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...t out of reach. But it is certain that we are currently not on track to reach them.” What needs to happen? The report states that governments must accelerate the deployment of proven solutions. That m...

10 Sep 2020

Electrify to tap US$60M solar energy opportunity in Southeast Asia with launch of Singapore’s first peer-to-peer energy trading pilot

...tted to accelerating the transition to zero-carbon. Currently, there are just over 1,200 private residential properties in Singapore that have solar rooftop installations, with the potential for as ma...

22 Jul 2020

...timates of international climate finance from the OECD and others show adaptation finance stuck at barely more than a fifth of the total, with the bulk going to efforts to cut emissions. Leonardo Mart...

23 Sep 2019

Extinction Rebellion protesters demonstrate outside of the News Corp headquarters in Bowen Hills, Brisbane, where they deposited a truckload of manure. The protesters held banners that read: "Billionaire liars. Media monopoly. Climate denial. We call bullshit." Image: XR

...ts of billionaires and ensure that they keep their capitalist power structure." "It's bullshit. [Rupert] Murdoch will be dead by the time the climate crisis hits hardest, but the lies will continue to...

29 Jan 2020

...tat for Humanity International, aims to change that by promoting better implementation of land laws for women. “ Only 30 per cent of the world's population own land titles, and women are often the le...

26 Mar 2019

...than three quarters have occurred outside concession areas, according to Global Forest Watch data. This suggests that smallholders expanding their plots—rather than the big plantation companies—are re...

30 Oct 2019

...ternational organisations are repositioning themselves to better monitor water quality and affordability. But cities and water utilities need to commit themselves politically and financially to equity...

14 Aug 2019

...try, they would be the 7th largest emitter of total GHGs in the world. New WRI research looks at what China is already doing—and what more it can do—to limit these pollutants. The research finds that...

10 Sep 2019

VietJet's promotion is offering tourists opportunities to "fly green with Vietjet". Image: VietJet

...the world to join hands to protect the green future, protecting Mother Earth," the promo reads. The promotion contains no link to Vietjet's "Protect our planet" initiative, nor any further information...

26 Feb 2020

...the peril of damaging their brand's image, companies that fail to act on climate change risk disruptions to their business operations, with erratic weather patterns and water scarcity threatening to w...

22 Apr 2020

...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...

29 Nov 2019

An activist protesting against JP Morgan Chase's fossil fuel financing in the United States.

...t. But because potential emissions from the coal, oil and natural gas already in production exhaust the carbon budget for the 2°C warming limit of the Paris Agreement, any bank that supports the furth...

20 Mar 2020

...t Institute think tank. "When faced with a challenge like responding to the coronavirus outbreak, there are strong incentives to overcome these constraints quickly and put new technology to the test,"...

19 Mar 2020

...that "the longer we wait (to tackle climate change), the more painful the transition will be" because of the rapid plunge in emissions that delay would necessitate. But he said making the transition t...

16 Jan 2020

...to the Moon administration. The resolution, although non-binding, clearly states that it will strengthen the 2030 emission target, in accordance with the 1.5C target of the Paris Agreement, by establi...

4 Dec 2020

...thy Eastburn, arrested protester He "made absolutely clear they couldn't take into account the motivations and reasons the defendants took the action" and that those charged must be found guilty if t...

19 Dec 2019

...trient cycle that has been underutilised," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "Insects have been part of the food cycle since the beginning of time, but we just haven't been tapping into it." Vet...

11 Jan 2019

Fanta bottles. Image: Robin Hicks/Eco-Business

...t want to lose contracts." Manufacturers often provide a guarantee for the recycled plastic they supply, but without third-party verification to prove that the material is as claimed. "The temptation...

28 May 2020

Forests cleared for palm oil cultivation.

...to support tools that stop deforestation such as HCSA given that deforestation and habitat destruction creates the conditions for pandemics such as Covid-19, as well contributing to the climate emerge...

3 Apr 2020

...to high temperatures - and 16 per cent said rising heat was significantly affecting their health. That may be the start of a new take on heat, long seen as a nice alternative to the usual wet and cool...

4 Mar 2020

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