ITS EDUCATION ASIA ARTICLE

Sustainability round-up - interesting articles from around the web

By Alexandra Taylor

Air conditioning causes around 3% of greenhouse gas emissions. How will this change in the future? (Our World In Data)

The New Global Ecotourism Boom (Happy Eco News)

The climate impact of feeding ourselves is getting worse and worse (New Scientist)

Youth jobless rate falls to 15-year low, says UN labour agency (UN News)

Reduce, reuse, 're-fly-cle': How genetically modified flies can reduce waste and keep it out of landfills (Science Daily)

New genetically engineered wood can store carbon and reduce emissions (Science Daily)

The Geneva Conventions at 75: do the laws of war still have a fighting chance in today’s bloody world? (The Conversation)

‘Europe is doing great’ on wind power, while US, Russia and Japan fall behind (Euro News)

New Climate Resilient Potatoes (Happy Eco News)

'Trees as a catalyst for transformation': National Forest celebrates tree planting milestone (Business Green)

Killing them softly: Southeast Asia’s cautious quest to phase out its coal fleet using transition credits (Eco-business)

Heat and rain punish Karachi’s homeless  (Eco-business)

Afghanistan: Taliban rule has erased women from public life, sparked mental health crisis  (UN News)