Hana partners with KAIST to boost scientific approach towards carbon neutrality
Feb 25, 2022 23:51 pm UTC| Economy Nature
South Koreas Hana Financial Group has partnered with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) to bolster the scientific approach toward achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. On Thursday, Hana said...
S. Korean environment ministry sets disposable cup deposit at ₩300
Feb 25, 2022 16:05 pm UTC| Law Nature Economy
S. Korea will require consumers to deposit 300 won when buying a drink in a disposable cup at a large cafe or fast-food outlet beginning June, government officials said Thursday. The environment ministry preannounced...
Climate change is warping our fresh water cycle – and much faster than we thought
Feb 24, 2022 20:44 pm UTC| Nature
Fresh water cycles from ocean to air to clouds to rivers and back to the oceans. This constant shuttling can give us the illusion of certainty. Fresh water will always come from the tap. Wont it? Unfortunately, thats...
Feb 23, 2022 22:15 pm UTC| Economy Nature
Back in November 2019, before the pandemic began, would you have guessed how important videoconferencing like Zoom would be in peoples lives just a few months later? Thats the kind of challenge economists face when they...
How three biosphere reserves came together to effectively solve the problems of nature conservation
Feb 23, 2022 22:12 pm UTC| Nature
Biodiversity conservation and the careful management of natural resources are key issues today in international relations. In the field of environmental protection, transnational cooperation is growing thanks to the...
Mycorena to assess climate footprint with CarbonCloud platform
Feb 23, 2022 21:13 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business
Swedish fungi protein company Mycorena is collaborating with climate impact platform CarbonCloud to assess the footprint of its products. Last year, Mycorena used CarbonClouds SaaS solution to track its emissions at a...
PepsiCo explores using recycled UBQ materials in pallets
Feb 21, 2022 11:15 am UTC| Nature Economy Business
PepsiCo Inc.s Latin America operation is exploring using UBQ, a material made from unsorted household waste for making pallets and soon replacing the conventional ones currently in use. Developed by Israeli startup UBQ,...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
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