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Paris climate deal must signal end to carbon economy: experts

..., businesses, activists and citizens find innovative ways to make that shift happen, experts told a Paris meeting of climate scientists. "Paris will not solve all, of course," said Laurence Tubiana, F...

13 Jul 2015

Paris climate deal must signal end to carbon economy: experts

News / Policy & Finance

Addis: 'Historic' agreement reached on financing for new UN sustainable development agenda

..., the Addis Ababa Action Agenda contains more than 100 concrete measures, addressing all sources of finance, and covering cooperation on a range of issues including technology, science, innovation, tr...

16 Jul 2015

Addis: 'Historic' agreement reached on financing for new UN sustainable development agenda

News / Food & Agriculture

Cutting warming to 1.5°C could put food supply at risk

..., the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany, and colleagues. They report their findings in the journal Nature Climate Change. Similar actions Not surprisingly, the answer includ...

25 May 2015

Cutting warming to 1.5°C could put food supply at risk

News / Corporate Responsibility

CDL: How sustainability adds value to business growth

..., with 195 nations coming to a historic agreement to combat climate change and unleash actions and investment towards a low carbon, resilient and sustainable future. However, it remains to be seen how...

11 Mar 2016

CDL: How sustainability adds value to business growth

News / Green Buildings

Green buildings, sustainable cities

..., noted that already, about 98 per cent of cities in the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group are experiencing climate disasters today such as increasing floods, heatwaves, droughts, which are all putt...

4 Sep 2015

Green buildings, sustainable cities

News / Corporate Responsibility

How insetting is helping AccorHotels win over guests and locals

..., the French multinational runs over 3,800 hotels in 92 countries. It sustains about 880,000 jobs worldwide, including 700,000 indirect jobs in sectors such as laundry, agriculture, healthcare, and tr...

14 Mar 2016

How insetting is helping AccorHotels win over guests and locals

brick kiln worker in india among the poorest

News / Manufacturing

Controversy over how Indian brick kilns clean up their act

..., biomass, agricultural waste, heavy fuel oil, wood and even old tyres are used as fuel. “ The government, instead of recommending a particular technology, should focus on lowering the overall energy...

23 Jun 2016

Controversy over how Indian brick kilns clean up their act

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Big polluters, pay up

..., the result of climate change. As the climate scientist Kevin Trenberth of the US National Center for Atmospheric Research points out, nowadays, “[a]ll weather events are affected by climate change, ...

23 Oct 2015

Big polluters, pay up

News / Carbon & Climate

Small islands need partnerships to battle climate change, address ‘unique vulnerabilities,’ says Ban

..., trade, technology and Official Development Assistance, Mr. Ban noted. “Third, we need a meaningful and universal global climate agreement in Paris in December,” stressed the UN chief, as small islan...

31 Jul 2015

Small islands need partnerships to battle climate change, address ‘unique vulnerabilities,’ says Ban

News / Policy & Finance

UNEP unveils new vision for a global financial system

..., China, Brazil, and the United States, the report found that there are already more than 100 policy innovations which improve system processes in stock markets, support sustainable finance efforts, a...

9 Oct 2015

UNEP unveils new vision for a global financial system

environmental activists at a protest in warsaw

Opinion / Lifestyle

Being green: Not just for tree-huggers

..., it isn't always our more noble instincts that can help us achieve our goal for a better, healthier planet. Environmentalism can be, and is, a pragmatic pursuit as much as an idealistic one. In fact,...

11 Mar 2016

Being green: Not just for tree-huggers

News / Cities

New protocol could help build biodiverse cities

..., and I believe create neighbourhoods that are much more attractive, resilient to climate change, healthier and safer.” RMIT has developed some case studies of the BSUD in action, including one for Me...

25 Nov 2015

New protocol could help build biodiverse cities

Press Releases / Designing City Resilience

How do cities grow and remain attractive to inward investment?

..., if they are to grow and remain attractive to inward investment, says Greg Lowe, Executive Director in the Capital, Science, and Policy Practice at the Willis Group. The UN Climate Summit held in Ne...

1 Jun 2015

How do cities grow and remain attractive to inward investment?

News / Carbon & Climate

Sustainable solutions catching up on cost and convenience

...," she said. "These 100 solutions, alongside many other parallel and catalytic actions (...) fill me, and should fill leaders with extraordinary optimism." Tackling climate change, protecting vulnerab...

19 Jun 2015

Sustainable solutions catching up on cost and convenience

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

3 issues to watch as Lima climate talks head to the finish line

..., but there are reasons for optimism. There is a growing recognition, amplified by the New Climate Economy report released at the UN Climate Summit last September, that climate action and shared prosp...

9 Dec 2014

3 issues to watch as Lima climate talks head to the finish line

News / Cities

Rising number of local governments set targets to cut emissions

..., California, Ontario, Oregon, Quebec, New York, Washington, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, the Basque Country, Catalonia, Lombardy, Rhone-Alpes, Scotland, Wales, Australian Capital Territory and South Au...

3 Jul 2015

Rising number of local governments set targets to cut emissions

News / Carbon & Climate

Paris different from previous climate talks: Vivian Balakrishnan

..., he said. “If you had asked me two years ago, when we were first pushing for this concept, do you believe that on December 4, 157 pledges would present their commitments, I would say no," Balakrishna...

4 Dec 2015

Paris different from previous climate talks: Vivian Balakrishnan

News / Policy & Finance

Why green growth is the key to Southeast Asia's future

..., Asia Clean Innovations has also cemented a market presence in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Cambodia. “I came to Thailand with one technology in my portfolio, no contacts, and very...

9 Jun 2016

Why green growth is the key to Southeast Asia's future

Opinion / Policy & Finance

A green economy will lift us all - but cheats like Volkswagen still stand in the way

..., because when the markets move, everyone else does too. “ Climate risks can't be found in building prices, infrastructure, clothes, water, consumer goods, industrial goods - indeed climate risks are...

14 Oct 2015

A green economy will lift us all - but cheats like Volkswagen still stand in the way

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Putting Citi’s $100 billion Environmental Finance Initiative in context

..., including alternative energy finance, municipal securities, export and agency finance, and many others. Where else have we seen a $100 billion commitment? As part of the UN Framework Convention on C...

25 Feb 2015

Putting Citi’s $100 billion Environmental Finance Initiative in context

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