The Indian market for environmental technology is the sixth largest in the world and is expected to grow rapidly. However, limited access to clean technologies, largely controlled by developed nations, is a major barrier in this trade.
There has been a severe shortfall in funding for natural park management, and forest rangers are bearing the brunt of these budget cuts. This is despite the risks they face, and amid an expansion of top-down efforts to establish more government-protected areas which demand enforcement and patrol resources.
Volatility in oil and gas markets has been devastating for middle-income energy exporters, which produce nearly half of the world’s oil and gas. As the world shifts to renewables, these countries must adopt strategies to ensure that the transition does not harm workers and communities.
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Carlos Lopes
The Indonesian city of Surabaya put in public parks where others put in buildings. It is now reaping the creative, economic and cooling benefits.
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Martiwi Diah Setiawati
The world's imperfect responses to climate change, biodiversity loss, the Covid-19 pandemic, rising energy and food costs, and war reveal international systems in dire need of redesign.
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Margaret Kuhlow
The populous coal-rich powerhouse has six months to tell investors how it plans to spend G7 money to decarbonise equitably. We ask experts about the risks, strategy, and opportunities.
Most schools only teach the science of climate change. Green School gives the skills needed to live in a warming world. Eco-Business asked Green School's Leslie Medema how to be real with children about climate change without scaring them.