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Analysis: China’s post-lockdown emissions surge shows signs of coolingChina’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions grew by around 1 per cent in the second quarter of 2021 compared to a year earlier, new analysis for Carbon Brief shows. -
Is Cambodia’s thirst for sand putting communities and the Mekong at risk?The Cambodian government is embarking on a number of ambitious development projects, which critics say come at the expense of the environment and people’s livelihoods.
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Analysis: China’s carbon emissions grow at fastest rate for more than a decadeChina’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have grown at their fastest pace in more than a decade, increasing by 15 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021, new analysis for Carbon Brief shows. -
Five years after the earthquake, can Nepal rebuild sustainably?The annual Ashden Awards highlight the world's next climate champions. One of them is Build up Nepal, a social enterprise that empowers female rural entrepreneurs to create jobs and rebuild Nepal's post-disaster infrastructure.
Cement Opinion
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Food, not steel, is our biggest climate challenge– Since 2006, the estimated costs of achieving net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions from the world’s energy, building, industrial, and transport systems have plummeted. In most sectors, a green transition will cost consumers little. -
How fungi can help create a green construction industry– The building and construction industry contributes 39 per cent of the world’s carbon footprint. How can fungi help reduce the sector's material and energy use? -
What locally led climate resilience looks like in the Philippines– Faced with forced relocation, the people of Pasig City in the Philippines designed their own climate-resilient neighbourhood.
Videos
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Frank Gehry's 'brown paper bag' is green– The newly opened Dr Chau Chak Wing Building at the University of Technology, Sydney boasts more than 25 sustainable design features and has been awarded a 5-Star Green Star rating by the Green Building Council of Australia.
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CDL Green Gallery: Heritage meets sustainability– The CDL Green Gallery at the Singapore Botanic Gardens Heritage Museum is the first zero-energy gallery in Singapore. Eco-Business profiles the cutting-edge technologies that have helped achieve this.
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Satellite zooms in on crucial carbon questions– The ability of scientists to make accurate predictions about future effects of CO2 will be boosted by vital data from a US satellite being launched to take a detailed inventory of the planet’s sinks and sources of carbon.
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Build 10 houses in 24 hours with recycled construction waste– Add this to China's mass manufacturing ability: a 3D printer in Shanghai can build 10 houses within 24 hours by repurposing China's 1.5 billion tonnes of construction waste into 'ink'.
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