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It was only a 20-minute flight, inland from the northern shore of Borneo. But the change in the landscape since my previous trip on the same route 20 years ago
December 30, 2016 by Fred Pearce
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This is an excerpt from the book "Dangerous Years" by David W. Orr, published by Yale University Press.What would a sustainable, fair and resilient economy
December 24, 2016 by David W. Orr
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This article was sponsored by CH2M HILL.As the oceans rise and wave energy increases as a result of climate change, communities around the world are wondering
December 22, 2016 by Doug Baughman
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Anne Simpson isn’t impressed with the climate-science deniers that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is nominating for his cabinet.“You can deny the science,”
December 16, 2016 by Steve Zwick
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The insurance sector is struggling to manage escalating risk for society as the cost of climate change begins to bear down in the form of more frequent and
December 9, 2016 by Madeleine Cuff
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Striking with indiscriminate intensity, Hurricane Matthew blew through the Caribbean and the eastern United States in late September. The Category 4 storm
December 8, 2016 by Gaelle Gourmelon
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This story is adapted from the book "The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban
December 3, 2016 by Jonathan F. P. Rose
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Since 2008, deep inside a mountain on a permafrost-crusted archipelago near the North Pole, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault has been open for business,
November 18, 2016 by Lela Nargi
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Transforming an unsustainable global supply chain can seem daunting. As much as a single company may be committed to change, it’s almost impossible to do it
November 11, 2016 by Nicole Rycroft
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To support cities in climate sustainability, the Cities and Climate Change Initiative (CCCI) from U.N. Habitat collaborated with other agencies to develop the
November 10, 2016 by Michèle Zollinger
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Support for restoring the world’s deforested and degraded landscapes is growing rapidly.A 2014 report (PDF) by the New Climate Economy noted that restoring
November 9, 2016 by Sofia Faruqi
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When the quality of land degrades, environmental, social and economic opportunities evaporate. The United Nations is working to prevent land degradation
November 8, 2016 by Kat Friedrich
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It’s not every day I fall back in love in a car park. But it happened while I was filming a short video with several self-confessed carbonphiliacs — including
November 7, 2016 by John Elkington
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It took less than a century for the global population to explode from less than 2 billion people to 7 billion people today. It will take a great deal more
November 7, 2016 by Anya Khalamayzer
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For decades, Minnesota has been a leader in energy innovation, beginning in 1980 with its Conservation Improvement Program Statute, through its 2007 Renewable
October 28, 2016 by Mark Dyson
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If you’ve ever been through really severe weather, you know how terrifying it can be. In some cases, fear is just the beginning, when houses, businesses,
October 26, 2016 by Zach Bernstein
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Haiti produces less than 1 percent of the world’s cocoa. But today, cocoa industry players are aiming to put the Caribbean nation on the craft quality
October 19, 2016 by Meg Wilcox
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Disasters are everywhere; nowhere seems immune. According to climate scientists, it will just get worse as the planet warms.Economist Michael Greenstone, who
October 12, 2016 by Carolyn Kousky
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Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere. Only 25 percent of the 10.3 million people in the country have access to electricity. One nonprofit
October 10, 2016 by Laurie Guevara-Stone
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What are the driving factors for banks to sign onto a voluntary statement on integrating climate mitigation into their workflow? Is this a competitive strategy
October 10, 2016 by Eva Jiayu Wang
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Welcome to the latest GreenBiz 350 podcast, where we bring you the news you need to know about sustainable business.Click play on the track above to listen now
September 30, 2016 by Lauren Hepler
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If you lived in New Orleans or New Jersey during the fallout from hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, resilience in the face of extreme weather isn't an abstract
September 27, 2016 by Lauren Hepler
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This is Part-1 in a series. "Hundreds of corporations have promised to reduce their impact on the world's forests, and Supply Change tracks the progress on
September 27, 2016 by Steve Zwick
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As the infrastructure for energy supply and demand continues to develop around the world, it will be critical to strengthen its resilience in order to
September 19, 2016 by Christoph Frei
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This story originally appeared at 100 Resilient Cities.Over the course of the past decade, it has become more and more evident that the ability to provide
September 16, 2016 by Eleni Myrivili