Biodiversity
Are sharks going extinct next?
Marianne Furtado de Nazareth 100 million sharks are killed by humans every single year Contrary to what famously terrifying movies like ‘Jaws’ would have […]
Category: Sustainable Business
Sustainable Business
Rickshaw gets upgrade with hemp sidecar
Paul Icamina Filipino and South Korean scientists launched on 1 July a project for the development of a tricycle whose sidecars are made mostly […]
Sustainable Business
A Record Breaking Year for Renewable Energy: New Installations, Policy Targets, Investment and Jobs
The Renewables 2016 Global Status Report reveals that renewables are now firmly established as competitive, mainstream sources of energy in many countries around the […]
Aid
What the Green Climate Fund really means for international development
Marc Gunther In its seventh year, progress for the fund has been slow. What will it take to fulfill the GCF’s promise? When the […]
Sustainable Business
Press freedom violations threaten transparency in extractive sector
Publish What You Pay Writing about the extractive industries is an important area for journalists With the wealth of natural resources available, the huge financial […]
Sustainable Business
Widespread ingestion of packing chemicals revealed
The growing use of plastic food containers in developing countries means their citizens are now exposed to as much bisphenol A (BPA) as those […]
Sustainable Business
On Labour day, 12,000 refugees can go homeless in Berlin
A new law starting on May 1 in Berlin to curb on holiday rentals like Airbnb can lead to thousands of refugees going homeless overnight Berlin, a city […]
Sustainable Business
What lies behind Africa’s lack of access and unreliable power supplies
Afrobarometer, a pan-African, non-partisan research network, recently released a report highlighting Africa’s electricity challenges. Power shortages can hamper socioeconomic development, but they also have […]
Biodiversity
A second Honduras anti-dam activist assassinated, EU funders suspend funding
Nelson Garcia, a member of the same Indigenous rights group as murdered activist Berta Caceres, has been assassinated in Honduras. On Tuesday, Nelson Garcia was […]
Aid
Transportation industry roped in to counter wildlife trafficking
Global transport leaders sign historic declaration at Buckingham Palace in fight to shut down Illegal wildlife trafficking routes A declaration at Buckingham Palace committing […]
Sustainable Business
Italian corporation reported to OECD over dam disaster
Survival International has reported Italian engineering giant Salini to the OECD over its construction of a controversial dam set to destroy the livelihoods of […]
Biodiversity
Africa’s oldest national park under new threat
Activists say, it may only be a matter of weeks before Uganda issues oil licence in Lake Edward, effectively opening up Virunga by the back […]
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