Biodiversity
Locals benefit from nature based tourism: WB Report
A new World Bank report shows that for every dollar governments invest in protected areas and support for nature-based tourism, the economic rate of […]
Category: Sustainable Business
Sustainable Business
Blu-Nits, a new measurement unit on the impact of a product on the environment
Mitchell Cetuk The word “blu-nit” comes from the joining of the words “blue” (for the planet) and “unit” (of measurement). The number of blu-nits […]
Sustainable Business
Watchdog Shines Light on Big Pharma’s ‘Fierce’ EU Lobbying Campaign Against Vaccine Patent Waiver
Jake Johnson The public is being left in the dark as to the demands, influencing strategies, and full firepower of the Big Pharma lobby […]
Sustainable Business
Leaked document suggest proposed revised EU energy law a huge step backwards on climate
A leaked version of the Energy Council’s proposed revision to the EU’s key energy infrastructure regulation – seen by NGOs – would lock in […]
Sustainable Business
Why to Avoid Reading a Book on Climate Change Written by a Billionaire
Nitin Sethi I hardly write or report these days. A publication asked for a book review. But, it rejected the review upon reading the […]
Sustainable Business
Targeting pollutive brick kilns in Bangladesh with AI
Sanjeet Bagcchi A low-cost machine learning method has the potential to track down immensely polluting brick kilns in Bangladesh, helping regulators monitor environmental compliance, […]
Aid
Plotting a green Covid recovery: How the EU, US and China stack up
Sam Morgan Covid-19’s impact on the world economy has prompted Brussels, Washington and Beijing to invest in bumper stimulus plans to help ride out […]
Aid
Is 30 percent land converted to protected areas the biggest land grab in history?
Three hundred million people stand to lose their land and livelihood, most of them tribal and indigenous peoples, according to Survival International World leaders […]
Biodiversity
Belgium bans biofuels made from palm oil, soy
In making the move, Belgium joins Denmark, France, and the Netherlands as other European nations that have barred palm oil-based biodiesel due the crop’s […]
Sustainable Business
US$ 1.4 trillion lost every year to tobacco use
WHO’s new technical manual on tobacco tax policy and administration shows countries ways to cut down on over US$1.4 trillion in health expenditures and lost productivity […]
Biodiversity
Certification schemes are greenwashing forest destruction
Certified companies, including with the widely-known FSC label, are reportedly linked to forest destruction, land disputes and human rights abuses warns a new report […]
Aid
Rich nations blocking quick COVID vaccine access by poor countries
Rich nations vaccinating one person every second while majority of the poorest nations are yet to give a single dose One year on from […]