A Sustainable Life: I tried to cut my carbon footprint for a month. Here’s how I did
Georgian-based UMBERTO BACCHI, a correspondent with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, talks about his personal efforts to lesson his carbon footprint using the app Giki Zero…
Costa Rica eyes billions of dollars in savings with net-zero emissions
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Costa Rica’s goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 will net $US41 billion in economic benefits over the next three decades and set an example of the “right road to follow” for other nations, its President and environment minister said on Tuesday. The fiscal payoff of decarbonising the Central American nation, […]
Will Brexit distract Britain from net-zero emissions goal?
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation As Britain left the European Union on Friday and started work to rewrite its relationship with the bloc and quickly strike new global trade deals, some fear Brexit may undercut a similarly demanding key pledge to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The Conservative government’s celebrations on finally reaching divorce day […]
CLIMATE CHANGE: COSTA RICA LAUNCHES “UNPRECEDENTED” PUSH FOR ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2050
SEBASTIAN RODRIGUEZ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Central America…