Photo: Pixabay/nikofendi Pay-as-you-throw is a policy that charges people for the amount of trash they toss out. It’s also sometimes called variable-rate pricing or pay-as-you-waste. Many cities and towns around the world, including over 7,000 in the United States, have pay-as-you-throw waste policies. Examples include Seattle, Berkeley, Austin and Portland, […]
Read MoreCarbon Quarterly is a newsletter covering developments in carbon policy, law, and innovation. No matter your views on climate change policy, there is no avoiding an increasing focus on carbon regulation, resiliency planning, and energy efficiency at nearly every level of government and business. Changes in carbon—and more broadly greenhouse […]
Read MoreSeattle – Pallavi Mehta Wahi, K&L Gates’ co-managing partner, United States; managing partner of the firm’s Seattle office; and chair of the firmwide diversity committee, has been appointed to the Seattle Branch Board of Directors of The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, effective January 1, 2022. Appointed to the […]
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/moerschy Some 2.5 billion people, or 86% of people who live in cities worldwide, suffer from varying degrees of air pollution. And many of them are at increased risk of cardiovascular, respiratory and other diseases. This is according to a new study in the Lancet Planetary Health journal, whose […]
Read MoreGul Khan*, 53, alongside his children and grandchildren, adds a handful of plastic to the stove in their home in Kabul. Gul Khan* has five sons and two daughters, and two grandchildren. They fled their home in Nangarhar province three years ago. All the children are now in school and […]
Read MoreWahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (Walhi) Sulawesi Selatan terus mengampanyekan penyelamatan hutan dari ancaman alih fungsi lahan hutan hingga pembalakan liar. Selama 2021, Walhi Sulsel secara aktif dan gencar melakukan …
Read MoreWhat can we really learn from sex-disaggregated data? Jan 11, 2022 jmcquaid Tue, 01/11/2022 – 08:15 What can we really learn from sex-disaggregated data? Bjorn Van Campenhout Els Lecoutere David Spielman Parsing sometimes contradictory responses in household surveys. IFPRI Blog : Research Post Open Access | CC-BY-4.0 Jan 11, 2022Bjorn […]
Read MoreCountries: Afghanistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Pakistan Sources: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN High Commissioner for Refugees The largest single country aid appeal ever launched aims to assist 22.2 million people in Afghanistan and support 5.7 million displaced Afghans and local communities in neighbouring countries.
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