Healthcare News
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Drastic shift in city lifestyles urged to avert climate crisisCities need to at least halve their emissions by 2030, urbanites need to cut their meat consumption and fast-fashion has to be ditched to have a chance of keeping global warming to 1.5°C. -
Healthcare in world’s largest economies ‘accounts for 4%’ of global emissionsHealthcare emissions harm the planet, and this boomerangs and harms health. To escape this vicious cycle, we need more energy efficient hospitals, low-carbon medical products, and only the necessary medical procedures.
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'Nobel for food' winner tells ailing world to eat more vegSimon Groot—an octogenarian whose family has cultivated seeds for hundreds of years—said the world must tackle malnutrition by boosting vegetable and crop varieties. -
Toxic smog: the new normal in South AsiaOn World Environment Day, people from cities across South Asia speak about living with the smog as air pollution becomes the new normal.
Healthcare Opinion
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How can China lead on air pollution?– Urbanisation cannot be stopped, but this does not excuse governments for failing to address air pollution. With considerable resources and capacity for nationwide policy coordination, China should be leading the way in developing a sustainable approach to urbanisation that can serve as a regional and even global example. -
5 under-recognised impacts of air pollution– How are the social costs of air pollution extending beyond affecting one's health ? World Resources Institute's Jessica Seddon discusses. -
Big Pharma emits more greenhouse gases than the automotive industry– In a first, researchers find that the pharmaceutical industry is a significant contributor to global warming, and is dirtier than the global car industry. Companies with the lowest emissions are also the most profitable.
Videos
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What you need to know about sustainable cooling and climate change– What makes cooling such a hot topic when it comes to climate change? This year's #Innovate4Climate summit will look at the problem and potential of sustainable cooling.
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What would the world be like if there was water for all?– Worldwide, 100 million families are stuck in a cycle of poverty and disease because of the lack of access to clean water. What would it take to slake humanity's thirst for water in a sustainable way?
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Expansion of oil palm plantations into forests appears to be changing local diets in Indonesia
Food & Agriculture
Expansion of oil palm plantations into forests appears to be changing local diets in Indonesia
– With no forests, people lose access to wild food and are forced to purchase more unhealthy food, including packaged foods. -
Humans, fish, and other animals are consuming microfibres in our food and water– As tiny fibers shed from synthetic textiles invade our bodies, researchers scramble to identify potential threats.
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