climate crisis

Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder and billionaire, has hailed alternative proteins and other innovative technologies as critical to the fight against climate change. In a recent interview on CBS News’ 60 Minutes to promote his new book,…
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With a past history in supporting small-scale farmers as well as taking steps to ban factory farming, Vegan Democrat Cory Booker has become the newest member to join the Senate Committee For Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, in an…
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In keeping with the 2020 policy that was unveiled by the National Development and Reform Commission, in 2021, China has banned single-use plastic straws and shopping bags in major cities in an effort to reduce the increasing plastic waste…
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Founded by three female scientists, this biotech believes that we can take a problem that environmentalists see as a problem into an opportunity, and potentially, even a solution. Based in California, Mango Materials has come up with a way…
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In a new report on the global food production and biodiversity, experts say that a mass shift to plant-based diets is crucial to combat the degradation of natural habitats and species extinction. Other key “levers” of action to reduce our…
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According to World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) Singapore, since the plastic bag fee came into effect in the country, each month, retailers are saving over 300,000 bags thus contributing to lesser waste and taking the citizens further…
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A new study conducted by Kering, the luxury fashion giant that owns the likes of Gucci, Saint Laurent and Alexander McQueen, has found that the majority of Chinese consumers are keeping their luxury products for just one to three years.…
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The Singapore parliament has acknowledged that climate change is a global emergency, in a move aimed at calling on the government, private sector and civil society to accelerate action on the issue. Among some of the proposals discussed by…
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While it's not the most pleasant of subjects to discuss, most people may be surprised to learn that traditional burials are fairly toxic and harmful to the environment. As such, there has been an increase in individuals around the world…
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Hong Kong has been handed a “C” grade in its latest climate action report released by local environmental NGO CarbonCare InnoLab (CCIL). The report, which tracks the city’s progress on climate action and alignment with the Paris agreement…
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Nearly two-thirds of the global population say that climate change is an emergency that must be addressed, in what is the world’s largest public opinion poll on climate change to date. The U.N. survey, organised with the University of…
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A new research paper led by the University of Oxford has listed four key steps that every individual can take to help lighten our footprint on the planet. Taking a holistic approach to environmental action, the experts outline “4Rs” –…
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One million young people around the world recently called on governments to prioritise climate change and execute the necessary measures to protect against the effects of global warming. Young activists from the Youth Adaptation…
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In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Anshuman Bapna met his soon-to-be co-founders online, where they were virtually introduced to each other and found themselves aligned in their passion to come up with climate solutions. What they…
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After a landmark ruling by a French court this week that prevented a Bangaldeshi man from being deported due to the risk of severe health impacts from the dangerous levels of air pollution in his native country, experts are now warning…
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President Joe Biden, in one of his first moves in office, has signed an executive order to have the U.S. rejoin the Paris agreement, a commitment that put the world’s most powerful economy back on track to combat the climate crisis. …
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Our planet is on track towards a “ghastly future”, warns a leading group of researchers in a new scientific paper summarising the state of the natural world. Unless drastic action to reverse climate change and ecological degradation is…
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By: Mongabay The world is not prepared for climate change, a new U.N. report warns, highlighting how far behind countries have fallen in implementing adaptation measures. “The hard truth is that climate change is upon us,” Inger…
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A group of environmental NGOs have accused the French government of failing to take action on the climate emergency in a landmark court case. They argue that the country should be held responsible for ecological damage and the dire health,…
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Former education officials in the U.S. have penned an open letter to the incoming Biden-Harris administration, urging for the introduction of climate education in schools. The letter, which has been supported by a number of prominent…
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Our planet is already “committed” to a global temperature rise in excess of 2°C from the greenhouse gases already emitted into the atmosphere, scientists say in a new study. While the prediction is dire, the researchers add that there is a…
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