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Lucien Georgeson and Mark Maslin Cities across the world are increasingly at risk from climate change. People living in extreme poverty are especially vulnerable, both because global warming will tend to hit developing countries the hardest, and because they have less money to throw at the p

Business , Climate , Energy , Environment , Science & Technology , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Transport / 02/17/2016

The global bike sharing boom – why cities love a cycling scheme

Alexandros Nikitas The benefits of bike sharing schemes include transport flexibility, reductions to vehicle emissions, health benefits, reduced congestion and fuel consumption, and financial savings for individuals. As urbanisation and modernisation reach unprecedented levels, road congestion has b

Climate , Data & Reports , Disasters , Environment , Science & Technology / 01/28/2016

We just had the hottest year on record – where does that leave climate denial?

Stephan Lewandowsky People who deny climate science do not put their money where their mouth is. And when they very occasionally do, they lose. At a news conference announcing that 2015 broke all previous heat records by a wide margin, one journalist started a question with “If this trend continue

Biodiversity , Climate , Disasters , Energy , Environment , Forests , Sustainable Development / 01/20/2016

Five trends that will define the world’s forests in 2016

Bill Laurance The past year has been a momentous time for the world’s forests, with both good and bad news. Fasten your seat belts, because 2016 promises to be another roller-coaster ride. Here I highlight five factors that could have a big impact on forests this year. For further discussio

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Biodiversity , Data & Reports , Environment , Food , Forests , Resources , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development / 01/11/2016

Give bees a chance: the ancient art of beekeeping could save our honey (and us too)

Marianne Peso There’s no denying it: we’re in a long-term relationship… with bees. Recent evidence published in the journal Nature shows that humans have been depending on honey bees for about 9,000 years. Researchers conducted chemical analyses of over 6,000 fragments of pottery revealing the

Aid , Business , Corruption , Education , Featured , Human Rights , Resources , Sustainable Development / 12/22/2015

From Zorro to Zombie: the rise and fall of the microcredit movement

Milford Bateman, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Croatia The global microcredit industry has achieved nothing more for the mass of clients than to plunge them into deep debt and irretrievable poverty. This is part of a series The Conversation Africa is running on financial inclusion and micro cred

Aid , Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Corruption , Education , Energy , Environment , Featured , Food , Forests , Gender , Health , Human Rights , Labour , Migration , Resources , Science & Technology , Soil , Sustainable Development , Transport , Water / 12/14/2015

The Paris climate agreement at a glance

Emil Jeyaratnam, The Conversation; James Whitmore, The Conversation; Michael Hopkin, The Conversation, and Wes Mountain, The Conversation On December 12, 2015 in Paris, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change finally came to a landmark agreement. Signed by 196 nations, the Paris Ag

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Corruption , Energy , Environment , Forests , Human Rights , Resources / 11/27/2015

Feeding ‘Godzilla’: as Indonesia burns, its government moves to increase forest destruction

Bill Laurance|James Cook University In the midst of its worst fire crisis in living memory, the Indonesian government is taking a leap backward on forest protection. The recently signed Council of Palm Oil Producing Nations between Indonesia and Malaysia, signed at the weekend in Kuala Lumpur, will

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Forests , Resources , Sustainable Development / 11/20/2015

Paris climate talks: Russia will use its huge forests as a bargaining chip

Marianna Poberezhskaya, Nottingham Trent University Russia’s strategy at the talks-It will want strong recognition of the role forests play in the climate with 640 billion trees in a good position to negotiate emissions reductions. Russia has a reputation as one of the more difficult states involv

Biodiversity , Education , Environment , Featured , Forests , Human Rights , Resources , Sustainable Development , Water / 11/06/2015

How the environmental justice movement is gathering momentum in South Africa

Jacklyn Cock, University of the Witwatersrand Environmental justice is a travelling discourse which has taken on distinctive meanings in different parts of the world. South Africa is no exception. As a mobilising force the concept emerged from the US where it was developed 50 years ago in opp

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