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Blockchain, AI hailed as new tools to protect high seas

...tting the most into the UN are walking backwards," Karan said. "In the current geopolitical climate that we're in, I don't see a pathway for countries to agree to blue helmets on the water." This stor...

29 Nov 2018

Blockchain, AI hailed as new tools to protect high seas

A grove of trees growing on Marina Barrage, Singapore, with the iconic Marina Bay Sands in the background. Image: Eco-Business

Opinion / Cities

The best places to live for eco-friendly expats

...the Botanic Gardens – the former spanning more than 101 hectares of land in the heart of the city, and the latter being a UNESCO World Heritage site. Despite a high population density, this city-state...

25 Jan 2019

The best places to live for eco-friendly expats

News / Policy & Finance

Indian garment workers take to the airwaves to demand better conditions

...t feel alone in my struggles." Supported by technology company Gram Vaani, the Voice of Tirupur station hit the airwaves last week - making it the third interactive platform available to the more than...

21 Feb 2019

Indian garment workers take to the airwaves to demand better conditions

Press Releases / Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification

Demonstrating the legality and sustainability of tropical hardwood is a must

...t, but it is at the top of the pyramid, it is the prestige product,” Mr Latham explained. “Demonstrating that it is legal and sustainable is a necessity, a necessity that ensures that the...

23 Oct 2018

Demonstrating the legality and sustainability of tropical hardwood is a must

News / Food & Agriculture

Cash is best when tackling hunger caused by drought - study

...Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women’s rights, trafficking, property rights, climate change and resilience. Visit http://news.trust.o...

29 Nov 2017

Cash is best when tackling hunger caused by drought - study

News / Lifestyle

Wonderfruit 2018 to inspire sustainability through architecture

...tectural innovation to the new grounds of the annual celebration this year. The fifth instalment of Wonderfruit, which has incorporated a unique blend of festival and museum art into its built structu...

16 Nov 2018

Wonderfruit 2018 to inspire sustainability through architecture

News / Policy & Finance

Businesses pledge climate change action at New York summit

...Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking, property rights, climate change and resilience. Visit http://news.trust.o...

27 Sep 2018

Businesses pledge climate change action at New York summit

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change a 'man-made problem with a feminist solution'

...t of climate action," said Natalie Samarasinghe, executive director of the United Nations Association-UK. "What we—the international community—need to do is talk to them, learn from them and support t...

19 Jun 2018

Climate change a 'man-made problem with a feminist solution'

A new Greenpeace International investigation has revealed that Wilmar International, the world’s largest palm oil trader, is still linked to forest destruction for palm oil almost five years after committing to end deforestation.[1]

News / Food & Agriculture

How is the world's biggest palm oil trader living up to its no-deforestation promise?

...th. What's the toughest thing about growing the sustainable palm oil market? The biggest issue is the ‘leakage market’—the players that have no sustainability commitments [and sell to customers that d...

9 Oct 2019

How is the world's biggest palm oil trader living up to its no-deforestation promise?

Press Releases / Sindicatum Blockchain Technologies

Sindicatum Blockchain Technologies launches renewable energy investment platform Reneum

...ts, stand-alone and unbundled energy attribute certificates, built on the immutable record of the blockchain. It is the standardized product that the market needs—one with the integrity and tran...

12 Nov 2018

Sindicatum Blockchain Technologies launches renewable energy investment platform Reneum

News / Corporate Responsibility

Facing down witch doctors and Mother Nature to restore Asia's forests

...the rest of the tribe that us coming in and wanting to pay them to plant trees isn’t a sign from the devil and they’re not gonna die. But to be totally honest, some of the sites don’t work out eventua...

15 Aug 2018

Facing down witch doctors and Mother Nature to restore Asia's forests

News / Energy

Villages die as community makes way for coal in Germany

...ther groups have protested against the forced resettlement and say they plan to step up the demonstrations. "Local resistance against lignite is stronger than ever. We want the coal to stay in the gro...

14 Aug 2018

Villages die as community makes way for coal in Germany

News / Carbon & Climate

In a warming world, deadly bacteria are more resistant to antibiotics

...temperature by the end of the century. Nonetheless, this is yet more food for thought about why those who trivialize the potential impact of climate change are putting the planet at risk.” The researc...

19 Jun 2018

In a warming world, deadly bacteria are more resistant to antibiotics

News / Policy & Finance

Make oceans profitable to catch investment wave, say global leaders

...to strike a balance between the desire to exploit them with the need of protecting it," he told the summit. "This of course means we must have the right incentives and deterrents in place." Figueres s...

15 Mar 2018

Make oceans profitable to catch investment wave, say global leaders

Opinion / Manufacturing

Don't read this article: How ads against consumerism help sustainability

...try with its brand that is equivalent to, and as bold as, asking customers not to buy a product? Unanswered questions There are important limitations that retailers must surmount before the industry ...

6 Feb 2018

Don't read this article: How ads against consumerism help sustainability

Opinion / Lifestyle

Has the sharing economy really transformed the way we consume?

...to-peer marketplaces that redistribute and recycle food, industrial waste and other resources burden the logistics and transportation sector to an extent that may offset any other socio-economic benef...

29 Jan 2019

Has the sharing economy really transformed the way we consume?

News / Transport

Compromise climate deal agreed for shipping

...t at the talks reported that China was the first delegation to comment on the deal, after it was approved by chairman Hideako Saito. China welcomed the adoption of the initial strategy, which they des...

19 Apr 2018

Compromise climate deal agreed for shipping

News / Water

Half the world's schools lack clean water, toilets and handwashing

...ter at all. “ Children may not come to school at all if there's no toilets ... Then, when they are at school, they are not going to at their very best if they not able to use a decent toilet or if th...

28 Aug 2018

Half the world's schools lack clean water, toilets and handwashing

News / Food & Agriculture

Europe's food makers find green palm oil hard to stomach

...t was unlikely the 2020 goals would be met because "no deforestation" commitments take years to implement. "A lot of the big traders and buyers just don't want to pay enough for what it takes to do pr...

20 Feb 2019

Europe's food makers find green palm oil hard to stomach

Protesters gather outside Buckingham Palace to protest against the British government's failure to take action to halt dangerous climate change. Image: Kevin Wing

News / Carbon & Climate

Britain's climate protests: 'We are rebelling on behalf of life itself'

...ty group in the United Kingdom took to the streets of London to protest against their government's failure to act on climate change—and are urging citizens in other countries to do the same. Extincti...

26 Nov 2018

Britain's climate protests: 'We are rebelling on behalf of life itself'

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