Kawasaki, Subaru, Mazda, Yamaha to join Toyota's decarbonization initiative
Nov 15, 2021 23:30 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business
Toyota Motor Corp. will be joined by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., Subaru Corp., Mazda Motor Corp., and Yamaha Motor Co. in finding ways to utilize engine technologies in promoting decarbonization. The five Japanese...
US presses China on coal phaseout agreement
Nov 13, 2021 23:38 pm UTC| Nature Politics Economy
US special envoy John Kerry pressed his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua on Chinas obligation to phase out coal over the next 20 years based on an agreement signed with the US The US and China had announced earlier in...
We can't afford to just build greener. We must build less
Nov 13, 2021 07:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
As the built environment takes centre stage at COP26, the scale and urgency of the climate crisis and of the industrys responsibility to address it comes into focus. A recent report from the UNs Global Alliance for...
Indonesia's capital Jakarta is sinking. Here's how to stop this
Nov 13, 2021 07:38 am UTC| Nature
As Indonesias capital and most populous megacity, Jakarta needs rapid solutions to tackle the problems of land subsidence and sea-level rise. A recent study by the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) stated...
COP26: New Zealand depends on robust new rules for global carbon trading to meets its climate pledge
Nov 13, 2021 07:32 am UTC| Nature
As the COP26 climate summit draws to a close, debate continues on one key issue in particular: a new rule book for global carbon trading to allow countries to purchase emissions reductions from overseas to count towards...
Gangnam district restaurants to use eco-friendly multi-use boxes for food delivery
Nov 11, 2021 22:50 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business
Restaurants in Seouls Gangnam district will conduct trials for using multi-use stainless steel containers for food deliveries to eliminate waste brought by single-use plastic packages. To avail of multi-use boxes,...
More eco-friendly frozen water bottles found better than gel packs for food deliveries
Nov 10, 2021 23:34 pm UTC| Science Nature Economy
The Korea Federation for Environmental Movement (KFEM) found that frozen water bottles are more than effective enough to replace gel packs, which are difficult to recycle, for fresh food deliveries. KFEMs...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight