Flying Net Zero Is Closer Than Ever
Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the aviation industry was responsible for 2-3% of all GMG emissions. However, now that things are slowly starting to get back to normal in some…
Ghana Launches Partnership for Private Investment to Achieve SDGs
Ghana recently joined the World Economic Forum to work together on the first-ever Country Financing Roadmap (CFR) for SDGs. The CFRs is an initiative designed by the Sustainable Development Investment…
ThinkForest Explores Science and Policy-Making
The recent ThinkForest event on the Role of Science in Supporting Policymaking assembled a group of policymakers and scientists to better understand how a combined understanding of what is needed from…
Turning Food Waste Into Opportunity
It’s not a secret to anyone that food waste has increasingly become a problem. We’re not just talking about food waste in our home if we don’t have a compost…
When the power of nature meets design
Latin America is one of the most environmentally diverse regions in the world, but against a backdrop of Covid-19 and increasing protests over social issues, many local stakeholders worry that…
Weather-resistant crops: the bioenergy fuel of the future
When it comes to global decarbonisation, the transport sector is a key target for environmentalists and clean energy companies alike - accounting for one-fifth of global carbon dioxide emissions. As…
Germany Pulls Tighter Grip on Supply Chains
In June, Germany’s Parliament passed a bill that will hold German multinational corporations accountable for any and all environmental and human rights abuses found in their supply chain. Global corporations…
Engineered Venus Flytraps Could Help Sustainable Agriculture
Scientists in Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) are engineering venus flytraps to aid them in learning about sickly crops. The flytraps are controlled through an app, by using the application…
Bamboo: A Substitute for Wood for Biofuel
Once presented as a no-failure promise to cut carbon emissions and mitigate the effects of a changing climate, biofuels have come under attack over the years due to negative effects,…
Recycled Ocean Plastics Could Be Your New Credit Card
Around 160 million payment cards are made each year, and are replaced every three or four years, which makes for about 5.7 millions tons of plastic. UK eco-startup Tred is…
US Clean Energy Projects get $30 million Funding
The US Department of Energy (DoE) announced last week that they would be channelling over $30m in federal funding towards clean energy projects in the country. The sum will be…
Pack it in – 4 sustainable packaging solutions leading the way
News of the global plastic problem fills our headlines on a regular basis, and the statistics paint a bleak picture. National Geographic says 91% of plastic isn’t recycled, while the…