Here are the latest News, Blogs and Resources from the Rio Club
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Oil, energy, social management and well-being.
Oil, energy, social management and well-being
22 July, 2019 / Climate Action,
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"The UK committing to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is historic."
The UK committing to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is historic.
17 June, 2019 / Climate Action,
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Sustainability in business thinking is still rare
Mankind has the technologies, the money and the political frameworks to make changes happen. That being said, can we turn the ship fast enough?
17 May, 2019
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Have we become desensitised to the danger of plastic pollution?
Five things you can do everyday to reduce plastic pollution.
20 March, 2019 / Waste, Circular Economy, Plastics, Sustainable Cities and Communities,
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Five things you need to know about the Resources and Waste Strategy Consultations
Five things you need to know about the Government Consultations on Waste Management.
6 March, 2019 / Waste, Circular Economy, Good Health and Wellbeing, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Sustainable Cities and Communities,
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Drowning in Plastic
Drowning in plastics, Liz Bonnan.
17 December, 2018 / Plastics,
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Climate change: A scorching August update
What a scorcher! The Beast from the East was just a few months earlier! California burns. Australian farmers slaughter livestock as NSW is declared a 100% drought state. Temperatures in Portugal & Spain reach 45C; Ireland seen from space is brown – where's the Emerald Isle?
14 August, 2018 / Environmental Law and Compliance, Life on Land, Affordable and Clean Energy, Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Climate Action,
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The Chinese Sword and all hell has broken loose
No, this is not an article about ninja warriors but about how Chinese policies on waste have impacted recycling and waste management in the UK (and elsewhere). A bit of history... As Chinese industries producing mass market products have grown, so has their appetite for raw materials...
13 August, 2018 / Waste, Plastics, Responsible Consumption and Production,
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Why don’t we have food waste collections across the UK?
A response to Defra stating that food waste collections won't be made mandatory in the UK. Why don’t we have food waste collections across the UK? This will disappoint many and make others happy. The losers will be the AD and compost plants. The winners will be the landfill and incinerator operators
3 August, 2018 / Waste, Circular Economy, DEFRA, Food Waste, Climate Action,
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The role of AI in sustainability
People have a negative perception of AI (Artificial Intelligence). They also have only a vague idea of what circular economy means. So combining AI (fear) with circular economy (ignorance) equals a lack of understanding of how one can develop the other. That is a gigantic, missed opportunity...
1 August, 2018 / Circular Economy, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Learning,
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'Will the Circular Economy Save the Planet?' Of course it will
We had a really interesting time together at Ditto Sustainability's event on 27 June at the City of London offices of investor, IP Group. The subject of discussion was 'Will the Circular Economy save the Planet?' and about 50 of us crowded the rooftop room.
20 July, 2018 / Circular Economy, Events, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Responsible Consumption and Production,
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How much do we actually recycle? It cannot be possible!
The consultancy Eunomia published a report recently which lifts the lid on declared recycling figures. Their analysis finally gives some data credibility to what many of us already intuitively knew...it cannot be possible that we recycle half our waste in the UK...
15 May, 2018 / Waste, Plastics, Responsible Consumption and Production,