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When Madeleine Ronquest attended the Johannesburg launch of an innovative guide designed to help banks assess their exposure to environmental degradation, a quick look around the room proved it was no longer business as…
Today you made a decision that could change the face of the planet. You decided what to wear. When was the last time you looked in your wardrobe and couldn’t find anything suitable? Screen stars on Netflix wear stunning…
When Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland invented Bakelite in 1907, it was hailed as “the material of a thousand uses”. The production of synthetic plastics took off over the coming decades but now that the environmental cost of…
Dickson Ochieng knows firsthand what it’s like to live without proper sanitation. Growing up in Kibera, the largest informal settlement in Africa, his house had no toilet or running water, and being surrounded by raw sewage…
Hugh Weldon is the Young Champion of the Earth for Europe. The Young Champions of the Earth Prize is powered by Covestro. Together with Evocco app co-founder Ahmad Mu’azzan, Weldon was won the UNITECH Carbon Footprint…
Picking up trash is not thought of as fun, let alone cool. Yet, Yassine Zegzouti, a young sustainability expert from Marrakech, Morocco, has found a way to make it trendy. Founder of the environmental non-profit…
The Thought For Food team likes a challenge – encouraging innovation in agriculture, and changing the way we eat. Having just closed the latest Thought For Food Summit in Rio, Brazil, we caught up with Program Director,…
Preventing disease and ecosystem damage is cost-effective Developing countries can boost their economies while dodging the health and environmental damage that scarred earlier industrialization by adopting strict anti-…
The countdown is on until Kenya’s national ban on plastic bags takes effect, with retailers across the country instructed to be ready to comply with the new law when it goes into force on 28 August. “We have served notice…
UN Environment today launched its combined Annual Report and Programme Performance Report for 2016. The report describes the organization’s accomplishments for the year, highlighting successes and detailing performance…
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