Carbon Brief's latest global climate report shows temperatures in 2018 were near record highs despite a moderate cooling La Niña event during the first half of the year.
Preserving local heritage and being in touch with nature is essential to living in a sustainable city, said students at a recent youth event in Singapore.
Patrick Verkooijen –
Extreme weather patterns and natural disasters this summer point to a future of worse weather driven by climate change. How can billions of at-risk people and businesses adapt and remain resilient?
Aniruddha Dasgupta –
The IPCC report has sounded alarm on the climate disasters headed our way, many of which will hit urban areas the hardest. How can cities be transformed to mitigate climate change?
Johan Rockström
and Jørgen Randers, and Per Espen Stoknes –
There is only one way to deliver improvements to human well-being in an environmentally sustainable way and avoid the worst effects of Hothouse Earth: “transformational change".
A hotter world will make it even more difficult for India's poorest to break out of the poverty cycle, writes RAND Corporation's Gulrez Shah Azhar. What are some solutions that can change this?
As we celebrate World Mental Health Day today, leaders are called to protect the community’s mental health by offering a solid action plan to address the increasing impacts of climate change.
Crystal Ho –
The IPCC's climate warning is an opportunity for the business world to show leadership, said UNDP's Achim Steiner in the opening speech at the Responsible Business Forum in Singapore.
Ping Manongdo –
It has been said that the fight against climate change will be won in cities. In this video by C40, mayors of the world’s mega cities share what they are doing to address the most pressing climate threats.
Ramesh Bushal, The Third Pole –
An innovative cargo bicycle designed for farmers and villagers may help boost incomes in isolated farming communities in Nepal.
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Climate extremes are causing layers of socio-economic problems in rural Nepal, but new technologies are helping farmers—mostly women—brace their crops for the weather.
Companies have traditionally thought about climate change and environmental sustainability as reputational risks best managed through corporate social responsibility programs. In recent years, however, many companies have been caught unprepared ...
In its promotion of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP), the EU-funded SWITCH-Asia Programme addresses particularly the needs, role and potential of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are ...
New research by Corporate Citizenship reveals that although business awareness of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals has increased in the past year, tangible action to address the Global Goals ...
The Smart Villages Initiative brings together key players—entrepreneurs, scientists and engineers, villagers, NGOs, financiers, civil society and development organisations, policymakers, and regulators—from the frontline of delivering off-grid energy for development ...
