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Beekeeping relieves land degradation in Kyrgyzstan
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Life without electricity
Inventor Yasuyuki Fujimura believes that non-electric technology will become increasingly important in Japan.
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Biodiversity
The true value of ecosystem services
Science targeted towards policy goals will be key to ensuring that societies sooner realise the true value of ecosystem services.
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Oil
Wind promises to power Kenya’s growth
Journalist and filmmaker Evelyn Kahungu visited the shores of Lake Turkana to investigate plans to build Africa’s biggest wind farm.
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Biodiversity
The changing socio-ecology of Japan’s Ishikawa coast
The landscapes and livelihoods of this part of Japan are facing many threats, including ocean acidification.
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Oil
Population growth tests Africa’s expanding cities
Observers warn of a possible catastrophe in crowded urban areas, but others think growth will be a crucible for change.
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Climate
Debate 2.0: Can creating a green economy redeem the 1%?
Might the Occupy Wall Street public sentiment convince big investors to back clean energy and low-carbon tech?
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Biodiversity
Summer school with a difference
Participants from around the globe explored the complex relationship between culture and the environment during summer school in Yunnan, China.
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Climate
Green economy transition in Indonesia
While Indonesia’s GHG emissions now come largely from peat fire and deforestation, there exists a potential pathway towards a green economy.
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Food
Maya nut could boost resilience to climate change
The Maya nut is one of the few tree species able to adapt to predicted climate changes in tropical forests.
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Awardees tackle sustainability challenges
Although scientists are often stereotyped as staying in their laboratories, these young award-winners continue to move beyond academia.
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Climate
The fight against climate change is down to us – the 99%
Naomi Klein issues a passionate call to the climate change protest movement to stay diligent and focused.
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Oil
Bye bye nukes in Japan by 2012
Our World 2.0 video interviewed the lead author of a Greenpeace plan that proposes the phase out of Japanese nuclear energy by 2012.
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Climate
Lessons for Japan from the WorldRiskReport 2011
The WorldRiskReport may help to convey the complexity of disasters and strengthen Japan's adaptive capacities.
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Don’t say we didn’t tell you: Our World 2.0 predictions
We take a look back at the last few years of good, bad and coincidental forecasts made by Our World 2.0 contributing writers.
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Climate
Big polluters should “stay home” from climate conference
Expert says state parties to climate convention will make December's conference yet another of "paralysis".
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Food
Real costs of hydropower in Cambodia
While the benefits of expanding hydropower are undeniable, such development carries steep costs that impact the livelihoods of local people and should not be ignored.
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Biodiversity
Unraveling the drivers of Southeast Asia’s biodiversity loss
Because biodiversity loss in Southeast Asia is so complex, multi-level policy responses and concerted efforts are needed.
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Food
Japan’s urban agriculture: cultivating sustainability and well-being
Farming in cities can boost local ecosystem services, from food provisioning to heat-island mitigation.
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Climate
China’s green economist stirring a shift away from GDP
China's senior economist wants to clean up his polluted country one data set at a time and end political leaders' obsession with GDP growth.
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Climate
The poetry of simple and sustainable architecture
Nader Khalili was an architect, teacher and inventor of a unique tree-free, affordable and easy to use construction method called the SuperAdobe system.
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Biodiversity
The world loves sushi… too much
We had the chance to talk to the producer/director of the new film Sushi: The Global Catch about the world's appetite for sushi and its consequences.
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Climate
Staring down climate change in East Timor
A young researcher is investigating how climate change impacts coastal communities of Northern Australia and Timor-Leste.
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Oil
Will Keystone XL pipeline make conservationists of conservatives?
An oil pipeline controversy in the US could bring some conservatives back to conservation for the first time in years.
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Climate
Artificial island could be solution for rising Pacific sea levels
The island of Kiribati is not alone in looking towards innovative floating city concepts.
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Climate
Community management means lower deforestation
New research finds that community-based forest management results in lower rates of forest cover loss than do protected areas.
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Oil
Peak Oil: No laughing matter
Some comic relief can help you come to terms with the reality that is peak oil, sooner rather than later.
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Food
Food crises: architects needed
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food argues that hunger is a political question, not just a technical problem to be solved with short-term fixes.
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Food
Food insecurity and the conflict trap
What can we learn from the World Food Programme's investigation into the link between food insecurity and conflict?
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Oil
Fukushima gives renewable energy a chance
Activists hope the current power saving mood among the Japanese public will translate into strong support for a switch away from nuclear to renewable energy.
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Biodiversity
Monsanto’s cotton strategy wears thin
Author April Davila illustrates how the cons of genetically engineered cotton (to farmers, consumers and the environment) clearly outweigh the pros.
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As the dream of economic growth dies
With the growth frenzy currently being unveiled as folly, work has begun on an alternate macroeconomic model that would allow stable economic output.
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Oil
Shell case echoes call to eradicate ecocide
Despite a landmark verdict against an oil giant, it is becoming clear that the world needs legislation that pre-empts large-scale environmental destruction.
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Food
Below the radar innovation and entrepreneurs
A look at how social and niche-based entrepreneurship may be the shape of agricultural innovation systems of the future.
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Climate
Shrinking Indian islets spell sea change
A big swath of the Tamil Nadu coast is at at risk but oceanographers say the impact of rising sea levels could be higher in cities on India’s western coast, like Mumbai.
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Climate
Virtual engagement: British Council’s Zero Carbon Centre
A new virtual exhibition centre lets individuals and organizations share information and host events about climate change.
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Biodiversity
Contest winners shine with green talent
The Green Talents competition is a forum for outstanding young scientists from around the world working in sustainable development.
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Oil
Transition Fujino — Prospects for a better future
The people of Transition Town Fujino seek ways of making their community resilient.
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Climate
Political barriers to climate change adaptation
A Swiss perspective on the political barriers to the development and implementation of adaptation policies in the developed world.
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Oil
Niger delta oil spills clean-up will take 30 years, says UN
A succession of oil spills by Shell and other companies over half a century will cost $1 billion to clean up.
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Climate
What the next US president says about climate change
A look at the probable positions on climate change of each potential next US commander-in-chief.
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