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Martyn Tickner, Alliance to End Plastic Waste. Image: supplied

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From plastic producer to pollution fighter: Martyn Tickner on the dilemma facing the war on waste

...the best product there is. It's cheap, light, flexible and durable. Plastic is not the problem. It’s the symptom of the problem. The problem is our social behaviour, and our inability to manage the wa...

20 五月 2020

From plastic producer to pollution fighter: Martyn Tickner on the dilemma facing the war on waste

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Death by dirty cooking

...ther clean-cooking fuels. The imperative now is to continue building on these gains, while adapting the strategies that powered them to different contexts, especially in Africa. To this end, the UN sh...

6 十一月 2019

Death by dirty cooking

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Zero plastic bags or zero waste? In defence of Singapore’s rejection of a plastic bag ban

...the decline since 2014. While the total population in Singapore has grown since 2014, the amount of plastic waste generated in 2017 fell 9,400 tonnes compared to 2014. This apparent fall in the use of...

1 十一月 2018

Zero plastic bags or zero waste? In defence of Singapore’s rejection of a plastic bag ban

新闻 / 粮食和农业

Flies and fungi: Climate change could make food less safe, experts warn

...the Canadian province of Ontario, raising the risk of diarrhoeal disease caused by Campylobacter bacteria when it is carried from animals to humans by flies that land on meals. Another key food safety...

15 二月 2019

Flies and fungi: Climate change could make food less safe, experts warn

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Australian cities need a long term plan for sustainability

...the large cities have created unsustainable demands on land to support urban dwellers. And the wastes the cities produce are straining the capacity of the environment to handle these. Given the many u...

5 十一月 2019

Australian cities need a long term plan for sustainability

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On World Environment Day, world turns spotlight on air pollution

...the launch of the report ‘Air Pollution and Human Health: The Case of the Western Balkans‘ in Sarajevo, accompanied by the presentation of the ‘Sarajevo Air’ app, that hel...

6 六月 2019

On World Environment Day, world turns spotlight on air pollution

Antonio Guterres and Patricia Espinosa COP25

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What’s at stake at the COP25 climate conference?

...the Paris requirements. The UN’s Emissions Gap report recently demonstrated that without stronger action, the world will be 3.2C warmer by the end of the century.At the close of last year’s talks, the...

3 十二月 2019

What’s at stake at the COP25 climate conference?

The fatberg found in a British seaside town measured 64 metres in length. Image: South West Water

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Giant fatberg clogs British sewer

...the British public not to pour grease down the drain or flush baby wipes down the toilet. He said: “Don’t feed the fatberg.” This is not the first fatberg discovered in the UK. A larger one measurin...

9 一月 2019

Giant fatberg clogs British sewer

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Electric cars can clean up the mining industry – here’s how

...the communities where mining takes place and along the supply chain. The makers of electric cars have the opportunity to lead these industries, driving change up the supply chain, and influence their ...

17 四月 2019

Electric cars can clean up the mining industry – here’s how

新闻 / 碳与气候

Unique climate change has no natural cause

...ther a historic precedent nor a natural cause. Other historic changes – the so-called Medieval Warm Period and then the “Little Ice Age” that marked the 17th to the 19th centuries – were not global. T...

20 八月 2019

Unique climate change has no natural cause

新闻 / 碳与气候

This powder could cheaply capture carbon pollution from power plants

...the size and concentration of pores in the carbon powder. The carbon spheres that make up the powder have many, many pores and the vast majority of them are less than one-millionth of a meter in diame...

11 一月 2019

This powder could cheaply capture carbon pollution from power plants

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In store or online—what's the environmentally friendliest way to shop?

...the delivery, while another third take long detours. So the potential carbon saving disappears. But the more people join in, the more efficient it could be. The bottom line The bottom line? Online sho...

24 五月 2019

In store or online—what's the environmentally friendliest way to shop?

Children in Myanmar hold a solar lamp provided by Panasonic

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Power to the people: How light after dark is dimming poverty

...the amount of solar charge it receives during the day and the brightness of the lamp. Speaking to Eco-Business, a Panasonic spokesperson recognised that the solar lanterns were only the first step to ...

4 三月 2019

Power to the people: How light after dark is dimming poverty

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Making waves: Female round-the-world crew to fight ocean plastic

...the planet's most important and diverse marine environments to build a picture of the state of the seas. The 38,000 nautical mile trip will take in the Arctic, the Galapagos Islands, the South Pacific...

15 七月 2019

Making waves: Female round-the-world crew to fight ocean plastic

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A major scorecard gives the health of Australia’s environment less than 1 out of 10

...the Indian Ocean delayed the onset of the monsoon in northern Australia and reduced the flow of moisture to the rest of the continent, creating hot and dry conditions. Average rainfall was a mere 229 ...

31 三月 2020

A major scorecard gives the health of Australia’s environment less than 1 out of 10

新闻 / 政策和金融

Lost business to the haze? There’s insurance for that—and payouts are triggered by air pollution

...when the air quality deteriorates beyond a certain threshold on the National Environment Agency's Pollutant Standard Index (PSI)—there's no need to give the insurance company evidence of losses or dam...

4 十月 2018

Lost business to the haze? There’s insurance for that—and payouts are triggered by air pollution

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From parkas to luxury silk, businesses tackle cultural appropriation

...their own design, using fabrics selected by the company. The seamstresses own the copyright for their coats, rather than Canada Goose. "As we're moving forward into modern times, indigenous cultures a...

9 二月 2019

From parkas to luxury silk, businesses tackle cultural appropriation

观点 / 粮食和农业

As fall armyworms invade Asia, we need more than chemical warfare from Big Agri

...theast Asia having increased ten times in the last decade with further hikes likely. The reason? The Fall armyworm. The army worm invaded Southeast Asia in late 2018 with first reports coming from Tha...

11 四月 2019

As fall armyworms invade Asia, we need more than chemical warfare from Big Agri

观点 / 碳与气候

Towards a global green new deal

...the weak from the strong so that they could grow. Yet its current version encourages strong countries to impose their preferred development model on the weak, thereby promulgating a world of “winner-t...

11 四月 2019

Towards a global green new deal

观点 / 生活方式

Six ways to fill your wardrobe with sustainable clothing

...the material will release harmful chemicals into the atmosphere. There are also problems associated with trimmings such as buttons, zips, studs and interfacing or lining. When buried with other waste ...

22 三月 2019

Six ways to fill your wardrobe with sustainable clothing

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Singapore’s sustainability challenge is no longer awareness, but action

EB工作室 Moving Singaporeans from awareness to action will require more than information, says Singlife’s Head of Sustainability, Chia Ko …
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UNEP warns of a 1.5°C overshoot. Philippine fishers are already paying the price

The world may eventually bring temperatures back below the Paris threshold, but fishers in Eastern Samar are already …
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Malaysia to launch new sustainability professionals body by end 2026

The professional body aims to raise standards, strengthen sustainability capabilities and provide a collective voice for practitioners across …
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Regional haze casts a pall on Asean’s influence

The return of smoke haze underscores a sobering reality: while Asean has policies designed to combat it, the …
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China dominates global green ship orders. Can green fuel keep up?

独家 Chinese shipyards are dominating global orders for greener vessels, but uncertainty over global regulations and cost premiums of …
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Can the Global South align the world’s carbon markets?

Brazil will chair a new body in an ambitious effort to align the world’s fragmented carbon markets – …

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