Moving towards a more circular economy is a logical proposition. Use less natural resources, reduce pollution, tackle climate change, enhance consumer satisfaction, while also improving the bottom line. The rational path, however, is not always the path of least resistance. …
Read More »Food finally features in the climate debate. Now what?
After years of neglect, agriculture finally found a place in the climate talks in 2017. Its absence during the lifespan of the United Nations negotiations on climate change was always conspicuous. The world’s poor, the majority of whom farm for …
Read More »Water: underground source for billions could take more than a century to respond fully to climate change
Groundwater is the biggest store of accessible freshwater in the world, providing billions of people with water for drinking and crop irrigation. That’s all despite the fact that most will never see groundwater at its source – it’s stored naturally …
Read More »Forestry to be looked at as a lucrative investment
Ongoing campaigns for growing trees countrywide, strategically meant for combating adverse impact of climate change particularly increased global warming causing frequent drought conditions in major parts of Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, are also aimed at promoting investment in forestry. …
Read More »How the finance industry can save the world
For millennia, the finance industry has been a primary culprit in global warming. Now it’s time for finance to right its wrongs and provide the solution. It’s easy to read about the current and future state of our climate and …
Read More »The geopolitical impact of China’s approach to fighting climate change
As world leaders gather in Katowice, Poland for the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24), signs are evident that several long-time influential players are abdicating leadership on the issue of climate change. The …
Read More »The Arctic is turning brown because of weird weather – and it could accelerate climate change
Over the last few years Arctic scientists have reported a surprising finding: large areas of the Arctic are turning brown. This is in part due to extreme events linked to winter weather, such as sudden, short-lived periods of extreme warmth. …
Read More »When water is scarce we’re willing to share what we really need – new research
Cape Town’s recent drought brought into sharp relief how people behave and the choices that they make when resources become scarce. The South African city was teetering on the brink: a sustained dry spell meant that residents were faced with …
Read More »Wicked problems and how to solve them
Wicked problems are issues so complex and dependent on so many factors that it is hard to grasp what exactly the problem is, or how to tackle it. Wicked problems are like a tangled mess of thread – it’s difficult …
Read More »Harnessing the power of nature in the fight against climate change
If we are to solve our global climate and development challenges, we will need nature’s help. Healthy forests, soils and mangroves are not only important allies for addressing our global food security conundrum, they are also critical carbon sinks: storing CO2 …
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