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Asia's biggest budget airline trains crew to spot human traffickers

...tiative. "Sometimes (the victims) don't know they have been trafficked. They realise it only when they are on their way and they want to be able to get help. Most of the time they don't know who to tu...

18 Aug 2017

Asia's biggest budget airline trains crew to spot human traffickers

News / Waste

The biggest problem with e-waste? What we don't know.

...ts it offers. The report notes that of the more than 190 countries on Earth, only 41 collect international statistics on e-waste, leaving much of the world’s people with little more than anecdotal awa...

9 Feb 2018

The biggest problem with e-waste? What we don't know.

News / Policy & Finance

Rising disaster risk but little insurance interest in Pacific islands

...they are not meant to, he added. Instead, a disaster triggers a payment that is dispatched within two weeks, intended to keep the government running until external aid comes through. First payouts Ton...

2 Jul 2018

Rising disaster risk but little insurance interest in Pacific islands

News / Food & Agriculture

Q&A: We need to produce ‘different food’, not more

...ticipate in that production system in the same way. When we talk on a global basis, what that implicitly means is that those that have too much will eat less, to make the system more efficient. But t...

12 Dec 2017

Q&A: We need to produce ‘different food’, not more

Opinion / Lifestyle

Why you shouldn't be a 'straw-man' environmentalist

...tics. They write that targeting straws specifically will not make a significant difference to the ocean. Quantitatively, sure, straws make up a small portion of the plastics that enter and contaminate...

25 Jul 2018

Why you shouldn't be a 'straw-man' environmentalist

Videos / Water

How clean water transforms lives

...them sick if not treated. After gathering wood, Veronika doesn't have enough time to study. “With the time I have left, I must help my parents. I am tired, really tired, but I must help them”, she sai...

27 Mar 2018

How clean water transforms lives

News / Green Buildings

Why hospitals in Asia need to be 'climate-smart'

...ted: “The medical sector does not think about greening or the climate. It thinks about technology and patient care first.” For its part, the St. Paul Hospital in Cavite, Philippines proves it not nece...

24 May 2018

Why hospitals in Asia need to be 'climate-smart'

News / Food & Agriculture

'Super' crops and cows - Bill Gates, UK inject cash into farm science

...tries depend on livestock farming, says the International Livestock Research Institute, with the sector accounting for 40 percent of agricultural GDP globally. "We think that the result of this invest...

29 Jan 2018

'Super' crops and cows - Bill Gates, UK inject cash into farm science

News / Carbon & Climate

Cities face dramatic rise in heat, flood risks by 2050, researchers say

...t arrives leaves little room to manoeuvre. "In a crisis like this there is no time to go by trial and error. You unfortunately have to get it right the first time," she said at the Adaptation Futures ...

20 Jun 2018

Cities face dramatic rise in heat, flood risks by 2050, researchers say

News / Carbon & Climate

Sustainability research that aims to change the world

...the staff who lecture in the programme also conduct sustainability research in other departments and institutes in the university, meaning that students have a direct connection to this expertise and ...

18 Sep 2017

Sustainability research that aims to change the world

News / Carbon & Climate

As climate risks grow, Pakistani Kashmir boosts emergency plans

...the region to adapt is a step in the right direction. But the real test is whether other departments - such as the forestry department, charged with protecting the region's fast-disappearing trees - w...

17 May 2018

As climate risks grow, Pakistani Kashmir boosts emergency plans

News / Waste

The treasure hidden in our gadgets

...tor to be able to extract it. The challenge to crack is to extract the metals at a cost that can compete with virgin materials, and to get steady and sufficient quantities of that material so that the...

26 Sep 2018

The treasure hidden in our gadgets

News / Carbon & Climate

From Bhutan to Cambodia, early warning saves lives in floods

...the sensors with local partners including the Open Institute, an organisation that uses technology for social benefit. "With extreme weather events becoming more frequent and erratic, access to real-t...

31 Oct 2017

From Bhutan to Cambodia, early warning saves lives in floods

News / Cities

How walkable is your city? Tool aims to make pedestrians safer and happier

...tant that walkability isn't a luxury (but) an essential component of equity and sustainability, particularly in the rapidly growing cities of the global south," said Joe Chestnut of the Institute for ...

20 Feb 2018

How walkable is your city? Tool aims to make pedestrians safer and happier

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Q&A: What is the future of green building?

...tor expertise of the BEA with the business model expertise of the FSCI to help cities from the idea stage of municipal retrofits through to implementation. The Financing Sustainable Cities Initiative ...

8 Jun 2018

Q&A: What is the future of green building?

News / Food & Agriculture

Hungry and overweight: what's being done about Asia’s nutrition paradox?

...tor of global consulting firm Hystra. “Often times what we find out is that these [nutritious] products do exist. The issue is how to market the products to the people who need them the most," he expl...

27 Aug 2018

Hungry and overweight: what's being done about Asia’s nutrition paradox?

Devastated Tacloban City in the Philippines

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Why we can't reverse climate change with 'negative emissions' technologies

...Ts. A study in Nature Climate Change from 2015 states, “There is no NET (or combination of NETs) currently available that could be implemented to meet the <2°C target without significant impact on ...

11 Oct 2018

Why we can't reverse climate change with 'negative emissions' technologies

Ghana workers maintaining a thermal power station

News / Policy & Finance

The power missing from Africa’s biotech sector

...tee the low temperatures it takes to do that work, she said, or work in any sector. “ Talking about energy at the summit focused the conversation on a tangible problem to solve. At the same time it t...

13 Apr 2017

The power missing from Africa’s biotech sector

News / Waste

Supermarkets put on notice to cut waste or lose customer

...t the cost of waste - mean retailers need to adapt quickly if they want to keep current consumers happy and attract new ones, said Liz Goodwin of the US-based World Resources Institute think tank. Goo...

5 Jun 2017

Supermarkets put on notice to cut waste or lose customer

News / Carbon & Climate

Armed with smartphones and boots, Niger youths map flood risks

...then send the data to the interior ministry, so it can better target its relief efforts in times of flooding." The three-month initiative is managed by the government Disaster Risk Management and Urba...

3 Oct 2017

Armed with smartphones and boots, Niger youths map flood risks

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