The climate crisis demands we green higher education: here's how the French are going about it
Feb 14, 2023 13:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views
For several years, in France and elsewhere, higher education has been questioned about its role and responsibilities in the current socio-environmental crises. In response, numerous research projects and initiatives have...
Feb 14, 2023 13:06 pm UTC| Business
Youve probably seen ads promoting gas and oil companies as the solutions to climate change. Theyre meant to be inspiring and hopeful, with scenes of a green, clean future. But shiny ads are not all these companies do to...
Global supply chains are devouring what's left of Earth's unspoilt forests
Feb 10, 2023 06:04 am UTC| Nature
While farming continues to drive deforestation around the world, 60% of the destruction of Earths large, intact forests is caused by other forces. In particular, our research shows that more than one-third of this...
Jan 24, 2023 07:56 am UTC| Technology
Food loss and waste are major problems around the world. When food is tossed aside or allowed to spoil, it makes economies less productive and leaves people hungry. It also harms Earths climate by generating methane, a...
The rising Canadian obsession with SUVs is disrupting our climate goals
Jan 24, 2023 07:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
When it comes to vehicular popularity, SUVs are winning in Canada. Eighty per cent of new vehicles sold in Canada in 2020 and 2021 were SUVs and pickup trucks. These sales levels were only 55 per cent a decade ago....
3 ways Indonesia could make 2023 a turning point in its clean energy transition
Jan 24, 2023 07:36 am UTC| Economy
2023 begins with some hope that Indonesia is speeding up its transition away from fossil fuels, towards cleaner, renewable energy sources. For example, the government last year issued a presidential regulation as a...
Can sending fewer emails or emptying your inbox really help fight climate change?
Dec 19, 2022 16:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The massive carbon footprint left behind by emails has been widely discussed by the media, but most of the time these discussions are exaggerated. According to Agnès Pannier-Runacher, the French minister of...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
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