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Pandemic pushes world's biggest jobs programme to brink in rural India

...tre for Employment Studies at research organisation Institute for Human Development. The rural development ministry did not respond to repeated requests for comment, but officials of five states that ...

11 Sep 2020

Pandemic pushes world's biggest jobs programme to brink in rural India

News / Policy & Finance

Covid-19: Should Biden help vaccinate the world?

...ty bioethicist and vaccine policy expert. "The harder questions are the 'how questions.' That's when things start to get more complex." Fundraising The easiest way for the United States to contribute...

27 Apr 2021

Covid-19: Should Biden help vaccinate the world?

News / Energy

A game-changer? G7 climate pledge could shift Asia's coal policy

...tions said they supported "a green revolution" and committed to stop by the end of 2021 new overseas funding for coal-fired plants that are not fitted with technology to reduce their planet-warming ca...

15 Jun 2021

A game-changer? G7 climate pledge could shift Asia's coal policy

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News / Waste

Are big brands failing in their commitments to use recycled plastic?

...t the sort of used plastic they're prepared to buy, he noted. "The companies in the market for recycled plastic are fighting over PET [polyethylene terephthalate] bottles. But the problem is that the...

30 Oct 2020

Are big brands failing in their commitments to use recycled plastic?

Nayong Pilipino Foundation Covid vaccine facility

News / Cities

Manila’s mega Covid-19 vaccination site is a threat to urban forest and access to vaccines, activists say

...t construction has not started amid a standoff between the NPF and the taskforce. The NPF, an autonomous government corporation that sits under the department of tourism, stated on 6 May that the bui...

17 May 2021

Manila’s mega Covid-19 vaccination site is a threat to urban forest and access to vaccines, activists say

News / Energy

Coronavirus crisis threatens to cut off clean electricity lifeline for poor

...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...

21 Apr 2020

Coronavirus crisis threatens to cut off clean electricity lifeline for poor

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Podcasts / Policy & Finance

Green finance: Will banks tell us how they spend our money?

...their customers' money to make investments in funds linked to issues such as climate change, deforestation and human rights abuses—and they do not inform their customers that they're doing so. While s...

21 Aug 2020

Green finance: Will banks tell us how they spend our money?

News / Energy

Here's how you can track your carbon footprint and help keep emissions low

...than four times the target to maintain a sustainable footprint. To put this figure into context, more than 400 rain trees are required to absorb this impact on the environment. The carbon footprint c...

5 May 2020

Here's how you can track your carbon footprint and help keep emissions low

A woman of the Dayak Iban tribe in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

News / Carbon & Climate

'Expertise' on climate crisis dominated by West, too few Asian and African voices, say just transition activists

...tart telling them what to do to save them. Firstly, these communities may not want to lead the same lives as you," she said. "They have their own ways of life that they are true to. We must learn to r...

12 Apr 2021

'Expertise' on climate crisis dominated by West, too few Asian and African voices, say just transition activists

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 / Policy & Finance

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 / 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

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?

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 / 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 / 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

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

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