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How Urban Green Spaces are Impacting on China’s Environmental and Public Health
For the nearly 850 million citizens who live in Chinese cities, physical and mental health issues are the lived reality as a result of...
Constant Tedder
Nov 27, 20193 min read
California’s Wildfires Increase Pro-Climate Political Participation
Wildfires have been ravaging California in fall 2019, as thousands have been forced to flee their homes. Strong winds are causing the...
Constant Tedder
Nov 15, 20192 min read
How Colombia’s President is Ignoring the Climate Crisis
A Reflection of Colombia’s President and his address at the UN Climate Action Summit Climate Crisis in South America: Real Action or Just...
Constant Tedder
Nov 1, 20192 min read
The Case of the Silala River: Between the Laws of Men and the Laws of Nature
The legal dispute over the Silala river shared by the Plurinational State of Bolivia and the Republic of Chile before the International...
Constant Tedder
Sep 11, 20196 min read
Refrigerant Management: Taming Our Cooling Devices to Fight Climate Crisis
Our cooling devices use powerful greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide...
Constant Tedder
Aug 20, 20193 min read
How the World’s Largest Fintech Company is Greening China
Alibaba, the world’s largest fintech company, is using Alipay to tap into mobile games to fight desertification, greening China in the...
Constant Tedder
Aug 9, 20193 min read
Global Companies May Fail to Reach UN Climate Summit Goal, Cargill Warns
Cargill, one of the world’s top agricultural commodity trading houses, has warned that global companies will not meet their UN Climate...
Constant Tedder
Jun 19, 20193 min read
UN Annual Report Shows Growing Momentum for Climate Change Action Worldwide
The United Nations (UN) released its annual climate change report highlighting the progress made on tackling climate change in 2018,...
Constant Tedder
Jun 14, 20193 min read
Protected Yet Trafficked: Seahorses Offer Glimpse into the Murky World of Asian Wildlife Trade
While Hong Kong is primarily known for its vibrant and multicultural soul, the fast-paced city is also one of the world’s busiest ports...
Constant Tedder
Apr 4, 20194 min read
Our Environmental Crisis Has More Than One Dimension
Humans are exacerbating the environmental crisis and upending the delicate balance of ecosystems in more than one way. A new report...
Constant Tedder
Feb 27, 20193 min read
WEF: CEOs Must be More Aggressive in Tackling Climate Change and Backing a Carbon Tax
The world is “losing the race” on tackling climate change, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres candidly told business and...
Constant Tedder
Jan 28, 20193 min read
A Green New Deal: Reimagining the US Economy
In late 2018, American congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey unveiled the Green New Deal, a proposed package of...
Constant Tedder
Jan 2, 20195 min read
US Landmark Carbon Tax Garners Bipartisan Support
Two Republicans and three Democrats announced the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act in late November, the first bipartisan...
Constant Tedder
Dec 26, 20183 min read
After Near Deadlock, 190 Nations Agree to Climate ‘Rulebook’
190 countries, including China and US, the largest carbon emitters, have adopted a 133-page climate rulebook that reinvigorates the 2015...
Constant Tedder
Dec 21, 20184 min read
Red vs Blue: The Narrow Politics of Climate Change in the US
Ranging from landmark carbon taxes to the Green New Deal, climate change has gotten caught up in the corrosive partisanship of US...
Constant Tedder
Dec 17, 20183 min read
Climate Finance Surges to US$463 Billion, Gains Momentum in Asia
What is Climate Finance? More money than ever is being invested in climate finance, from renewable energy generation to sustainable...
Constant Tedder
Dec 14, 20185 min read
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