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Explainer: biodiversity offsets and putting a price-tag on nature

...t on the activities that cause adverse impacts to natural habitats. The offsets are based on the premise that impacts from development can be compensated – on the provision that sufficient habitat can...

2 Jun 2021

Explainer: biodiversity offsets and putting a price-tag on nature

News / Cities

Trees alone can't win fight against soaring heat, cities warned

...ties from extreme heat draw less attention, she added. "If there's flooding and people die, it's immediately in the news. But if they die due to extreme heat it's harder to get attention - people thin...

13 Feb 2020

Trees alone can't win fight against soaring heat, cities warned

News / Carbon & Climate

Students for sustainability... Monash University Malaysia's Janak Preet Kaur

...t we still rely on them. The best way to change these companies is to join them and change them yourself. What sort of training do you think is most important on a first job? It is important to get to...

29 May 2020

Students for sustainability... Monash University Malaysia's Janak Preet Kaur

News / Corporate Responsibility

16 sustainability buzzwords of 2020

...ted city planners to think about how to redesign cities to protect the health of residents and support "sanitary lifestyles". In the Italian town of Vicchio, squares were painted in the town centre to...

21 Dec 2020

16 sustainability buzzwords of 2020

Opinion / Policy & Finance

ESG investing today is somewhere between a joke and a scam. We need to act, fast

...tation impact and many other environmental factors. That would then show that most, if not all companies are publishing wrong numbers: balance sheets and income statements with material misstatements ...

4 Apr 2021

ESG investing today is somewhere between a joke and a scam. We need to act, fast

News / Policy & Finance

What poverty looks like on your plate

...tty optimistic way. But trom 2015, we started seeing breakouts of political instability, across the Middle East, the protests on Wall Street, and the yellow vest movement [which started in France in 2...

27 Oct 2021

What poverty looks like on your plate

News / Corporate Responsibility

Explainer: Who will foot the bill to protect nature?

...thrust into the spotlight the links between the health of the planet's natural systems, animals and people. This has encouraged a rethink about how humans treat the environment, with the aim to stop d...

25 May 2021

Explainer: Who will foot the bill to protect nature?

News / Food & Agriculture

Nobody seems to care about fish welfare — here's why we should

...ts them to start using numbers of individual fish rather than tonnage to inform trade quantities. Using weight rather than population number implies that they exist as stock to be harvested rather tha...

3 Aug 2021

Nobody seems to care about fish welfare — here's why we should

News / Carbon & Climate

Online classes, video meetings: Can coronavirus spur low-carbon habits?

...te Institute, which supports action to address climate change. "But now with coronavirus, they can't do that, so they are learning to work at home - and they might continue doing it. It might lead to ...

16 Mar 2020

Online classes, video meetings: Can coronavirus spur low-carbon habits?

Press Releases / British Embassy Manila

Race to Zero: Philippine business leaders commit to accelerating climate action

...the UK, we have found that committing to net zero is an important first step, but that it needs to be followed up with robust and transparent strategies for achieving this goal. Only by setting out cl...

2 Feb 2021

Race to Zero: Philippine business leaders commit to accelerating climate action

News / Energy

Philippines to build first offshore wind farm: What lessons can it learn from Asian neighbours?

...ting wind, turbines fixed to tethered structures that float, to meet its soaring energy demand and reach its climate targets. The country's department of energy estimates that an additional 43.7GW of ...

30 Mar 2021

Philippines to build first offshore wind farm: What lessons can it learn from Asian neighbours?

Solar panels in a rural area in Rohertek, Bangladesh

News / Energy

Bangladeshi solar-sharing start-up aims to cut power waste

...ted with other SOLshare users, allowing those who need more power to buy it and cutting waste. "If someone puts the device on automode it will automatically start selling energy once its (battery is) ...

3 Jul 2020

Bangladeshi solar-sharing start-up aims to cut power waste

News / Carbon & Climate

Scarce carbon storage threatens net-zero push as emissions keep rising

...tructure fund and aims to drive creation of new industrial hubs with CCS attached. The United States in turn has agreed to provide key tax credits for CCS technology to attract more investment. But fi...

5 Jul 2021

Scarce carbon storage threatens net-zero push as emissions keep rising

News / Carbon & Climate

Surviving Covid-19 and climate change: women on the frontline

...tment of Justice's Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) to develop a new system that reliably monitors trafficking data in the Philippines. The system, known as the ProtectPortal Anti-Traf...

7 Mar 2022

Surviving Covid-19 and climate change: women on the frontline

Martyn Tickner, Alliance to End Plastic Waste. Image: supplied

News / Waste

From plastic producer to pollution fighter: Martyn Tickner on the dilemma facing the war on waste

...t luxury and convenience at low cost, but now they don't want the environmental impact. But those things don’t all go together. Something’s got to give. People say that plastic is not sustainable. But...

20 May 2020

From plastic producer to pollution fighter: Martyn Tickner on the dilemma facing the war on waste

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News / Policy & Finance

Will Covid-19 inspire young women to become social entrepreneurs?

...Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, climate change, resilience, women’s rights, trafficking and property rights. Visit http://news.trust.o...

17 Mar 2021

Will Covid-19 inspire young women to become social entrepreneurs?

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Agriculture doesn't have to be the villain: regenerative farming can save our soils

...t secure that future unless we invest in the health of our soil. We know what needs to be done. It's up to us to accelerate this transformation. Together, we can generate the energy and creativity to ...

4 Dec 2020

Agriculture doesn't have to be the villain: regenerative farming can save our soils

Australian brands are doing what their government isn’t: addressing climate anxieties

News / Lifestyle

Australian consumers care more about environmental than social issues — and will pay more for green brands

...to vote and participate in politics. “Part of the reason that younger people don’t have much power is that they just don’t choose to get involved in the issues that matter, and they’re not giving them...

16 Mar 2021

Australian consumers care more about environmental than social issues — and will pay more for green brands

Plastic water bottles await collection for recycling in Africa.

News / Waste

What's wrong with plastic credit and offset schemes?

...tic footprint calculator, but carbon impacts are not integrated into the calculator, the study notes. "If recycled plastic replaces virgin plastic, that has a direct climate benefit. But most programm...

16 Feb 2021

What's wrong with plastic credit and offset schemes?

News / Policy & Finance

Students for sustainability… Stanford University’s Audrey Pe

...that women in the sector were paid up to 22 per cent less than their male counterparts and that in the Philippines, only 18 per cent of women were start-up founders. Instead of getting disheartened, t...

1 Jul 2020

Students for sustainability… Stanford University’s Audrey Pe

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