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China launches campaign to plug greenhouse gas monitoring gap | Headlines
China will force key industrial sectors and regions to take action to measure greenhouse gas emissions as part of a new initiative to improve data quality and oversight, according to an environment ministry document reviewed by Reuters. Under the pilot programme, some of China’s biggest coal-fired power providers, steel mills and oil and gas producers must draw up comprehensive new greenhouse gas monitoring plans by the end of this year.
Unilever & Veolia Sign Collaboration Agreement On Sustainable Packaging
Unilever and Veolia have announced that they have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly work on emerging technologies that will help create a circular economy on plastics across various geographies, starting in India and Indonesia.
ASSIST | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
To feed our growing global population, modern agriculture needs to boost food production. Meeting anticipated demand however will generate environmental damage, in turn undermining our future capacity to produce food. Sustainable intensification of agriculture is one solution. This conceptual framework aspires to: Increase food production per unit area, reduce the impact on the environment, sustain – or improve – the natural resource base on which agriculture depends for future generations strengthen resilience to future environmental change. How to achieve this is the subject of much debate and the focus of the ASSIST (Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems) programme.
EUBeachCleanup challenge: a new week of sustainable actions
We have all seen images or read the worrying reports: plastic rubbish is piling up in our oceans and littering our beaches. Animals get caught in ghost nets, and micro plastics enter our food chain. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Whilst the key to fighting marine litter is to stop it at the source – using less, recycling more – cleaning matters as well. Together, we can turn a drop in the ocean into a wave of change.
Plastic crackdown: Europe moves to ban single-use plastic
Europe-wide ban could be in place on certain items by 2021 – but is the war on plastics a distraction from the climate fight?
Banking sector initiative for a more sustainable construction sector – Handelsbanken
Financial crime and illegal labour in the construction industry lead to significant negative effects for society, in the form of a loss of tax income and difficulties monitoring whether human rights are respected at construction sites. In their role as a credit provider to construction companies and property companies, banks have the capacity to make a difference through the terms and conditions they apply to their lending.