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Explainer: What Is a Carbon Border Tax and How Fair Is it?
A carbon border tax is a tax on carbon emissions attributed to imported goods that have not been carbon-taxed at source. In pushing...
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Aug 13, 20214 min read
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Installing New Solar Farms Every Week for the Next 30 Years Can Help the US Reach Net-Zero Emissions
A new report finds that by constructing new solar farms every week in the next three decades, the US will be able to cut carbon emissions...
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Aug 5, 20212 min read
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Tree Planting to Reduce CO2 Emissions: Philanthropic or Pointless?
Tree planting programmes can be a beneficial tool to combat climate change and rising temperatures as they could help store up CO2 and...
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Aug 5, 20214 min read
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Can Environmental Labels Be Effective Tools in Food Sustainability and Fight Climate Change?
Several projects of food producers, retailers and researchers, as well as initiatives at the political level have been fuelling the...
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Aug 4, 20214 min read
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Creative Solutions to Supply Land Without Reclamation in Hong Kong
Land reclamation is a popular urban development strategy, particularly for densely-populated cities like Hong Kong. However, land...
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Aug 2, 20214 min read
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Why We Need to Change Capitalism for Climate Action
Climate activism and capitalism are often seen as paradoxical to each other. With prominent social activists like Naomi Klein stating...
Constant Tedder
Jul 30, 20215 min read
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How Developing Countries Can Reduce Emissions Without Compromising Growth
Since the Industrial Revolution, fossil fuel technologies have been driving economic growth, so reducing emissions may appear to threaten...
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Jul 26, 20213 min read
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How Can Cities Be Greener in a Global Warming World?
A shocking report released last week found that just 25 cities around the world are responsible for 52% of urban greenhouse emissions....
Constant Tedder
Jul 20, 20213 min read
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Why Namibia’s Marine Resource Act Considered One of The Most Successful Fisheries Management Policy
The waters in Namibia support one of the worlds’ ‘most productive fishing grounds’. Fed by the Benguela Current, the waters are rich with...
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Jul 20, 20214 min read
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Scorching Drought in Mexico: Is There Really Not Enough Water?
Drought in Mexico have a long history: the country’s location and climate have always made it vulnerable to very dry periods. Despite how...
Constant Tedder
Jul 16, 20217 min read
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EU Green Deal to Eliminate Polluting Cars by 2035 and Reach Net-Zero Emission by 2050
Following the EU’s approval of a landmark climate change law making the block’s greenhouse gas emission targets legally binding, which...
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Jul 15, 20212 min read
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Smartphones and Satellite Data Helped Indigenous Peruvians Protect the Amazon Rainforest – Study
Supplying indigenous communities with smartphones and satellite data can significantly reduce illegal deforestation and mining in the...
Constant Tedder
Jul 14, 20212 min read
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Biden’s Clean Energy Plan Potentially Saves More Than 300,000 Lives – Study
A new study found that adopting a clean energy standard in US President Biden’s energy plan is the most effective tool to significantly...
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Jul 13, 20212 min read
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G20 Formally Considers Carbon Pricing to Help Reduce Carbon Emissions
Following a scheduled meeting between G20’s finance ministers and central bank governors held in Venice, Italy in July, member-states...
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Jul 12, 20212 min read
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15 Ways to Reduce Your Plastic Waste
Plastics have become a huge part of our daily lives. While it’s undeniable that plastics are convenient, efficient and makes all our...
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Jul 9, 20213 min read
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Chile Accelerates Plans to Close Four Coal-Fired Power Plants by 2025
The president of Chile Sebastián Piñera has announced the early closure of four coal-fired power plants by 2025, expediting the...
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Jul 8, 20212 min read
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How Can South Korea Reach Carbon Neutrality?
In October 2020, South Korea pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050. An election strategy that turned into a full-fledged commitment in...
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Jul 5, 20213 min read
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As Shortages Loom, How Can Countries Share Water?
In 2011, construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), located in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia, began. The dam,...
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Jul 5, 20213 min read
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Prince William Announces Details of the First-Ever Earthshot Prize Awards in London
The Earthshot Prize, created by Prince William, has announced that its first-ever awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, October 17...
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Jun 29, 20212 min read
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EO Ambassador Lilly Platt Shares Her Tips on How to Reduce Plastic
At age 7, Lilly Platt started ‘Lilly’s Plastic Pickup’ after seeing the astonishing amount of plastic on a walk with her grandfather one...
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Jun 29, 20212 min read
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