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The Green Circle Eco-Farm, July 2020. photo credit: Vivian Lee

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

Defending food security in Singapore: Could food forests protect our future?

In 2017, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the two foremost exporters of food to Qatar, imposed a food blockade on their neighbour. This food blockade led Qatar to fall back on imports from I...

17 Ogo 2020

Defending food security in Singapore: Could food forests protect our future?

Signage on Lush cosmetics' website today, Friday 20 September. Image: Lush

Berita / CSR

Lush closes stores around the world in support of Climate Strike

Lush, a popular brand of cosmetics from the United Kingdom, has closed all of its stores globally in support of Climate Strike, a youth movement demanding governments take more action to tackle the cl...

20 Sep 2019

Lush closes stores around the world in support of Climate Strike

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Burning issue: Australia debates risks of logging fire-damaged forests

In the Yarra Ranges, in southeastern Australia, a logging clearcut sits like a scar on the hillside. The largely barren area - a short drive from the town of Warburton, about 50 miles (80 km) east of ...

5 Jun 2020

Burning issue: Australia debates risks of logging fire-damaged forests

Singapore uses more airconditioning per person than any country in Southeast Asia, and energy expended on ai 73 per cent more energy on cooling more by 2030, to a total of 666,748 terrajoules. Image: Eco-Business

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Rethinking cooling in a warming world

...carbonise in the wake of a report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change revealing that humanity has about a decade to reverse global warming or else face dire consequences. Access to affo...

20 Mar 2019

Rethinking cooling in a warming world

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Will Indonesia’s new rice plan be a repeat of an epic past failure?

...carbon-rich peat, which must be protected, and those with shallower layers, which can be cultivated. “So in terms of policies, we are more ready,” Nazir said. “The paradigm of peatland conservation is...

21 Mei 2020

Will Indonesia’s new rice plan be a repeat of an epic past failure?

Pendapat / Tenaga

Will Malaysia become Southeast Asia’s clean energy leader?

...carbon imposed through an Emissions Trading Scheme. The Renewable Energy Target made certain that there was a regulatory driver for business to take up renewable energy. In the land sector, the Carbon...

26 Feb 2019

Will Malaysia become Southeast Asia’s clean energy leader?

Traveller drinks water from a plastic bottle

Berita / Sisa Kumbahan

Going plastic-free: How hotels are joining the anti-plastic fight

...carbon filters, or both. The systems’ filter status monitor also assure guests that they are drinking clean, filtered water,” she said. Hotels can also install freestanding versions of the bottle fill...

8 Nov 2019

Going plastic-free: How hotels are joining the anti-plastic fight

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

Microwaving sewage waste may make it safe to use as fertiliser on crops

My team has discovered another use for microwave ovens that will surprise you. Biosolids – primarily dead bacteria – from sewage plants are usually dumped into landfills. However, they are rich in nut...

15 Jan 2020

Microwaving sewage waste may make it safe to use as fertiliser on crops

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Climate calamities will make Asia's poorest people poorer—UN

...carbon intensive coal power plants, and not a single bank adequately addresses water risks, the WWF has found. “ It is the responsibility of governments to protect their people, and ensure resilient ...

26 Ogo 2019

Climate calamities will make Asia's poorest people poorer—UN

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

State of the climate: Heat across Earth’s surface and oceans mark early 2019

...Carbon Brief’s latest “state of the climate” report, a quarterly series on global climate data that now includes temperatures, ocean heat, sea levels, greenhouse gas concentrations, climate model perf...

24 Apr 2019

State of the climate: Heat across Earth’s surface and oceans mark early 2019

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

South Korea's farming culture points to the future for sustainable agriculture

...carbon matter, balancing microbes, feeding decomposers, retaining water, and recovering soil fertility.” Farmers here preventing land degradation with a nature-based method, using bryophytes (hair mos...

19 Mei 2020

South Korea's farming culture points to the future for sustainable agriculture

Pendapat / Air

Restore Pakistan’s rivers to handle droughts, floods and climate change

...carbon dioxide. Let us start with flood management, and specifically the lessons learnt from the floods of 2010. These brought in an estimated flood volume of 48 million acre feet (MAF)—more than four...

15 Jul 2019

Restore Pakistan’s rivers to handle droughts, floods and climate change

Pendapat / Gaya Hidup

If you don’t eat meat but still wear leather, here are a few facts to chew on

The numbers of vegans in Australia is on the rise — for many, ruling animal products out of their diet is a relatively straightforward decision. But deciding whether to eschew leather products can be ...

13 Feb 2020

If you don’t eat meat but still wear leather, here are a few facts to chew on

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Berita / Bangunan Hijau

10 years in, industry takes the lead in advancing green buildings in Singapore

...carbon footprint possible, said SGBC’s Soh. In addition to taking over the professional qualification scheme this year, SGBC will also join BCA in assessing entire building projects for the Green Mark...

22 Mei 2019

10 years in, industry takes the lead in advancing green buildings in Singapore

Pendapat / Gaya Hidup

How can cities embrace the cycling trend? Improve bike lanes

The intersection of Avenida Leste Oeste and Avenida Pasteur in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza was always tricky to navigate by bicycle, especially heading east as three lanes of car traffic became t...

12 Feb 2020

How can cities embrace the cycling trend? Improve bike lanes

Pendapat / Polisi & Kewangan

Who should lead the fight for global justice?

At a recent private dinner at the World Economic Forum held to discuss climate change, the primatologist Jane Goodall opened the proceedings with a rendition of the universal greeting call of Gombe c...

12 Mar 2020

Who should lead the fight for global justice?

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Tropical deforestation now emits more CO2 than the EU

...carbon emissions because trees naturally capture and sequester atmospheric carbon as they grow. When the trees are consumed by forest fires or cleared and burned to make way for pastureland, carbon th...

19 Okt 2018

Tropical deforestation now emits more CO2 than the EU

Berita / Gaya Hidup

Recruitment agency for the ethically-minded launches

A recruitment firm that specialises in finding jobs for people who want to work for ethically-minded companies has launched in London. Citizen Kind is the brainchild of British recruitment executive a...

16 Jul 2019

Recruitment agency for the ethically-minded launches

Pendapat / Karbon & Cuaca

The distraction of plastic pollution

...carbon footprint. But by making these small changes, plastic still appears to be an issue we can address. The Ocean Cleanup of plastic pollution—which aims to sieve plastic out of the sea—is a classic...

22 Feb 2019

The distraction of plastic pollution

Removing fossil fuel subsidies would free substantial domestic public funds for other urgent uses, like alleviating extreme poverty.

Pendapat / Polisi & Kewangan

Let's use carbon price dollars for sustainable development

...carbon prices would generate still more public funds—while reducing carbon dioxide emissions throughout the economy. In some specific examples, redirecting fossil fuel subsidies alone could cover m...

26 Sep 2018

Let's use carbon price dollars for sustainable development

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This year’s haze is set to cost Singapore more than 2015’s S$1.83 billion. Who pays for the losses?

Economists suggest the 2026 haze will cost Singapore more than the 2015 episode, while other estimates state that …
Berita / Air

Concerns raised as data centres go underwater in China

A Chinese firm is deploying data servers to the sea for natural cooling. Experts say more information on …
Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

AI wildfire platform seeks Indonesia partnerships as regional haze worsens

Earthshot Prize finalist Satellites on Fire uses AI, satellite imagery and ground data to detect blazes earlier, and …
Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Philippine president orders creation of carbon market framework

The framework’s contribution to Philippine climate ambition remains uncertain, as the country’s updated pledge lacks clarity on how …
Pendapat / Karbon & Cuaca

When disaster crosses borders, Indonesia’s credibility is tested twice

As environmental disasters increasingly spill across borders, timely and transparent crisis communication is becoming an important test of …
Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Asean turns to World Bank to close clean energy, climate adaptation financing gaps

Southeast Asian finance ministers seek private capital, guarantees and technical support as region faces costly energy transition and …

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