by Abriel | May 12, 2017 | 2017, Sustainable Cities & Communities
With regards to high-tech farming, there are two camps in Singapore’s agriculture scene. After depending on soil-based farming, one side views high-tech farming methods with skepticism, while the other farm operators who embrace technology, argued that it also meant...
by Abriel | May 12, 2017 | 2017, Sustainable Cities & Communities
New agriculture land for food farming in Lim Chu Kang and Sungei Tengah will be released for tender from August 2017. A total of 36 plots of farm land spanning 60 hectares will be tendered out. The plots will be tendered on 20-year leases instead of the previous...
by Abriel | May 12, 2017 | 2017, Partnership For The Goals
In February 2014, 100 people – now known as the “Heavenly Hundred” – were shot dead by riot police during protests in Independence Square, Kiev. The “revolution of dignity” began as an outcry against the then-president Viktor Yanukovych’s rejection of a trade deal...
by Abriel | May 11, 2017 | 2017, Climate Action
We are increasingly likely to blow past our climate goals soon, putting the world at a potentially dangerous level of climate change. Global temperatures could exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius above their pre-industrial levels within the next 15 years, according to a new...
by Abriel | May 11, 2017 | 2017, Climate Action
While the US administration is still on the fence about fighting global warming, the arctic countries met in Alaska to discuss the extensive environmental change in the arctic region. Arctic temperatures are rising twice as fast as elsewhere, sea ice is hitting record...
