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”
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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”
Africa faces hard knocks as rich countries take manufacturing back home
BY Jonathan Munemo Professor of Economics, Salisbury University The global economic crisis triggered by the outbreak of the COVID pandemic in 2020 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February this year…… Read more “Africa faces hard knocks as rich countries take manufacturing back home”
To Save a Forest, Look to the Women
BY VERONIKA PERKOVÁ Ninfa Carianil Damaso, first female forest ranger of Fundación ProAves, poses in front of a nature preservation sign.PHOTO COURTESY OF FUNDACIÓN PROAVES Women often suffer…… Read more “To Save a Forest, Look to the Women”
Renewable Energy Projects Power Up in Tribal Nations
By TED MCDERMOT The Kayenta solar farms on the Navajo Nation, shown here in 2019, span 365 acres and produce 55 megawatts of power that supply enough…… Read more “Renewable Energy Projects Power Up in Tribal Nations”
Eco-revolution in India: agricultural project could initiate global agricultural turnaround
Author : Romana Greiner Cow dung is the new gold. At least in Andhra Pradesh, the eighth largest state in India. There, six million farming families want…… Read more “Eco-revolution in India: agricultural project could initiate global agricultural turnaround”
China is gunning for supremacy in the global green hydrogen race. Will it shatter Australia’s dreams?
Author: Hongzhang Xu PhD Candidate/Research Associate, Australian National University This week’s report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns global warming is headed for dangerous levels unless…… Read more “China is gunning for supremacy in the global green hydrogen race. Will it shatter Australia’s dreams?”
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