Opinion / #biofuels
The rapid uptake of alternative fuels in shipping is outpacing international liability regimes – leaving gaps in protection against spills and accidents.
Some members of the United Nations International Maritime Organisation argue that biofuels should be central to the effort to decarbonise the shipping industry but there is nothing sustainable about it.
Pengangkutan
Can the shipping industry decarbonise?
As the UN’s shipping regulator explores ways to decarbonise global shipping, biofuels aren’t the green alternatives they are portrayed to be.
Pembuatan
Fast fashion has a serious coal problem
A handful of fashion brands – H&M, Ralph Lauren, Decathlon and Adidas – are working to stop using coal to power their factories in 2025, while others are prioritising decarbonisation at lower levels of ambition.
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5 April 2022
Polisi & Kewangan
Financing gender-energy access programmes in Asean
20 September 2021
17 February 2020
22 November 2018
Karbon & Cuaca
The bleak fate of the Amazon
27 September 2018
8 July 2018
Makanan & Pertanian
Winners and losers from the EU's proposed ban on palm oil
26 April 2018
Makanan & Pertanian
Can sustainable bioeconomy be a driver of green growth?
5 January 2018
Polisi & Kewangan
Fossil fuel subsidies – a harmful government expenditure
7 March 2016
Karbon & Cuaca
Book Review: Little Climate
27 January 2016
23 April 2015
Makanan & Pertanian
Save our soils
4 February 2015
Makanan & Pertanian
Biofuels are not a green alternative to fossil fuels
24 December 2014
Karbon & Cuaca
The myth of net-zero emissions
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Berita / Bandar-bandar
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 … -
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Pendapat / Bandar-bandar
Can Singapore’s secondary forests play a role in its climate adaptation plan?
Singapore is facing diminishing forest cover from competing lands uses – but vulnerable secondary forests could play a … -
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Berita / Karbon & Cuaca
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 / Polisi & Kewangan
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 … -
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Berita / Makanan & Pertanian
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 & Cuaca
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.
