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We INFORM. We INSPIRE. We EMPOWER. Founded by serial entrepreneur Sonalie Figueiras in 2011, Green Queen is an award-winning sustainability & impact media platform advocating for social & environmental change in Asia. Our mission is to shift consumer behaviour through our authentic, original and ground-breaking content.

U.N. Environment Chief: ‘There Is No Vaccine For Climate Change’

Green Queen Team Jan 20, 2021

By: Mongabay The world is not prepared for climate change, a new U.N. report warns, highlighting how far behind countries have fallen in implementing adaptation measures. “The hard truth is that climate change is upon us,” Inger…
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UN Secretary-General’s Youth Climate Advisors Urge Green Jobs-Led Covid-19 Recovery To Create Resilient Global Economy

Green Queen Team Dec 18, 2020

The need for greater investments in green jobs is at the top of the youth climate agenda for 2021 according to a new report, compiled by the UN Secretary General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change and published on December 17. …
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U.N. Secretary-General Says Wealthy Nations Need To Cough Up US$100 Billion To Reach Global Climate Goals

Green Queen Team Dec 14, 2020

Meeting the pledge by developed countries to mobilize at least US$100 billion a year to support developing countries in mitigating and adapting to climate change, lagging even before the COVID-19 pandemic, requires urgent action, according…
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Women Are Still Not Heard In the Climate Policy Conversation

Green Queen Team Dec 10, 2020

By: Meghie Rodrigues A case study in Brazil points to a deep gender gap that still has to be bridged in the policymaking debate. Climate change effects don’t have the same impact on everyone: Vulnerable groups always have it…
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Humanity Faces Climate ‘Suicide’ Without U.S. Rejoining Paris Agreement, Says The U.N. Secretary General

Green Queen Team Dec 2, 2020

By: Mark Hertsgaard Joining China and other big polluters, Biden’s pledge of “net zero” US emissions by 2050 brings the Paris Agreement goals “within reach”. “The way we are moving is a suicide,” United Nations Secretary General…
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U.N. Chief António Guterres: ‘Making Peace With Nature Is The Defining Task Of The Century’

Green Queen Team Dec 2, 2020

The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has delivered a major address on “The State of the Planet” at Columbia University, on Wednesday (December 2). As a part of Green Queen Media's partnership with the U.N. Sustainable…
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Madagascar: First Ever Indian Embassy To Go 100% Solar

Green Queen Team Nov 9, 2020

By: Malavika Vyawahare The Indian embassy in Madagascar went solar to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2, becoming the first Indian embassy to embrace renewable energy. An 8 KW solar power plant was…
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Tibetan Plateau ‘Third Pole’ Pollution Linked To Arctic Sea Ice Loss

Green Queen Team Nov 6, 2020

By: Michael Allen New research suggests an atmospheric connection between Arctic sea ice melt and anthropogenic aerosol pollution over the Tibetan Plateau. The Tibetan Plateau is one of the world’s most pristine ecological regions.…
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The Global North Is Responsible For An Eye-Popping 92% Of Our Excess Carbon Emissions

Green Queen Team Nov 2, 2020

By: Rishika Pardikar The United States and European Union bear disproportionate liability for emitting to the atmospheric commons, new research argues. The United States is responsible for 40% of the climate breakdown the world is…
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Why The U.S. Supreme Court Matters So Much For the Climate Crisis

Green Queen Team Oct 27, 2020

By: Mark Hertsgaard Imagine any serious adult saying they don’t know whether gravity is real. That, in effect, is what judge Amy Coney Barrett testified to the US Senate during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings last week. After…
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Want To Know How Fast The Ocean Is Warming? Follow The Earthquakes

Green Queen Team Oct 23, 2020 0

By: Katherine Kornei By timing sound waves set in motion by earthquakes, scientists have estimated that the Indian Ocean is warming by roughly 0.044 K per decade. As greenhouse gases accumulate in Earth’s atmosphere, the planet holds…
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Top Scientist To World: Second Trump Terms Means ‘Game Over’ For Climate

Green Queen Team Oct 14, 2020 0

By: Mark Hertsgaard Michael Mann, one of the world’s most eminent climate experts, says Earth’s future ‘is in the hands of American citizens’. Michael Mann, one of the most eminent climate scientists in the world, believes averting…
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Thanks To Trump Administration, 1.8 Billion Tons More Greenhouse Gases Will Be Released

Green Queen Team Oct 12, 2020 0

By: Karen Charman When President Donald Trump visited California on September 14 and dismissed the state Secretary of Natural Resources Wade Crowfoot’s plea to recognize the role of climate change in the midst of the Golden State’s…
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How Does Joe Biden’s Climate Plan Stack Up To The Green New Deal?

Green Queen Team Oct 8, 2020 0

By: Jeff Berardelli At the first presidential debate on Tuesday night, former Vice President Joe Biden said point-blank that he does not support the Green New Deal — a progressive plan which not only aims to aggressively…
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Oxfam Research Shows The Rich Generate Emissions While The Poor Suffer Climate Consequences

Green Queen Team Oct 6, 2020 2

By: Joseph Opoku Gakpo The world’s poor and marginalized people are suffering the most from climate change impacts, though they contribute the least to the carbon emissions that are driving global warming, according to new research by…
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East Africa Nations Are Fighting E-Waste With New Responsible Policies & Plans

Green Queen Team Oct 2, 2020 0

By: Hope Mafaranga As Uganda develops its e-waste policy, neighboring Rwanda establishes a broad-based plan involving incentives and high-tech facilities. As many countries in Africa embrace the latest technology—smartphones,…
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Indian Fracking Companies Are Exploiting A Dearth Of Regulation & Causing Environmental Havoc

Green Queen Team Oct 1, 2020 0

By: Shashikant Yadav Corporations in India can explore shale gas reserves without obtaining environmental clearances. Oil and gas corporations have been allowed to begin drilling and other hydrocarbon exploration activities in…
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Vote For The Planet: What The US Elections Could Mean for Climate Progress

Green Queen Team Oct 1, 2020 0

By: Mark Hertsgaard The people have marched, and now it’s time to vote. What follows are not candidate endorsements. Rather, this nonpartisan guide aims to inform voters’ choices, help journalists decide what races to…
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Greenwashing In Fashion Is On The Rise, Here’s How To Spot It

Green Queen Team Oct 1, 2020 2

By: Durva Simone Bose Greenwashing in fashion is on the rise. Learn more about what it means and how you can tell the difference between a genuinely conscious brand and and one that is just ‘performing’ sustainability. There’s been…
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Climate Crisis: Can We Reverse All The Damage Trump Has Done?

Green Queen Team Sep 28, 2020 0

By: Hannah Murphy, with contribution from Andy Kroll What Joe Biden would need to do starting from Day One to correct the course of U.S. climate policy. When he talks about the Trump administration, David Doniger likes to say:…
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New Surveys Shows U.S. Liberals Feeling More Climate Anxious Than Ever

Green Queen Team Sep 25, 2020 0

By: Mike Ludwig Polling shows that people in the United States are taking climate change more seriously today than they were five years ago, but views on climate change remain sharply divided along partisan lines as the November…
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