What if Microsoft Never Existed?
Microsoft will erase its entire carbon footprint since 1975 from the atmosphere. The global software giant has a goal of removing existing carbon from the atmosphere, setting the company’s climate goals apart from other corporate pledges, which have mostly focused on cutting ongoing emissions or preventing future ones. Microsoft is aiming to remove more carbon from the atmosphere than it […]
Women Can Spacewalk. But Can They Cross the Gender Line?
All nine recently announced 2019 Nobel science laureates were male, despite a significant and growing cohort of female contenders. Nor is women’s contribution to science a recent phenomenon. Ada Lovelace devised the world’s first computer program in 1840. Austrian physicist Lise Meitner led a small group of scientists who discovered nuclear fission. Soviet cosmonaut and […]
UK’s Prince William Launches Prize to Solve Earth’s Top Environmental Challenges
The Earthshot Prize, described as the ‘most prestigious environmental prize in history’, will be awarded to five winners a year over the next decade. Britain’s Prince William launched a multi-million pound prize on Tuesday to encourage the world’s greatest problem-solvers to find answers to Earth’s biggest environmental problems, saying the planet was now at a […]
Canada Tops Global Poll as Best Country For Social Entrepreneurs While Britain and U.S. Slump
Canada, Australia and France are the best countries to be a social entrepreneur, according to the results of a global perception poll conducted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation in partnership with Deutsche Bank’s Made for Good programme. But Britain and the US saw a significant drop in ranking – with the US plummeting to 31st place from the top spot – since the inaugural survey […]
Rising Risk: Flood Damage Now a Mental Health Threat in Britain
People in Britain whose homes are damaged by floods, storms or other wild weather are 50% more likely to suffer mental health problems such as depression or anxiety – even if they do not have to move out temporarily, researchers said last week. That suggests disaster response may need to be better joined up with psychological support, […]
7 Cities Winning on Climate Change
From electric buses to pollution-sucking gardens, cities around the world are experimenting with ways to ensure global climate goals are met. From electric buses to pollution-sucking urban gardens, cities around the world are experimenting with ways to ensure global climate goals are met, as they account for about three-quarters of planet-warming emissions, according to the […]
Repair, Refurbish, Reuse: Call to Arms For Electronics Giants
People not only buy more devices, they abandon them quicker, increasing the mining of raw materials and landfill waste. Armed with screwdrivers and a zeal for change, a growing global movement is urging electronics giants to make devices that last longer and are easier to fix to cut the environmental fallout of the tech boom. […]
How to Cool Down as the World Warms up Fast
For over 1 billion people, their ability to survive and thrive is undermined without access to sustainable cooling. By Jeppe Kofod, Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Seleshi Bekele, Ethiopian Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, and Rachel Kyte, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All – all co-leads of the Energy Transition […]
Cool but Confused: Do Social Entrepreneurs Run a Business or a Charity?
As businesses with a mission to do good become increasingly trendy, social entrepreneurs said they were finding it harder than ever to tackle one of their major problems – explaining what they do. For years social entrepreneurs trying to solve a wide range of issues from affordable healthcare to homelessness have faced the same question: […]
New Zealand Native Know-how Lauded for Big Business
Instead of a wasteful ‘take, make and throw’ approach, companies should copy indigenous principles and aim for a ‘circular’ way of work that recycles and re-uses. Global businesses should heed traditional, indigenous knowledge to better protect land, honour old customs and boost profits, participants at a conference in New Zealand said on Thursday. Instead of […]
