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Jul 19, 2023 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
🌴 As part of day 3 of #PalmOilAwarenessWeek, we wanted to dive deeper into some key challenges around #SustainablePalmOil production.
(Graphic: Héloïse Dorsan Rachet)
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Challenges persist around the context of #deforestation, i.e. whether it is legal or illegal depends on forest and land governance in affected regions. Regardless, the implications for emissions, biodiversity, and people remain significant.
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Nov 28, 2022 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
🚨 News Digest: Guizhou to mandate bundling new renewable projects with coal
✍️ Check out this update from our Beijing team
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🔋In a recent policy draft for public comment, Guizhou province makes it official that, in order to get approval, new solar ☀️ and wind 🌬️ projects should be bundled with other regulating power sources.
🌴Today our #palmoil reporting team arrived in Kuala Lumpur where they will deliver a breakout session at the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil's (@RSPOtweets) annual conference later this week.
✋Here are 5️⃣ things you should know before RSPO’s #RT2022:
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1️⃣ Formed in 2004, the RSPO brings together stakeholders from across the global #palmoil industry including:
🌴 Producers
🤝 Processors + traders
🏭 Consumer goods manufacturers
🛒 Retailers
💰 Banks + investors
✊ Environmental + social NGOs
Sam is CEO of China Dialogue, an associate fellow at @ChathamHouse & associate faculty at @SPRU, at the University of Sussex. He edited China and the Environment: The Green Revolution (Zed Books, 2013).
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