The outspoken climate scientist, who has repeatedly sounded the alarm on the need to transition away from fossil fuels, leaves Singapore after almost eight years.
China’s solar and wind farms would no longer be guaranteed sales at a fixed price linked to coal benchmarks, under a new policy released by the central government.
For companies, the challenge is not choosing between idealism and abandonment but forging a pragmatic path that balances resilience, local adaptation, and long-term business priorities.
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Georg Kell, Martin Reeves, Helena Carmody Fox
Quantitative summaries of how women spend their time are helping make gendered, unpaid labour and care work visible.
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Manjula M, Sangita Dutta Gupta
The World Bank’s International Development Association could help lift millions out of extreme poverty and support adaptation to climate change. Unfortunately, some key donors are not carrying their weight.
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Kevin Watkins
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Jessica Cheam
As planetary temperatures reach an all-time high, a climate scientist has designed a new way to show how global temperatures have changed every month since the start of the industrial revolution and 2021.
Formula 1 emits the carbon equivalent of 30,000 homes as it roars through 21 countries in a season. Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 head of sustainability Alice Ashpitel says the sport's ambition to decarbonise by 2030 is not unrealistic.
Eco-anxiety is a healthy psychological response, says 24-year-old activist Clover Hogan. The founder of nonprofit Force of Nature tells the Eco-Business Podcast how to respond to anxiety in a world that is "numb" to the climate crisis.
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The booming alternative protein sector has experienced turbulence this year. The Eco-Business Podcast asks if growth in plant-based meat alternatives can go the distance.
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Covid-19 didn't kill events, but it did change them. Teymoor Nabili and Veemal Gungadin tell the Eco-Business Podcast how a pandemic transformed the way sustainability events are conceived and organised.