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Opinion / Transport

Don't want a car? You are not alone

...tatus symbol among millennials than they used to be, she thinks. "In the next generation, there's just not that angst, not that competition, not that peer pressure to own a vehicle, because it just do...

29 Nov 2017

Don't want a car? You are not alone

News / Energy

Indonesia’s president signals a transition away from coal power

...t said anything about that,” Alin said. “This is the first step, and with the president saying that, that’s a good thing.” “ This statement represents a significant step forward and one that will put...

18 Jul 2019

Indonesia’s president signals a transition away from coal power

News / Waste

Are bioplastics better for the environment than conventional plastics?

...to the Mediterranean seafloor. They found that materials that had been shown to biodegrade in seawater in lab testing also do so in the environmental conditions they tested. Among the materials tested...

17 Jul 2019

Are bioplastics better for the environment than conventional plastics?

Waste collector in Indonesia segregating trash

News / Waste

Plastic producers pool US$90m to tackle ocean pollution

...tic pollution, what tends to be left out of the picture is the sensitive subject of extended producer responsibility, a concept that states that the onus is on manufacturers to ensure that whatever th...

26 Oct 2018

Plastic producers pool US$90m to tackle ocean pollution

Press Releases / Ricoh

More than 60 government and industry leaders address the Future of Recycling at Ricoh’s 13th Eco Action Day Roundtable

...tep further and collaborate with the North West and South West Community Development Councils, and local tertiary and international schools to distribute and plant seeds to cultivate sustainable produ...

3 Jun 2019

More than 60 government and industry leaders address the Future of Recycling at Ricoh’s 13th Eco Action Day Roundtable

News / Cities

Using 'digital Lego', communities redesign India's slums

...tenements abutting the city's biggest landfill. The municipal corporation had done little for its upkeep and it was littered with trash. Three years ago, Vaitla and her team were tasked with transform...

10 Jan 2018

Using 'digital Lego', communities redesign India's slums

News / Food & Agriculture

Go fish! Minnow 'nutrient bombs' deployed to end malnutrition

...tered into a five-year partnership with the government of Odisha with the aim of growing its fisheries sector and attracting private sector investment. "The catch we get now is much bigger. It has hel...

22 Oct 2018

Go fish! Minnow 'nutrient bombs' deployed to end malnutrition

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Financing sustainable infrastructure: a tale of two cities

...turity: Foundation countries need to get the fundamentals right. They have to establish clear regulations that are enforced consistently. They need to collect revenue in a transparent and systematic ...

9 Jan 2018

Financing sustainable infrastructure: a tale of two cities

News / Policy & Finance

Myanmar-Thailand highway branded 'ecological and social disaster'

...t with them, he said. "I don't want to say what would happen, but it would undermine the NCA," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone. "We have to think about how to respond." This story was ...

3 Sep 2018

Myanmar-Thailand highway branded 'ecological and social disaster'

News / Carbon & Climate

Societies must take care of those 'menaced' by green shift—officials

...tracts" between the central government and local authorities that would bring in businesses, universities and others. In Barcelona, Ribera told journalists that modern society must "pay attention to t...

16 Nov 2018

Societies must take care of those 'menaced' by green shift—officials

Podcasts / Policy & Finance

The future of innovation

...their innovations to market. Prior to this, Steve was the executive deputy chairman of the Infocomm Development Authority, the statutory board with various responsibilities for the information technol...

2 Apr 2018

The future of innovation