Deforestation: The $53bn threat to agri-businesses
Global businesses sourcing commodities such as cattle, soybeans or rubber stand to lose some $53 billion due to deforestation unless they take action. In a survey of more than 500 …
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Analysis: UK is now halfway to meeting its ‘net-zero emissions’ target
The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 were 51% below 1990 levels, according to new Carbon Brief analysis. This means the UK is now halfway to meeting its target of …
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Dirty coal to hydrogen: Trial aims for clean-energy solution
A Japanese-Australian venture has begun producing hydrogen from brown coal in a 500 million Australian dollars ($390m) pilot project that aims to show liquefied hydrogen can be produced commercially and …
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Measuring Equity Through City Trees
The term “urban forest” may sound like an oxymoron. When most of us think about forests, we may picture vast expanses of tall trunks and dappled sunlight filtering through the …
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India Is the Only G20 Nation on Track to Meet Paris Agreement’s 2°C Goal: Report
India is the only “2°C compatible” country out of all the G20 nations, including the US, Brazil, Australia and several EU countries, a new report has found. The Paris Agreement, which came …
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Green Flamingo: Portugal hopes to export green hydrogen to EU
Thanks to Portugal’s high sun exposure, the nation has the potential to produce green hydrogen for Europe. The EU-backed Green Flamingo initiative may enable it to ship the green gas …
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Japan steps up climate ambition with 2050 net zero emissions goal
The Japanese government has said it will cut the country’s carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, in the latest sign of growing momentum on international climate action. Yoshihide Suga, …
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Constructive argument
‘Building back better’ is all well and good but, ask Kate Bayliss, Ben Bowles and Elisa Van Waeyenberge, better for whom? Investment in infrastructure is a major part of the …
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Higher taxes, fairer society: UK survey shows desire for equality
Authors of new report call for radical change to economy, recognition of unpaid care work, usually done by women. People in the United Kingdom would be happy to pay higher …
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Save Nature or Risk Economic Disaster, Global Leaders Tell Each Other
The international community hasn’t met any of the biodiversity targets it set a decade ago. The mass extinction of species will be catastrophic for economic development, global leaders warned as …
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