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Explainer: What Is the Montreal Protocol?
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is a multilateral environmental agreement that regulates the production...
Constant Tedder
Jun 3, 20204 min read
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G20 Nations Spend $77bn a Year on Fossil Fuel Subsidies
A new report has found that since agreeing to the Paris Agreement, G20 countries have acted directly counter to it by providing at least...
Constant Tedder
Jun 2, 20203 min read
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‘Extreme’ 17% Drop in Global Carbon Emissions Due to COVID-19 Shutdowns
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an ‘extreme’ effect on daily carbon emissions, resulting in a drop of 17% in global carbon emissions,...
Constant Tedder
May 27, 20203 min read
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Ocean Microplastic Pollution Is Vastly Underestimated: Study
New research suggests that the amount of ocean microplastic pollution has likely been vastly underestimated, and that there are at least...
Constant Tedder
May 26, 20202 min read
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Plans to Drain Peatlands in Congo Could Release Vast Amounts of Carbon
Oil exploration in the Congo Basin is placing the world’s largest expanse of tropical peatlands on the brink of destruction. Once...
Constant Tedder
May 25, 20204 min read
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How Ozone Pollution is Destroying Plants
When we talk about ozone, the image that most often springs to mind is the ozone layer in the stratosphere that protects us from harmful...
Constant Tedder
May 21, 20204 min read
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Hong Kong Supermarkets Failing to Meet Plastic – Free Goals
A Greenpeace East Asia report has found that the largest supermarkets in Hong Kong, particularly Dairy Farm, the parent company of Hong...
Constant Tedder
May 20, 20204 min read
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Tackling the Food Waste Crisis in Singapore
Singapore produces vast amounts of food waste, threatening its resources and land availability. How can this problem be solved? — Food...
Constant Tedder
May 1, 20203 min read
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Tackling the Food Waste Crisis in China
With the largest population in the world, China has the most mouths to feed on the planet. Consequently, China generates more food waste...
Constant Tedder
Apr 29, 20204 min read
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Microplastics Found in Antarctic Ice for First Time
Researchers at the University of Tasmania have found microplastics in Antarctic ice for what is believed to be the first time. 96 pieces...
Constant Tedder
Apr 24, 20202 min read
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Asia’s Battle Against Plastic Waste
Efforts are being made in various places around Asia, including China, India, Singapore and Hong Kong, to combat the plastic waste...
Constant Tedder
Apr 23, 20206 min read
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Singapore Sent 3 Million Tonnes of Waste to Landfill Last Year
Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) has released its 2019 Waste Statistics and Overall Recycling report, which reveals that...
Constant Tedder
Apr 21, 20202 min read
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Forest Fires Have Devastated Northern Thailand
Forest fires ravaged northern Thailand in late March, following severe bushfires in the Amazon, Australia and Indonesia in 2019. The bush...
Constant Tedder
Apr 17, 20204 min read
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COVID-19 Reveals Unexpected Benefit: Reduced Emissions
COVID-19 has spread rapidly from China to the rest of the world. Thousands of lives have been lost and the pandemic has all but crashed...
Constant Tedder
Mar 26, 20205 min read
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COVID-19: Unmasking the Environmental Impact
With as many as 300 000 cases recorded in 188 countries, the United Nations’ World Health Organization has recently declared the...
Constant Tedder
Mar 20, 20204 min read
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How Airlines are Adopting Carbon Offsetting
A wave of sustainable lifestyle solutions is gaining popularity as the world moves to a greener agenda. Businesses are following suit,...
Constant Tedder
Mar 4, 20207 min read
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Why We Can’t Quit Plastic
Plastic is an inevitable part of consumer behaviour, and in recent years the plastic waste problem has become a mainstream part of the...
Constant Tedder
Jan 31, 20204 min read
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The Monsanto Effect: Poisoning Latin America
A lack of government oversight and antitrust law enforcement has given rise to the ‘Big 4’- four major firms who control more than 60% of...
Constant Tedder
Jan 30, 20204 min read
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Climate Crisis Now: The Australia Bushfire Catastrophe
The humanitarian and ecological devastation caused by bushfire spreading across Australia is the new reality of the climate crisis....
Constant Tedder
Jan 7, 20203 min read
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Air Pollution: The Silent Killer
Air pollution has been termed ‘a silent public health emergency’, with the Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr...
Constant Tedder
Jan 3, 20204 min read
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