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News / Southeast Asia

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

19 September 2018

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?

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

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?

11 September 2018

manila flood urban area

Cities

With more data, Asia Pacific can build more resilient cities

10 September 2018

urban farm hydroponics

Food & Agriculture

Why we need to rethink how we produce food

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

3 September 2018

A burning peatland inside the area palm oil concession of PT Sumatera Unggul Makmur in West Kalimantan on 22 August 2018. Image: Greenpeace

Carbon & Climate

Deforestation is a bigger climate threat than 'green' coal, says Indonesian official

28 August 2018

The Conscious Festival by Green is the New Black was held in Hong Kong early this year, bringing together local and international brands that promote sustainable lifestyle and consumption choices. Image: Green Is The New Black Asia

Lifestyle

Will sustainability ever trump price for Asian consumers?

27 August 2018

children eat porridge

Food & Agriculture

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

21 August 2018

mekong river dams construction

Energy

Laos dam disaster hasn't dampened region's thirst for hydropower

20 August 2018

East Bali Cashews banner

Food & Agriculture

These 3 social enterprises are championing sustainable agriculture in Southeast Asia

17 August 2018

laos dam collapse

Energy

Developers press ahead with dams despite order to halt new projects

A man carries firewood past the smoking stacks of brick kilns Dhaka

Cities

Air pollution tanks South Asia’s cities in liveability rankings

15 August 2018

tree clearing in Kalimantan

Policy & Finance

RSPO should ban deforestation, say investors with $6.7 trillion in assets

13 August 2018

Southern Central Laos dam

Energy

Laos suspends new dams as tragedy raises wider fears

2011 SEA Games opening

Food & Agriculture

Forest fires threaten Asian Games as hotspots are seen in Sumatra

1 August 2018

Farmer_oil palm-Malaysia

Food & Agriculture

Have we overlooked the human side of palm oil production?

A blue recycling bin in the district of Tiong Bahru, Singapore. The city-state's recycling rate has been stagnant since 2012. Image: Eco-Business

Waste

Campaign asks Singaporeans to limit plastic bag habit to two a day

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