This archive covers trade agreements, supply chain improvements, and economic partnerships that expand opportunity for workers, farmers, and communities worldwide. From fair-trade certifications to cross-border deals that lift developing economies, these stories track how commerce can be structured to share gains more equitably.
Starting in 2024, shipping companies will have to buy E.U. carbon permits to cover 40% of their emissions, including methane and nitrogen oxides, rising to 70% in 2025 and 100% in 2026.
The levy aims to prevent European industry from being undercut by cheaper goods made in countries with weaker environmental rules and incentivize trading partners to decarbonize.
The law will require companies to produce a due diligence statement showing that their supply chains are not contributing to the destruction of forests before they sell goods into the EU – or they could face hefty fines.
A recent national survey of science teachers found that most middle school and high school teachers devote just one to two hours of instruction on climate change during the entire academic year.
Developed by French shipowner Compagnie Fluvial Transport (CFT), the vessel will be the world’s first cargo ship to run on hydrogen and is set to be deployed on the river Seine in Paris.
Okonjo-Iweala said she was “honoured” to be selected to lead the organization, and vowed to take on global economic and health challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Oceanbird is capable of transporting up to 7,000 cars at an average speed of 10 knots on a North Atlantic crossing. It’s four colossal 80-meter (260-ft) high extendable wing sails promise to reduce emissions by as much as 90 percent.
The dozen state-owned major ports in the country have switched to renewable energy to meet their entire power requirements, making India the first nation to have all government-owned ports running on solar and wind energy.
China announced it will ban all variants of a powerful opioid responsible for many of the deaths in America’s opioid crisis.
CITES, the first global treaty governing the wildlife trade, became binding law on July 1, 1975, after 80 countries had gathered in Washington two years earlier to finalize the text. It now covers more than 40,900 species across 185 parties — a quiet paperwork revolution that showed nations could agree to police what crosses their borders for nature’s sake.
