New commitments from manufacturers and investors secured by the ZEBRA partnership demonstrate the need – and will – to procure zero emissions fleets Santiago’s new electric bus…… Read more “Latin America’s electric bus transition is irreversible”
Month: May 2022
FOR AMERICAN LABOR, THE PAST ISN’T PAST
Can learning labor history give us hope for the future of unions? ALEX GALLO-BROWN Organized labor is having a moment. In the last half-year alone, baristas at more than…… Read more “FOR AMERICAN LABOR, THE PAST ISN’T PAST”
Why China is emerging as a leader in sustainable and organic agriculture
An increasing number of farmers in China are cutting back on fertilizer and pesticide use. (Pexels) Steffanie Scott, University of Waterloo and Zhenzhong Si, University of Waterloo…… Read more “Why China is emerging as a leader in sustainable and organic agriculture”
China targets innovation in sustainable protein
Inclusion of synthetic proteins in the new Five-Year Plan for Agriculture could catalyse their growth and bring a range of benefits to China Israeli tech start-up Aleph…… Read more “China targets innovation in sustainable protein”
First country in the world: Norway boycotts rainforest products
Provide for you by Kontrast.at/Sara Mohammadi More than a quarter of all trees worldwide grow in tropical rainforests. But the destruction of the rainforest continues to progress. Worldwide,…… Read more “First country in the world: Norway boycotts rainforest products”
Can China shift to sustainable palm oil?
The country’s approach will have a big impact on how palm oil is grown and thus on the survival of forests and wildlife, particularly in Southeast Asia. A…… Read more “Can China shift to sustainable palm oil?”
Can the EU and China align their carbon markets?
Pushing for a global carbon market might seem like a good idea but would be risky and complicated in practice. For now, collaboration is the way forward,…… Read more “Can the EU and China align their carbon markets?”
Private jets and yachts: Anthropologist Richard Wilk explains how the lifestyle of billionaires harms our society
Megayachts cause over 7.000 tons of carbon emissions per year, meanwhile average citizens try to deliberately live an eco-friendly lifestyle. Anthropologist Richard Wilk and his colleagues calculated the…… Read more “Private jets and yachts: Anthropologist Richard Wilk explains how the lifestyle of billionaires harms our society”
Is China the potential driver of a new wave of globalisation?
The final part of our series Globalisation Under Pressure considers how China is trying to take a leading role in continued global integration with its Belt and Road Initiative,…… Read more “Is China the potential driver of a new wave of globalisation?”
China’s green planning for the world starts with infrastructure
The United States is retreating from the global community under a president who rejected the Paris Climate Accords and denigrates NAFTA and NATO. This provides an opportunity for China…… Read more “China’s green planning for the world starts with infrastructure”
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