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Innovative finance needed to find $300 billion a year for climate losses

...t's so tedious to set up an institution and get it going, and make sure the money reaches the intended people. It does make sense to use the existing mechanisms to transfer the money," he told the Tho...

16 May 2017

Innovative finance needed to find $300 billion a year for climate losses

Opinion / Cities

Our legacy of liveable cities won't last without a visionary response to growth

...t the risks to their long-term liveability and health are growing too. Is the consistent placing of Australian cities at the top of most liveable city rankings a reason for complacency? The fastest-gr...

6 Apr 2018

Our legacy of liveable cities won't last without a visionary response to growth

News / Energy

As land conflicts rise, clean energy investors face financial risks

...to $287 billion last year, the report said. Money is expected to continue to pour into renewables as investors look for attractive returns in a market with relatively few other attractive options, it ...

2 May 2017

As land conflicts rise, clean energy investors face financial risks

News / Energy

Europe's $6.9 bln coal subsidies "better spent on technologies of the future"

...termittent," Whitley told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. But "we need an (electricity) grid and systems within people's homes and businesses that can manage that - and the technology exists". Smart t...

11 May 2017

Europe's $6.9 bln coal subsidies "better spent on technologies of the future"

News / Energy

Stretch for power: how high-tech yarn generates new energy

...tion is one strategy for eliminating the need for batteries," he said. But the twistron's most compelling feature was the ability to operate in sea water and potentially harvest vast amounts of energy...

30 Aug 2017

Stretch for power: how high-tech yarn generates new energy

News / Policy & Finance

Tapping into talents of older persons can boost Global Goals - UN

...that there is a need for concrete action,” she explained. With this in mind, she called on States to step up their efforts to determine the best way to strengthen the protection of the human rights o...

3 Oct 2017

Tapping into talents of older persons can boost Global Goals - UN

News / Energy

Clean energy gains ground - but old dirty habits die hard

...to get much of that from coal plants - still its cheapest option. "Poor countries are going to electrify and they don't want to slow down. If they can do it cleanly, that's great, but if not they're s...

1 Dec 2016

Clean energy gains ground - but old dirty habits die hard

Opinion / Waste

Microplastics: Small plastics, big problem

...t turns out, as with many other relationships, sometimes it’s the small things that create the biggest impacts. And in this case, it’s the plastics that we don’t see, the microplastics, that are about...

5 Jun 2018

Microplastics: Small plastics, big problem

News / Carbon & Climate

Biofuels could cut transport emissions – but food may be at risk

...transport – all significant contributors to global emissions – may need to rely on biofuels in order to meet carbon-cutting targets, she said. "The long-term future to decarbonising the transport sect...

3 Mar 2017

Biofuels could cut transport emissions – but food may be at risk

News / Carbon & Climate

UNESCO says Great Barrier Reef isn't in danger, experts disagree

...tatives from 21 countries that are parties to the World Heritage convention—an international agreement to identify, protect, and preserve sites of natural and cultural importance. This year's list was...

10 Jul 2017

UNESCO says Great Barrier Reef isn't in danger, experts disagree

News / Food & Agriculture

Will consumer goods giants default on 2020 zero deforestation promises?

...ter this article was published. PepsiCo said that it would publish a full list of the mills that produce its oil palm "in the coming days," adding that it remains committed to hitting its target of 10...

20 Mar 2018

Will consumer goods giants default on 2020 zero deforestation promises?

News / Transport

How the mobility revolution will change your life

...th disabilities would struggle with mobility, 2011 research from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that 87 per cent of people with disabilities said their impairment restricted their ability t...

19 Jun 2017

How the mobility revolution will change your life

Sophia the robot unveiled as the UNDP's Innovation Champion at the Responsible Business Forum in Singapore, 2017

News / Policy & Finance

What does a lipstick-wearing robot mean for the SDGs?

...tainability council, pointed out that there is a $3 trillion financing gap in Southeast Asia sustainably. A recent report by DBS and the United Nations Environment Inquiry stated that investment in t...

24 Nov 2017

What does a lipstick-wearing robot mean for the SDGs?

Videos / Carbon & Climate

Film captures global citizens innovating for a greener tomorrow

...thought, a strategy that could be more effective could be to tell another story of the future - to try to show solutions, to try to arouse the creativity and enthusiasm of people," he told the Thomson...

24 Apr 2017

Film captures global citizens innovating for a greener tomorrow

News / Policy & Finance

HSBC accused of breaking EU sanctions rules by co-financing Vietnam coal plant

...te that we do not think it is the right thing, from a social or economic perspective, to withdraw. “What we want to do is work with clients to make sure that, when they build new plants, they are the...

22 Nov 2017

HSBC accused of breaking EU sanctions rules by co-financing Vietnam coal plant

News / Water

6 water-saving innovations to celebrate this World Water Day

...teful use of water. The United Nations Water agency (UN Water) estimates that more than 80 per cent of the wastewater generated by society flows back into the ecosystem without being treated or reused...

22 Mar 2017

6 water-saving innovations to celebrate this World Water Day

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change and Islamic State seen as world's major threats - survey

...thor of the report, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "They worry about it personally, about the toll on their own personal lives, and they're also concerned about it generally for their own countr...

10 Aug 2017

Climate change and Islamic State seen as world's major threats - survey

News / Policy & Finance

Myanmar road corridors threaten land and livelihoods

...ted by this infrastructure project—and negatively affected if it is not carried out in a way where you are taking into account the potential impacts on areas that help provide clean water, protection ...

13 Feb 2018

Myanmar road corridors threaten land and livelihoods

Former US Vice President Al Gore returns to the big screen in An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

Opinion / Lifestyle

Review: Is An Inconvenient Sequel the wake-up call we all need?

...t story But despite the strengths of An Inconvenient Truth, it often feels like its filmmakers have chosen to go with the story that was easiest to tell rather than embrace the intricacies of the dyn...

23 Aug 2017

Review: Is An Inconvenient Sequel the wake-up call we all need?

Opinion / Lifestyle

Sustainable shopping: your guilt-free guide to flowers this Valentine's Day

...tist, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasmania and Fiona Kerslake is Research Fellow in viticulture and fermentation at the University of Tasmania. This article was ori...

9 Feb 2018

Sustainable shopping: your guilt-free guide to flowers this Valentine's Day

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