Supporting Green Private Equity Investments in China

While China’s financial sector has deepened rapidly in recent years, privately-owned firms and small and medium enterprises often lack access to equity to finance their expansion. “Public capital is at times needed to catalyze private investments, for example where public seed capital can help demonstrate new environmental standards or demonstrate high-risk high-reward investments that help […]

‘Every Action Counts’: Corporates launch green behaviour change campaign in bid to reach one …

The group brings together a global network of digital, financial, e-commerce, and consumer goods firms alongside experts in sustainability, nature, and biodiversity conservation in a bid to share best practices that can encourage consumer behaviour change to curb environment impacts. “Nature provides the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, but […]

Sri Lanka banks on the ocean to chart a green path toward a blue economy

The Indian Ocean island has a coastline of 1,340 kilometers , almost eight times its land area. “Even though we are blessed with our geographical location and with our pristine and highly biodiverse coastal and marine environment, our coastal and marine environments are under immense pressure,” Darshani Lahandapura, chair of Sri Lanka’s Marine Environment Protection […]

Excessive heat delays Olympic track trials for Maddie (Holmberg) Nickal, Hannah Green

Officials originally ruled Nickal’s second attempt a foul, but after a review determined the point of her javelin did hit first. While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderating decisions are subjective. A few things we won’t tolerate: personal attacks, obscenity, vulgarity, profanity , commercial promotion, impersonations, incoherence, proselytizing […]

Green means go: Several countries are open for holidays

Unlike the UK government’s official list, Holiday Extras’ version only lists destinations where holidaymakers can enjoy a truly hassle-free experience, focusing on countries that are not only government-approved but are open to visitors and can be reached by British travellers without connections via airports on the red or orange list. Seamus McCauley at Holiday Extras, […]

emilio ambasz, precursor of green architecture, celebrated at the italian pavilion in venice

the display focuses on promoting the world-renowned architect’s ideas, conceived through years of interdisciplinary research on the topic of climate change, while featuring the models of his two iconic projects: the casa de retiro espiritual in seville, spain, and the ACROS center in fukuoka, japan. the pavilion celebrates emilio ambasz as the pioneer of green […]