Press Releases / #construction
International Built Environment Week (IBEW)
Pioneering Asia’s built environment future with technology, talent and sustainability at IBEW and BEX Asia 2025
The International Built Environment Week (IBEW) 2025 opened today at the Expo & Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands, marking a major convergence of innovation, expertise, and sustainability in the built …
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
IFC and QBE Insurance team up to drive building resilience in Asia Pacific
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group and the largest global development institution focused …
Steel plays a vital role in today’s world of industrialisation, from the manufacturing table to infrastructure and economic …
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Here’s how buildings contribute to climate change – and what can be done about it
The amount of building floor space is expected to double by 2050, with many of the additions coming …
All #construction Press Releases
5 Mei 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Asia-Pacific countries endorse bold steps for greener, resilient cities at UN assembly
28 Maret 2025
25 Maret 2025
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Emissions from building sector stopped rising for the first time since 2020: UN
24 Januari 2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Innovative financing plan helps Vietnamese wind farm get off the ground
20 Januari 2025
1 November 2024
9 Juli 2024
26 Juni 2024
Volvo Construction Equipment Asia
Indonesia’s new capital city Nusantara can pioneer sustainable and clean urban construction in Southeast Asia
19 Mei 2024
11 April 2024
United Nations Environment Programme
Not yet built for purpose: Global building sector emissions still high and rising
27 Maret 2024
Volvo Construction Equipment Asia
Why electric construction machines should play a key role in bringing Singapore’s Green Plan to life
19 Januari 2024
8 Januari 2024
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
US$200 million ADB loan to help prepare climate-resilient Philippine infrastructure projects
2 Januari 2024
UN Environment Programme
Global annual finance flows of US$7 trillion fueling climate, biodiversity, land degradation crises
3 Juli 2023
14 Maret 2023
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Berita / Perkotaan
Deadly floods affect millions across South and Southeast Asia, leaving over $4 billion in loss and damage
Heavy rainfall across the region was caused by the combination of natural phenomena and climate change but in … -
![Tengah, the site of the most secondary forest loss in Singapore's recent history.]()
Singapore is facing diminishing forest cover from competing lands uses – but vulnerable secondary forests could play a … -
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Berita / Karbon & Iklim
COP30 secured a win for civil society – what can future hosts learn from Brazil’s approach to people’s participation?
Climate justice groups celebrated the establishment of a just transition mechanism in Belém, where the COP30 presidency engaged … -
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Berita / Kebijakan & Keuangan
Taiwan issues new governance guidelines to ease local tensions over renewable energy rollout
A year-long government “sandbox” study identifies recurring conflicts in solar, aquaculture-solar, micro-hydropower and geothermal projects, prompting policy reforms … -
![Cows bathing in Lake Toba, north Sumatra.]()
Berita / Pangan & Agrikultur
Asia’s banks are failing to grasp growing food system risks: study
Study warns that Southeast Asian and Indian lenders are overlooking major climate, biodiversity, and public-health risks tied to … -
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Berita / Karbon & Iklim
South Korean province clears CO2-to-eSAF project in push for cleaner aviation fuel
Initiative advances government plans to scale carbon capture and e-fuel technologies to support long-term net zero goals.
