attempts to establish carbon benchmarking fo...

4 Aug 2016

Setting the bar for sustainability in hospitality

Protester lie outside the Asian launch of the Bonn Challenge, calling on the organisation not to be used to mask the "corporate crime' of pulp and paper companies that are threatening the environmental and livelihoods in South Sumatra: Image: Hutan Kita Institute

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesian protesters dismiss Bonn Challenge as mask for APP's 'corporate crimes'

...carbon-rich peatland, and claimed that the company was trying to rush through a new deal with FSC to gain accreditation for its products.

11 May 2017

Indonesian protesters dismiss Bonn Challenge as mask for APP's 'corporate crimes'

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

How the coffee industry is about to get roasted by climate change

Fall is always a good time to create new habits, and coffee chains know it. These days, they are desperately trying to find any excuse to get you to drink their java. Many chains used National or Inte...

11 Oct 2017

How the coffee industry is about to get roasted by climate change

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Some agricultural sectors can't just adapt to climate change—they must transform

Growing impacts of a changing climate could dramatically alter the way people support themselves: certain crops may no longer suitable in warmer conditions; water may become scarce due to increased dr...

9 Nov 2017

Some agricultural sectors can't just adapt to climate change—they must transform

News / Energy

Sticking to lower 1.5C warming limit would protect world economy - UN

...carbon emissions to zero by 2050, and a rapid transition to 100 per cent renewable energy in the power sector, said the study. If that transition happens, it would create 68 per cent more energy-relat...

17 Nov 2016

Sticking to lower 1.5C warming limit would protect world economy - UN

News / Carbon & Climate

Samba drums up opposition to factory farming

...carbon footprint of food waste. Agro-ecological production The solution, GRAIN argues, is to stop supporting the production and consumption of cheap industrial meat and dairy and instead to support sm...

17 Feb 2017

Samba drums up opposition to factory farming

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