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News / Carbon & Climate

Scientists urge world leaders to ramp up targets to protect global biodiversity

...t that 25 to 75 per cent of regions or major ecosystems must be protected,” they write. The fact that there is such a wide range to scientists’ recommendations — from 25 to 75 per cent — demonstrates ...

1 Oct 2018

Scientists urge world leaders to ramp up targets to protect global biodiversity

News / Cities

Drowning in data? Cities develop code for a smarter future

...to what end. "The real people on the streets sometimes feel like technology is something that is done to them, not necessarily with them or for them," said Jason Whittet, associate director for soluti...

23 Nov 2018

Drowning in data? Cities develop code for a smarter future

News / Corporate Responsibility

From tourism to coffee, young Thais blend profit with social good

...to set up Local Alike, a travel consultancy that promotes sustainable tourism in 70 villages. "I grew up in the same situation where there weren't many economic opportunities, so it attracts me to wor...

9 Oct 2017

From tourism to coffee, young Thais blend profit with social good

News / Carbon & Climate

Dirty industry undermines push to curb global warming - ex-UN climate chief

...ternational initiative that seeks to put greenhouse gas emissions on a downward path by 2020. "We're definitely not on track with everything to do with heavy industry that continues to depend on inten...

26 Feb 2018

Dirty industry undermines push to curb global warming - ex-UN climate chief

News / Food & Agriculture

Climate insurance scheme targets women farmers in Africa, Asia

...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...

22 Jan 2018

Climate insurance scheme targets women farmers in Africa, Asia

News / Lifestyle

Fun, food, freeganism: EarthFest returns to Singapore

...ting waste, so there is an economic incentive there. What we do is get them to do is record the anticipated waste their stall will generate and try to figure out how to prevent it. The stalls underst...

9 Jan 2018

Fun, food, freeganism: EarthFest returns to Singapore

News / Carbon & Climate

How to change the climate story: Paul Hawken

...the most important solution that the country can take, said Hawken. This is a farming method that doesn't till the soil, use pesticides or synthetic fertilisers, while practising multiple crop rotatio...

14 Mar 2018

How to change the climate story: Paul Hawken

News / Carbon & Climate

Regrets and relief one year after US ditched global climate deal

...the United States out of a global pact to fight climate change, experts lament the move but welcome efforts by cities and states to fill the gap. Trump's announcement of June 1 last year to ditch the ...

31 May 2018

Regrets and relief one year after US ditched global climate deal

News / Carbon & Climate

Carbon-sucking technology needed by 2030s, scientists warn

...to act swiftly to cut emissions now. This story was published with permission from Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women’s rights, tra...

12 Oct 2017

Carbon-sucking technology needed by 2030s, scientists warn

Opinion / Policy & Finance

It's time to train accountants in sustainability

...tatements. Accountants are also the go-to profession for anything audit-related, ensuring that the information faithfully represents reality. But would it surprise you to know that accountants are not...

17 Sep 2018

It's time to train accountants in sustainability

News / Waste

Tinder for food: App shares leftovers for a healthier planet

...tten in the fridge or cans gathering dust at the back of a cupboard? Instead of tossing them out, why not share them with friends and neighbours and care for the planet at the same time? That is the p...

4 Dec 2017

Tinder for food: App shares leftovers for a healthier planet

News / Food & Agriculture

Meat from plants—Does Asia have an appetite for Impossible Foods?

...t focus is on creating a product that is better for meat lovers, and we have a capability that the cow doesn’t have: as soon as we have a product that is the best product you’ve ever tasted, the next ...

13 Mar 2019

Meat from plants—Does Asia have an appetite for Impossible Foods?

News / Carbon & Climate

Keep it human and visual, says U.N. guide to talking climate

...tly need to step up their ambitions to cut emissions if they are to keep global warming within safe limits, say experts. But efforts to spur climate action will be wasted unless scientists do a better...

13 Feb 2018

Keep it human and visual, says U.N. guide to talking climate

News / Waste

These Singaporeans are moving mountains...of food waste

...te digester which turns food waste into compost. The compost is then distributed to parks nearby. Through assembly talks, managing the digester and other measures introduced at school, students are le...

30 Apr 2018

These Singaporeans are moving mountains...of food waste

News / Food & Agriculture

In Kenya, struggling potato growers ink a new deal

...t to get farmers to sign something that may not be favourable to them," Bett told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "We're trying to prevent that by ensuring that farming activity is done on a contract ...

9 Jan 2018

In Kenya, struggling potato growers ink a new deal

Rag-and-bone man Mr Chua Ngak Theng with Tiger Beer staff in Singapore

News / Waste

Tiger Beer partners rag-and-bone men to revive recycling culture in Singapore

...try where the household recycling rate has remained flat at about 20 per cent over the last decade. Most waste in Singapore is incinerated and then sent to landfill; just 7 per cent of the city-state'...

19 Jan 2018

Tiger Beer partners rag-and-bone men to revive recycling culture in Singapore

News / Policy & Finance

Australia's failing to meet the SDGs—here's how it can change that

...t comes to the potential of business to contribute to the goals, Fulton noted that broadly, the issue is gaining traction in the private sector, with an increased number of consumer products touting s...

19 Mar 2018

Australia's failing to meet the SDGs—here's how it can change that

News / Carbon & Climate

'Adapting to uncertainty' needed in face of climate shocks - experts

...t said. "When we're adapting to climate change, we're not adapting to a new stable state, we're adapting to uncertainty," he told an audience at the Royal Society, a British science institution. That ...

16 May 2018

'Adapting to uncertainty' needed in face of climate shocks - experts

Opinion / Energy

Why can't Australia break up with coal?

...th the Australian government stuck in an 18th century mindset it might be up to the courts to bring us into the 21st century. Similar lawsuits are sure to be coming to Australia, just as they are comi...

22 Feb 2018

Why can't Australia break up with coal?

News / Policy & Finance

As climate threats grow clearer, risk-lowering investment is crucial - bankers

...t of the 2015 Paris Agreement to cut their emissions and make themselves more resilient to climate change aren't at this point much more than lists of potential projects. "You can't invest in one of t...

13 Sep 2017

As climate threats grow clearer, risk-lowering investment is crucial - bankers

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