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News / Food & Agriculture

Add cows, subtract chemicals: Organic farming a plus for climate-hit Indian farmers

...ts, sorghum and maize, and getting milk from their cows, he said. They have also noticed that their plants' roots seem to hold the soil better, making them more able to withstand harsher storms and st...

25 Mar 2019

Add cows, subtract chemicals: Organic farming a plus for climate-hit Indian farmers

News / Water

As water disappears, parched southern Pakistan farmers march north

...t the result of cool June temperatures in Gilgit-Baltistan's Skardu district, with less snowmelt coming from the foothills of the Karakoram mountains. "It takes between 17 to 25 days for the water fro...

9 Jul 2019

As water disappears, parched southern Pakistan farmers march north

News / Carbon & Climate

How can the fashion business make recycled garments sexy?

...t of all, that something beautiful and functional can come out of it.” With scientists warning that the world only has about 12 years before experiencing the worst effects of a hotter planet, solution...

30 Jul 2019

How can the fashion business make recycled garments sexy?

News / Energy

Aid agencies eye solar power to replace volatile, costly fuel

...they can come up with some kind of innovation around how to store the energy better, then renewables become a lot more attractive." Batteries have long held the promise of solving the intermittent nat...

15 Oct 2018

Aid agencies eye solar power to replace volatile, costly fuel

News / Corporate Responsibility

Oxford University offers boost for businesses that put people before profit

...ty or the environment as well as turning a profit, through its Oxford University Innovation (OUI) arm. "The university wants to make sure the research it produces has the biggest impact possible that ...

27 Sep 2018

Oxford University offers boost for businesses that put people before profit

An advertisement for green group Sea Shepherd highlights the ecosystem damage of cigarette butt pollution to mark World Oceans Day. A single cigarette can pollute 500 litres of water, the ad warns. Image: Sea Shepherd

News / Waste

When will tobacco companies be held responsible for cigarette butt pollution?

...the most littered item on the planet. Yet it is the makers of plastic bags, drink bottles and drinking straws that shoulder most of the blame for the plight of the oceans. And while a cigarette butt ...

22 Oct 2019

When will tobacco companies be held responsible for cigarette butt pollution?

News / Policy & Finance

Indian voters demand environmental clean-up

...tter hospitals and health care centres to help them with breathing difficulties. The elections start on 11 April, and with 900 million people able to vote it will not be until 23 May that the result i...

11 Apr 2019

Indian voters demand environmental clean-up

News / Food & Agriculture

Can WhatsApp and motorbikes protect Africa's food security?

...t that would not be enough to stop them migrating. "(It is) whether or not the rural people have the access to watch the TV for the Monday football game ... Their ability to have their motorbike, and ...

13 Jul 2018

Can WhatsApp and motorbikes protect Africa's food security?

News / Food & Agriculture

Experts question wisdom that more food means less hunger

...to switch to government-regulated crops but could not then afford extras such as fertiliser, the paper said. Intensive farming might increase production in the short-term but reduce it in the long run...

21 Jun 2018

Experts question wisdom that more food means less hunger

News / Energy

Meet the environment defenders fighting for clean energy in Southeast Asia

...tudent activist at the University of the Philippines, pushing for agricultural land rights in the early 1980s. He turned his attention to the environment when he learned that climate issues affected t...

7 Sep 2019

Meet the environment defenders fighting for clean energy in Southeast Asia

News / Energy

How to rethink Southeast Asia's energy systems to meet climate goals?

...ter wants the lights to go out on his or her watch. We work with them to work out how to build intermittent renewables into their grids, and the solutions they need to create flexibility in the system...

27 Jun 2019

How to rethink Southeast Asia's energy systems to meet climate goals?

News / Energy

No end to coal in Pakistan

...tan Energy sector experts suggest that renewables are Pakistan’s future, but the government continues to look the other way. Currently, more than 60 per cent of the electricity generated in Pakistan ...

24 Jun 2019

No end to coal in Pakistan

News / Food & Agriculture

Breakthrough in plant engineering could boost productivity, feed millions more

...th and environmental impacts. Thus, it is all the more urgent to invest in these types of technologies today," said South. The study is part of an international project to boost global food production...

4 Jan 2019

Breakthrough in plant engineering could boost productivity, feed millions more

News / Carbon & Climate

A very vegan New Year: increasing numbers sign up for meat-free resolution

...Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's and LGBT+ rights, human trafficking, property rights, and climate change. Visit http://news.tr...

3 Jan 2019

A very vegan New Year: increasing numbers sign up for meat-free resolution

News / Water

As groundwater runs short, water battles grow in parched Chennai

...t by WaterAid, an international water charity. For Parthasarthy, that's a good business opportunity, and a chance to add to his fleet of 15 water trucks as the Tamil Nadu state government struggles to...

9 Nov 2018

As groundwater runs short, water battles grow in parched Chennai

News / Food & Agriculture

The nutrition paradox: What does it mean for business?

...the change needs to take place at the same time. But given the business risks, the food industry isn’t often willing to step in, and it is left to start-ups to fill that space. NamZ, a nutrition start...

24 May 2019

The nutrition paradox: What does it mean for business?

Water Bodies, a VR experience by illustrator and visual artist Adeline Tan, takes you on a journey into the human stomach.

News / Lifestyle

Is experiential art better at sustainability storytelling than words?

...tainability storytelling. The event, ArtxTechForGood, is a series of interactive exhibits that enable visitors to learn about issues such as plastic pollution, light pollution and the future of cities...

28 Feb 2019

Is experiential art better at sustainability storytelling than words?

News / Energy

Can venture philanthropy turn on Southeast Asia to clean energy?

...too aware that the best intentions of philanthropists based in the West are not often well received by countries that were colonised in the not-too-distant past. Her fund's strategy is to use data, an...

10 Jul 2019

Can venture philanthropy turn on Southeast Asia to clean energy?

News / Water

As rains fall short, Manila trickles into a water crisis

...t Rodrigo Duterte issue an executive order to fast-track the capital's 20-year water infrastructure plan. Under the original plan, projects with the capacity to add a total of 1,500 megalitres to the ...

21 May 2019

As rains fall short, Manila trickles into a water crisis

News / Cities

Why are cities so unaffordable? A crowdfunded film finds out

...to understand what is going on to be able to talk about it and push back." This story was published with permission from Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers ...

22 Nov 2018

Why are cities so unaffordable? A crowdfunded film finds out

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