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1 October 2018

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Carbon & Climate

Scientists urge world leaders to ramp up targets to protect global biodiversity

PH climate protest in NY

Carbon & Climate

Seeking global attention, Philippines moves human rights probe to New York

29 September 2018

Plastic trash piles on top of a rubbish bin in downtown Singapore.

Waste

Singapore MP calls on government to curb single-use plastic and introduce 'selective' charge for carrier bags

28 September 2018

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

Green Buildings

Air-con addicted Singapore seeks new ways to escape urban heat trap

27 September 2018

Macron in UNGA

Policy & Finance

Businesses pledge climate change action at New York summit

26 September 2018

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Corporate Responsibility

Why sustainability is a risk issue for businesses

Plastic litter washed up on the coasts of Sabah, Malaysia. Image: WWF-Malaysia

Waste

Malaysia to ban single-use plastic

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Green Buildings

Singapore puts health at the heart of green buildings

25 September 2018

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Energy

Standard Chartered Bank quits coal

Drone image shows Greenpeace activists unfurling a banner reading "Drop Dirty Palm Oil Now" at the Wilmar International refinery in Bitung, North Sulawesi.

Food & Agriculture

Activists scale Wilmar refineries to protest deforestation in Indonesia

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Food & Agriculture

Asia's appetite for meat spells 'environmental destruction'—are there better ways to produce food?

24 September 2018

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Energy

Sun-powered golden sandwich boosts energy

21 September 2018

Indonesian palm oil plantation

Food & Agriculture

Indonesian president signs 3-year freeze on new oil palm licences

20 September 2018

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Carbon & Climate

The irony of China's climate vision

Environment of poverty

Policy & Finance

Global goal to end poverty by 2030 unlikely to be met

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Carbon & Climate

Taking back carbon 'imperative' to stop planet overheating, backers say

19 September 2018

Experts from industry and civil society discuss the role of women in advancing the climate agenda in a panel titled 'Tackling Climate Change: Designing ASEAN's sustainable future.' Image: Women's Forum / Sipa Press

Carbon & Climate

Women's voices key to carving a sustainable future

Singapore's 'City in a Garden' plan has seen a network of parks, nature reserves and greened buildings span the 70 kilometre-squared island—but the country has just 0.5 per cent primary forest cover left. Image: Eco-Business

Green Buildings

Can Singapore, the city in a garden, grow into a city in nature?

cambodia garment workers at apartment

Policy & Finance

Winning design for Phnom Penh factory worker homes, a model for other cities

18 September 2018

Estero de Magdalena, a marine channel running through the city of Manila. Typhoon Ompong has revealed the scale of plastic pollution in the Philippine capital. Image: Joshua Paul/Greenpeace

Waste

Typhoon Mangkhut reveals biggest plastic polluters of Manila's arterial river

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