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News / Carbon & Climate

Climate talks are stuck in the slow lane to Paris

...climate finance, and emissions cuts. Back in 2010, the world agreed on building up a Green Climate Fund to help developing nations to tackle the impacts of climate change. The developed nations promis...

8 Sep 2015

Climate talks are stuck in the slow lane to Paris

News / Policy & Finance

Climate cash flow to poorer nations is still too slow

..., the head of the IMF, told delegates that urgent action is needed to combat global warming. “If we collectively chicken out of this, we’ll all turn into chickens and we’ll all be fried, grilled, toas...

13 Oct 2015

Climate cash flow to poorer nations is still too slow

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Environmental funding after COP 21

...climate justice, both in the South and North, to build solid local campaigns and strengthen in particular the leadership of women, indigenous peoples and youth in the climate movement. There is, howev...

11 Feb 2016

Environmental funding after COP 21

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Why women are the architects of our sustainable future

..., and the trend shows that more and more women are establishing viable, scalable, affordable solutions which disrupt business models, straddle sectors and needs, turn risks into opportunities, and con...

8 Mar 2016

Why women are the architects of our sustainable future

News / Cities

Green cities: What Australia can learn from Asia

..., so growth will have to squeeze into its existing 12,000 kilometres of space, he added. "The good news is, this is a lot of land," said Stokes. Japan's greater Tokyo region, in comparison, is about t...

28 Mar 2016

Green cities: What Australia can learn from Asia

News / Transport

Ford revealed as funder of climate denial group ALEC

..., revealing the extensive agenda of the corporate lobbying group, more than 100 corporations have left ALEC, including BP, Occidental, Yahoo, Visa, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Walmart, and McDonalds. In Sep...

11 Nov 2015

Ford revealed as funder of climate denial group ALEC

News / Water

India underscores vital links between climate, water, Himalayas

..., capacity building, long-term ecological monitoring and so on. Sandeep Chachra, head of ActionAid India, said, “India has also rightly put the focus back on the need to adapt to climate impacts. Farm...

12 Oct 2015

India underscores vital links between climate, water, Himalayas

News / Carbon & Climate

Paris agreement marks "turning point" in history

..., with further efforts to limit it below 1.5 deg C, a financing mechanism that will raise at least US$100 billion a year to help developing countries tackle climate change, and review and monitoring p...

13 Dec 2015

Paris agreement marks "turning point" in history

News / Food & Agriculture

Development or destruction? An inside look at APP's mega paper mill

..., Wetlands International, Rainforest Action Network, Hutan Kita Institute, Forest Peoples Program and Woods & Wayside International, claims in a report, titled Will Asia Pulp & Paper default o...

14 Nov 2017

Development or destruction? An inside look at APP's mega paper mill

News / Energy

Renewables in future energy mix heavily underestimated: new report

..., for example, sees global GDP grow at 3.1 per cent; a difference that, once again, would lead to a much lower energy demand. Moreover, last year pollutant emissions and economic growth started to dec...

27 Oct 2015

Renewables in future energy mix heavily underestimated: new report

News / Green Buildings

Meet the new face behind the global green building push

..., and in implementing these networks, we observed that the actions taken by the cities involved were bolder, more impactful, faster, and more resource-efficient if they worked together. At WGBC, I wil...

11 Aug 2015

Meet the new face behind the global green building push

News / Carbon & Climate

World mayors warn of threats to mankind, commit to UN development goals

..., the unmet needs of the extreme poor and the extremely vulnerable, and a natural environment being hit by more frequent and intense heat waves, droughts, floods, rising sea levels, and other climate-...

23 Jul 2015

World mayors warn of threats to mankind, commit to UN development goals

News / Corporate Responsibility

IKEA steps up climate action with €1 billion pledge

...climate change. The announcement comes as governments met in Bonn, Germany, to negotiate a global climate change agreement – due at the end of the year at the United Nations climate change meeting in ...

15 Jun 2015

IKEA steps up climate action with €1 billion pledge

News / Policy & Finance

China pledges US$3.1bn of climate finance

...,” said Liz Gallagher of climate consultancy E3G. China's commitment on climate finance, which matches a similar-sized pledge from the US last year, was viewed as particularly helpful to UN climate t...

28 Sep 2015

China pledges US$3.1bn of climate finance

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Asean’s big coal problem

..., while encouraging technological progress and therefore improving the region’s competitiveness,” Low added. Many Asean countries such as Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, and the Philippines incl...

19 Nov 2015

Asean’s big coal problem

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Australia should back calls to end coal and save its drowning neighbours

..., along with every other maritime region, faces rising seas driven by oceans expanding as they warm, and by melting ice sheets and glaciers. Ahead of the Paris climate conference, which begins on Nove...

25 Nov 2015

Australia should back calls to end coal and save its drowning neighbours

News / Corporate Responsibility

Kwek Leng Joo: Singapore’s CSR pioneer

..., aged 62, he died of a sudden heart attack in his sleep, leaving the local community stunned from the loss. He is survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter-in-law and two grandchildren. Singapore'...

18 Nov 2015

Kwek Leng Joo: Singapore’s CSR pioneer

A peat forest stands naked 18 months after it was burnt to clear land. The forest is located in the concession of Golden Agri Resources, and was set aside for conservation. GAR plans to restore the forest, which will take 25-30 years. Image: Eco-Business

News / Food & Agriculture

How a palm oil company is fighting slash and burn culture

..., around 10,000 seedlings are planted, which costs around US$6,000 for the seedlings alone. Including labour and transportation, to restore a single hectare “properly” may cost around US$10,000, expla...

11 Apr 2017

How a palm oil company is fighting slash and burn culture

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The Paris paradox

..., which keeps resources in use for as long as possible. Companies such as Ikea, Google, Microsoft, under a global RE100 initiative, have committed to use 100 per cent renewable electricity, propelling...

9 Dec 2015

The Paris paradox

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Bonn climate talks outpaced by progress outside the negotiations

..., demonstrating their intent to tackle climate change and build low-carbon and resilient economies. “ Inside the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations in Bonn, however, th...

16 Jun 2015

Bonn climate talks outpaced by progress outside the negotiations