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US slaps sanctions on China oil giant over South China Sea activityThe United States blacklisted Chinese oil giant CNOOC and slapped visa restrictions on officials of the Chinese navy, ruling party and state-owned enterprises, over "coercion" of Southeast Asian claimants in the disputed South China Sea. -
Post-Brexit UK – like other gas-producing nations – betting on uncommercial, unproven carbon capture and hydrogenUnited Kingdom
Post-Brexit UK – like other gas-producing nations – betting on uncommercial, unproven carbon capture and hydrogen
The United Kingdom, the originator of the Industrial Revolution that kicked off climate change, is forging ahead with R&D projects to reduce the carbon impacts of dirty industries, with the central focus on carbon capture and hydrogen generation, ignoring energy efficiency.
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How I got here... Joseph Chun, environmental lawyer, Shook Lin & BokChun tells Eco-Business about what it means to practice environmental law in Singapore, and says there is a need for public participation in environmental legislation. -
Analysis: Which countries met the UN’s 2020 deadline to raise ‘climate ambition’?After a year disrupted by Covid-19, big emitters like the United States, India and China have yet to update their 'nationally determined contributions' on the United Nations' official registry.
Water Opinion
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The Atlantic: The driving force behind ocean circulation and our taste for cod– The history of fishing in the Atlantic aid to trace back to the discovery of cod-rich Canadian waters in 1497. Generations of people greatly benefitted from these resources, until the threat of overfishing became impossible to ignore. -
Getting to low-carbon high seas– The global shipping industry's annual greenhouse gas emissions total more than one billion tons, making it a critical front in the fight against climate change. -
The recovery needs development aid– Governments should be using the current crisis to double up on foreign development spending. The more support that developing and emerging economies have to weather the storm, the faster the global recovery will be.
Water Videos
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Cutting meat, food waste and plastic: The sustainability trials of Asia's biggest healthy-eating chain
CSR
Cutting meat, food waste and plastic: The sustainability trials of Asia's biggest healthy-eating chain
– As Singapore-based salad bar chain SaladStop! marks its 10th anniversary, co-owner Katherine Desbaillets talks to Eco-Business about phasing out meat, food waste and single-use packaging, and dealing with customers who refuse to pay 10 cents for a plastic bag. -
For Southeast Asia's migrant fishers, modern slavery is still alive on the high seas
Food & Agriculture
For Southeast Asia's migrant fishers, modern slavery is still alive on the high seas
– On International Human Rights Day, Greenpeace releases shocking testimonies from Southeast Asian migrants working on board foreign fishing vessels, plying the remote waters to meet Asia's surging demand for seafood. -
Manila’s informal settlers face relocation to give way to massive bay clean up– The Philippine government has begun the process of relocating more than 200,000 families living along waterways to restore Manila Bay, the main body of water in the capital.
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We are eating a credit card's worth of plastic every week– A campaign by the WWF Singapore has revealed that the average person consumes approximately 5g of plastic every week. The NGO is calling on governments and businesses around the world to forge a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution.
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