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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

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Policy & Finance

Businesses pledge climate change action at New York summit

26 September 2018

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

24 September 2018

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Waste

World waste could grow 70 per cent as cities boom, warns World Bank

21 September 2018

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Cities

'Social business cities' could ease urban growing pains, Nobel laureate says

20 September 2018

Environment of poverty

Policy & Finance

Global goal to end poverty by 2030 unlikely to be met

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?

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Policy & Finance

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

14 September 2018

An energy-efficient cooler from Airbitat was one of the exhibits at the Sustainable Solutions Expo. Image: UN Global Compact Network Singapore

Lifestyle

More Asian firms are selling sustainability—but are consumers buying it?

13 September 2018

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Cities

At the Asian Games, runners' woes highlight air pollution in Jakarta

12 September 2018

Sunrise at Central Thailand Solar Farm

Carbon & Climate

World's local governments rally in California to fight climate change

11 September 2018

manila flood urban area

Cities

With more data, Asia Pacific can build more resilient cities

9 September 2018

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Green Buildings

From breathing walls to rain-harvesting canopies: The coolest tech at Singapore Green Building Week

6 September 2018

Forest City dredging

Cities

A civic outcry in Malaysia forces a Chinese builder to live up to its eco-friendly promise

5 September 2018

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Cities

As India adds 100 Smart Cities, one tells a cautionary tale

4 September 2018

His Excellency Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister, Sri Lanka delivering the keynote address. Image: SIWW

Water

Singapore International Water Week 2018: A milestone in water

31 August 2018

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Transport

Can EVs be green if they run on fossil fuels?

27 August 2018

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Food & Agriculture

Hungry and overweight: what's being done about Asia’s nutrition paradox?

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