Climate Change

75% of leading fashion brands were given an "F" grade for their efforts to switch to clean energy in the new Fossil-Free Fashion Scorecard.
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Launched by Hong Kong-based Sonic Capital and Tavis Digital in Zurich, Sphere wants to support the emerging ecological blockchain sector.
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In Hong Kong, a school is planting the city’s first Miyawaki forest featuring over 50 native species on site as part of its eco-curriculum.
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Canteens across universities in Berlin will now be replacing meat with vegan and vegetarian meals to lower their carbon footprint.
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Scientists say the only way to regain stability and save the planet is climate repair—a 3-step strategy of “reduce, remove, repair”.
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Following the landmark IPCC report declaring a “code red for humanity”, a new grassroots campaign is calling on world leaders to take action on one of the biggest drivers of the climate crisis: our food system. The Plant-Based Treaty is…
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Hong Kong will finally see a waste-charging scheme come into force, after years of campaigning by the city’s green groups and delays by lawmakers. On Thursday (August 26), the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) approved the new bill,…
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By: Mitchell P. Jones Fungi — a scientific goldmine? Well, that’s what a review published today in the journal Trends in Biotechnology indicates. You may think mushrooms are a long chalk from the caped crusaders of…
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A new climate documentary narrated by Oscar award-winning actress Kate Winslet is set to spotlight the true cost of our food choices. Debuting next month, Eating Our Way To Extinction addresses the “hard truths” of what’s driving…
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One billion children globally are facing “extreme” risk from the impacts of the climate crisis, experts from Unicef warn.
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Leading climate summit COP26 isn't promoting a fully plant-based menu this year even though it's the key to slowing climate change.
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During a pre-Food Systems Summit forum hosted by the dairy industry, Genesis Butler was removed for asking about climate change. So the UN gave her a platform.
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In a new report on global inequality in water pollution, fast fashion brands in Europe, the U.S., and U.K. were highlighted as major drivers of water pollution across Africa’s rivers. While also a source of revenue and job creation for the…
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World-renowned conservationist Jane Goodall will be establishing a new sustainability academy in Taipei in partnership with the Tang Prize.
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Deloitte employees are going to embark on a new climate education program—all 333,000 of them. The auditing giant has just created a new “climate learning program” in partnership with the WWF, which aims to boost climate literacy and arm…
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Overhauling the food, transport and energy sectors will bring about a 90% reduction in GHG emissions within 15 years, says a new report. The analysis, published by independent think tank RethinkX, offers a glimmer of hope for the global…
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A recent study found that India's groundwater is depleting, and this could spell doom for some of the country's most important crops.
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By Jiseok Kim, climate and energy specialist, Greenpeace East Asia Another summer has come and it is not going away quietly without yet another round of extreme weather events. From Asia to Europe and the Americas, the headlines related…
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A new report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says we're past the tipping point of climate change.
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Today (August 9), an extremely important report on the physical science of climate change will be released to the world. Produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the report will give world leaders the…
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British startup Foodsteps has created a platform to help restaurants and caterers calculate and reduce carbon emissions through labelling.
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