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A river in Java, Indonesia

The amount of plastic entering the ocean is projected to grow four-fold by 2050. Transformative changes, including moving away from single-use towards re-useable packaging, are needed to save our oceans, say Vincent Kneefel and John Duncan.

16 Jun 2020

Dusk on a farm in Southeast Asia

Asia Pacific has taken great strides to eradicate poverty and hunger, but the region must do more—and fast—to meet environment-focused Sustainable Development Goals as the sustainability narrative is dominated by the Covid-19 virus, writes UNESCAP's Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana.

A cloudy skyline over the Thai capital of Bangkok

The alignment between sustainable finance and responsible business could become an unprecedented, transformative force for decarbonisation, but the time to move is now, writes the founding director of the UN Global Compact, Georg Kell.

To ban or not to ban?

There are better approaches to managing the environmental impact of plastic in Singapore than to simply ban or charge for plastic bags, argues Umore Consulting's Aw Boon Jun.

6 September 2018

A laborer hauls crushed rocks pulversied by a diesel-powered crusher in the shadow of a wind turbine.

31 August 2018

Crowds at Nanluoguxiang, Beijing

30 August 2018

Scavengers pick through garbage collected at a landfill site in Thailand.

Cars parked in Kuala Lumpur

29 August 2018

What's in your smartphone?

4 July 2018

Coffee consumption footprint

17 August 2017

Tesla 3 electric vehicles

8 November 2016

trash bins along the street in Taipei

19 August 2016

school children nepal

9 August 2016

Children in India

24 February 2016

5 January 2016

drying hand bathroom

20 January 2015

19 June 2014

Continuous energy audits

25 October 2013

Efficient lighting with clean technology

17 September 2013

Barrick Gold solar-powered trailer with wireless mesh network

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