Long-term sustainability over short-term profits
2 October 2020
The pandemic is forcing companies to choose whether to focus on long-term sustainability over short-term profits. Which path is your company going to take? The COVID-19 crisis is likely to increase awareness that companies must consider societal needs and ethical standards, not just short-term profits. This is particularly important for companies seeking to retain the […]
Does climate change make storms and floods deadlier?
30 September 2020
Cyclones are growing stronger from climate change, but their destructiveness also depends on “how well you deal with [them] as a society,” said climate scientist Di Luca. The difference in damage between countries like Haiti and the US, for example, is how much adaptation they can afford. “Very often it is the same storm producing […]
COVID-19 is a crucial test for corporate attitudes to sustainability
26 September 2020
The COVID-19 crisis is likely to increase awareness that companies must consider societal needs and ethical standards, not just short-term profits. This is particularly important for companies seeking to retain the skillsets of their workers and politicians striving to avoid societal discontent. Another study found that following layoffs at a firm, the remaining employees saw […]
Revolutionise the war on waste
20 September 2020
Professor Veena Sahajwalla has a strategy for tipping recyclable material straight back into the economy. Veena Sahajwalla has launched the world’s first e-waste microfactory and plans to export the model throughout Australia, and the globe. She views waste as an opportunity, not a problem, and hopes to roll out the microfactory model across the world. […]
Sustainable plastics will save our oceans ?
12 September 2020
Sustainable packaging inspired by orange peel TIPA Compostable Packaging is a new sustainable packaging inspired by orange peels.Approximately 13 million metrics tons of plastic leak into the ocean every day, Watch THE VIDEO : sustainable plastics will save our oceans ?
After COVID 19 : Embedding societal impact into business strategy
28 August 2020
Putting a pause on sustainability agendas is a risky move. The difference between companies that scale back and those that move forward on sustainability will be that, in a postpandemic world, the latter will be in a better position to mitigate regulatory risks and benefit from consumer and investor preferences. Of course, none of this […]
Greenland’s ice sheet has melted to a point of no return
15 August 2020
According to a new study by researchers at Ohio State University : “The ice sheet is now in this new dynamic state, where even if we went back to a climate that was more like what we had 20 or 30 years ago, we would still be pretty quickly losing mass,” Ian Howat, co-author of the […]
Transforming the way consumers are informed and entertained around the world
8 August 2020
Identifying new business models for content and distribution: Media, entertainment and sport have been radically disrupted over the last months through COVID 19 . The internet, social media, user-generated content, video streaming and various other technological breakthroughs. Business models have been upended and entire industry systems have been transformed or disappeared completely. What remains is […]
Governments should not miss this unprecedented window
28 July 2020
If the world can overcome COVID-19, we will have not only have succeeded in combatting a global pandemic, but we will also have the data and support necessary to continue the global transition to a green economy. Policy shifts will be a key challenge. The impact of market shutdowns on lives and livelihoods has required […]
Coastal cities in danger
12 July 2020
How does climate change affect coastal flooding? By 2050, COASTAL FLOODS that used to hit once a century will strike many cities every year, according to the IPCC, the gold standard on climate science. This is because climate change has made sea levels rise. Higher seas make storms worse in two ways. First, tropical cyclones create […]
A massive global behavioral change to make a difference
8 June 2020
The estimated 200 million metric tonnes (220.4 U.S. tons) of plastic waste in the world’s second-biggest ocean could be interpreted as a travesty. The substance we know today as plastic has been around for more than 100 years. By 2015, an incredible 7.8 billion tonnes of plastic had been produced in the world. It’s been estimated […]
Poverty, pollution and child labor
10 May 2020
German photographer wins UNICEF photo of the year Hartmut Schwarzbach’s picture shows a young girl in search of plastic waste in a Manila slum. UNICEF say the photo successfully captures the “three tragedies of our time”: poverty, pollution and child labor. Children of Manila’s slums At the time of the photograph, the girl was 13 years old, according […]
How the virus is changing people and our planet?
22 April 2020
This Earth Day, ACT FOR YOUR PLANET highlights 10 ways that the virus is affecting our planet, for better and for worse.No single event of the last 50 years has had a bigger impact on our world than the ongoing coronavirus pandemic Wildlife is reclaiming lost territory Tales of dolphins and swans returning […]
#earthday : 50 Years earth day
22 April 2020
No single event of the last 50 years has had a bigger impact on our world than the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. happy anniversary? First celebrated in 1970—the year that American troops invaded Cambodia, a cyclone claimed 500,000 lives in Bangladesh, and The Beatles broke up—today is the fiftieth Earth Day, a day that marked […]
ONE planet sharing COVID 19
6 April 2020
We must hope that the current epidemic will help humankind realise the acute danger posed by global disunity. We must act quickly and decisively. We should also take into account the long-term consequences of our actions. When choosing between alternatives, we should ask ourselves not only how to overcome the immediate threat, but also what kind […]
During lockdown : Why not make cycling easier ?
5 April 2020
Why not make cycling easier, not more difficult? At one stroke, you have people kept distanced during transport, and making them healthier in the long term – not to mention more likely to be able to see off respiratory infections like Covid-19. It could be time for action ! Around the world, governments are taking […]
Viruses, like climate change, do not respect borders
26 March 2020
In the face of a pandemic , climate activists reevaluate their tactics ; a collective paralysis has gripped the international community. There seem to be no adults in the room. One would have expected to see already weeks ago an emergency meeting of global leaders to come up with a common plan of action.
Reversing Global Warming
21 January 2020
Dive Into 80 Global Warming Solutions Discover a solutions-oriented approach, one with a sense of opportunity, possibility, and hope for the future. To see the solutions : Here
Is climate change behind Venice flooding?
13 November 2019
This latest Acqua Alta occurrence in Venice is the second highest tide in recorded history. However, if we look at the top 10 tides, five have occurred in the past 20 years and the most recent was only last year.While we should try to avoid attributing a single event to climate change, the increased frequency […]
Disasters worsened by climate change take hundreds of lives
3 November 2019
The biggest and most damaging hurricanes are now three times more frequent than they were 100 years ago, say researchers. one of the big questions that scientists have wrestled with is how to compare storm events from different eras. Is the increase in financial damages recorded over the last century simply down to the fact […]
Carbon Offset in cities
2 September 2019
Climate change and global warming present an existential threat to the human race, and will require a unified global response at all levels of society. Initiated by the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and made possible thanks to the support of Climate KIC and ofo, Reinventing Cities is an unprecedented global competition to drive […]
Deadline 2020 !
27 May 2019
Deadline 2020 In response to the Paris Agreement, C40 Cities launched Deadline 2020 – How cities will get the job done, which outlines the level of ambition and action needed by C40 cities to play their part in converting the Paris Agreement from aspiration into reality. the ALL programme HERE The Paris Agreement commits signatories to […]
How to reduce the amount of single-use plastic waste ?
3 March 2019
California proposes phaseout of single-use plastics by 2030: How? Proponents of the legislation say it could help reduce the problem of plastic ending up along beaches and in oceans and rivers. The issue has been highlighted by reports of whales and other marine life found with plastic items in their stomachs. California already has placed […]
Waste can be turned into a resource
20 February 2019
Design and production are made with the end of the product lifecycle in mind and taking into account the materials involved. William McDonough is an architect, designer and thought leader, and co-creator of the Cradle to Cradle framework, which provides the principles to design eco-effective solutions on the basis of safer materials that can be perpetually […]
To reverse Global warming
10 February 2019
Learn more about how we can reverse global warming and create a world where regeneration, not destruction, is the rule. What if we took out more greenhouse gases than we put into the atmosphere? This hypothetical scenario, known as “drawdown,” is our only hope of averting climate disaster, says strategist Chad Frischmann. In a forward-thinking […]
Extreme weather and climate change
30 January 2019
An Arctic-like deep freeze gripping much of the United States with double-digit subzero temperatures is the coldest of its kind in two decades, but is it linked to climate change? Experts say it could be, but whether global warming plays a role in this particular extreme weather phenomenon is still up for debate. A direct connection […]
The ocean plastic crisis
14 November 2018
The amount of plastic in the ocean is set to triple in a decade unless litter is curbed. Plastics is just one issue facing the world’s seas, along with rising sea levels, warming oceans, and pollution.
Aligning national and international climate targets
13 November 2018
Only sixteen countries out of the 197 that have signed the Paris Agreement have defined national climate action plan ambitious enough to meet their pledges, according to a policy brief released on Monday (29 October), ahead of the crucial UN climate conference COP24 in Katowice (Poland) in December. The 16 countries are: Algeria, Canada, Costa […]
Why farmers are forcing climate change into the spotlight
13 October 2018
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change says burning coal for fuel will need to end by 2050 if global warming is to be kept below 1.5 degrees. Even that level of warming will result in more intense and more frequent, extreme weather events, according to the IPCC report.
Sustainability has finally hit the mainstream of consumerism
19 September 2018
Is sustainability the new normal for consumers? As eco-consciousness goes mainstream in some countries, consumers don’t just expect brands to be sustainable, they expect them to be ‘regenerative’, Sustainability has become an imperative for consumers. More than nine in ten (92 per cent) of consumers across four global markets—Australia, China, United Kingdom and the United States—claim to be […]
Break Free from plastic
13 September 2018
Unless companies move away from their reliance on fossil-fuel based plastic for their products, we are looking at a climate-challenged future awashed in plastic pollution with untold repercussions on human health and life on the planet as we know it. This massive citizen action against big corporate plastic polluters have yielded the following numbers: 187,851 […]
How protect 1 billion people who live in informal settlements ?
7 September 2018
It is crucial the one billion people who live in informal settlements around the world are not forgotten as cities develop climate plans. Adapting to climate change is challenging for all cities, especially if global agreements fail to keep global temperature rise below 1.5°C. But how is adaptation possible where city governments have no capacity? […]
Palm plantations : from labor exploitation and social conflicts
22 August 2018
A new report by Greenpeace finds that palm oil suppliers to the world’s largest brands have cleared more than 1,300 square kilometres of rainforest—an area the size of the city of Los Angeles—since the end of 2015. The report found that palm oil suppliers to these top brands had cleared more than 1,300 square kilometers (500 […]
Scientists plan to map “a safety net” to Planet Earth
7 July 2018
Scientists urge world leaders to ramp up targets to protect global biodiversity. With the global population set to balloon to 10 billion people by 2050, scientists are calling for mankind to set aside sufficient amounts of ecosystems on land and at sea to ensure the survival of the many other species. To preserve global biodiversity and […]
The potential of aquaculture to feed the world
18 May 2018
Farmed fish is a critical food source Fish is a rich source of vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids and high-quality protein. It plays a particularly important role in the diets of billions of consumers in low- and middle-income countries. Many of these people are poor, malnourished and unable to afford alternative nutrient-rich foods such as […]
Advanced analytics, and digital technology, towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution
7 April 2018
What are the hardware, software, and financing challenges the world needs to navigate before the enticing vision of the Fourth Industrial Revolution becomes a reality? The Fourth Industrial Revolution has made some rather exciting promises to society: More streamlined business practices, services that can be customised to the need of every individual, and technologies that […]
Best way to defend environment
26 November 2017
If we do not want to become the victim of the impending sixth mass extinction, we must therefore, (without abandoning the necessity to build, construct, create, discover, ‘repair/heal’ the world), have a strong link to the natural world in a genuinely altruistic way, with no direct connection to our own interest. It would be, incidentally, […]
A world that favors short-term
4 October 2017
Markets, consumption, production, the environment: company efforts are at all levels and require more cooperation and collaboration. “Each step towards awareness, inside or outside the company, pays off.” Integrated at the heart of businesses, collaborative spirit in its best aspect is all about developing human capital. “What I know for sure is that humans – […]