Market-based policies work to fight climate change, from India to Jamaica

Conservatives in more right-leaning countries are fighting climate change, too.

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Market-based policies work to fight climate change, from India to Jamaica

Ask a CSO: What is a day in the life of Interface’s chief sustainability officer really like?

A Q&A with Erin Meezan, the visionary vice president and chief sustainability officer of Interface Inc.

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Ask a CSO: What is a day in the life of Interface’s chief sustainability officer really like?

The toll of tourism: Can Southeast Asia save its prized natural areas?

From Thailand to Bali, a huge increase in tourists, many from China and other rapidly developing economies, is straining sensitive ecosystems to the breaking point. Some countries are trying to control the boom, with a few closing popular destinations to allow damaged areas to heal.

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Is a credit crisis curbing climate action by poor countries?

Climate-vulnerable countries are having to pay more to borrow cash on financial markets, new U.N. research finds.

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3 reasons clean energy is poised to take off in developing cities

Move over, Vancouver. A full slate of cities in fast-evolving countries are ramping up renewable energy.

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3 reasons clean energy is poised to take off in developing cities

Re-manufactured bikes and beyond: Circular design in action

Three ways designing for the circular economy is getting real.

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Re-manufactured bikes and beyond: Circular design in action

Countries flirt with maritime decarbonization deadline

The goal isn’t official, but many countries are greeting a proposal that would clean up the shipping sector within 33 years.

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Countries flirt with maritime decarbonization deadline

Distributed solar beats coal on cost for co-ops

Market responses show rural electric co-ops and municipal utilities can save up to 30 percent of power costs with solar.

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The cost of sustainable development

Rich countries are supposed to give $100 billion to developing countries in the upcoming Paris climate talks to deal with climate change. How much has been committed and how will this work?

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The cost of sustainable development

How COP21 country commitments stack up

Not all climate action is created equal. A look at how fair — and how ambitious — countries are being with new national commitments.

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How COP21 country commitments stack up

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