A Sustainable Life: Home-delivered food has a huge climate cost. So which cuisine is the worst culprit?
Having food delivered to the home has become the new norm for many thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. Australian academic ROBERT CRAWFORD – in an article first published on The Conversation – weighs up the environmental cost of food that’s delivered to your door…
A Sustainable Life: Five cost-effective ways to reduce your carbon footprint at home
In an article first published on The Conversation for the UK context, WENDY ROWAN, LAURA LYNCH and STEPHEN MCCARTHY, of University College Cork, outline five simple ways to reduce your household carbon emissions…
Tree-planting rush overlooks climate benefits from natural forest recovery
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Leaving cleared tropical forests to regrow naturally has the potential to absorb a quarter of global carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels each year, researchers said last week. A study led by the World Resources Institute, a US-based thinktank, looked at and mapped the potential carbon-storing benefits of letting cut […]
Amazon emissions lowest from Indigenous and protected lands, scientists say
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Indigenous lands and protected areas in the Amazon rainforest account for just 10 per cent of all carbon emissions from tropical forests spread across the nine countries of the Amazon in South America, researchers said on Monday. The Amazon, as the world’s largest tropical rainforest, is considered key to the fight […]
London launches green energy firm to fight climate change, poverty
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation London’s mayor launched a green energy company that will provide “fair-priced” electricity from renewable sources on Monday, seeking to reduce carbon emissions and make fuel more affordable. One in 10 Londoners cannot afford to pay their energy bills, according to figures from the mayor’s office, which said the new, company London […]
New Zealand passes law aiming for net zero carbon emissions by 2050
Wellington, New ZealandReuters New Zealand has placed itself on the right side of history in the battle against climate change, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday, after lawmakers adopted a measure to cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. Thursday’s framework enshrines in law the new 2050 greenhouse gas reduction target and makes […]
WOW!: BEYOND VEGAN BURGERS – NEXT-GENERATION PROTEIN COULD COME FROM AIR, METHANE, VOLCANIC SPRINGS
THIN LEI WIN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Flyers will pay more for carbon offsets but not tax, study finds
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Travellers are willing to pay more for flights if they believe the extra money will be used to tackle carbon emissions, researchers said on Friday. Passengers were more likely to book flights that carried an extra fee if it was labelled as carbon offset than if it was called a carbon tax, […]
Flight shaming hits air travel as ‘Greta effect’ takes off
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation One in five travellers is flying less as “flight shaming” propels travellers to shun air travel for the sake of the planet, according to a survey of 6,000 Western travellers. The survey predicted environmental concerns would keep denting air traffic, as activists such as Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg lead the way and […]
Colombian cities gather green speed with electric buses
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Buses belching black clouds of smoke in Colombia’s city streets could gradually become a thing of the past as two major cities in the South American nation launch fleets of electric buses to curb air pollution and planet-warming carbon emissions. Cali, Colombia’s third-largest city, introduced the country’s first fleet of electric […]