Micro-insurance aids climate-hit poor
By Green Futures The rain fell as a solid sheet for nine hours. When it eased, Corumi Street in Quezon
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Rich see big $ in world's farmlands
Is big-business investment in global farmlands the way to build a sustainable, food-secure future? Or is the fast-accelerating interest in
One step closer to energy 'internet'
You can’t have an energy internet without internet-like open standards, and that’s what the smart-grid industry now has.
As world warms, weather will 'get us'
Climate and weather aren’t the same things, but Heidi Cullen sees how they’ll come together as the planet
Solar cell hits record efficiency
Sanyo this week unveiled a new solar cell that boasts a world-leading efficiency of 21.1 per cent. The release
Top 5 firms for climate leadership
While the world’s political leaders still can’t hammer out a new global climate change agreement, some of the
Can widgets save the world?
From iPhone and Android apps to help you debate climate change sceptics to online tools to calculate how much feed-in
Smart meters spell big money in EU
Over the next 10 years, markets across Europe could spend up to $25 billion to meet mandates for deploying efficiency-boosting
How to build a smart-grid future
With millions of smart electricity meters on their way to being deployed across Europe, the stage is being set for
Energy aid to poor benefits us all
One of the interesting concepts explored during the recent IBM sustainability summit was how to encourage renewable energy in the
Record coal spending not the answer
What’s more important: fighting poverty or developing clean, renewable energy sources over fossil-fuel power that’s known to degrade
Energy revolutions: No overnight delivery
The cleantech company with the mystery microorganism it says can convert sunlight into liquid fuel announced this week it had