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15 October 2018

Cargo ship swept ashore by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines

Carbon & Climate

How will you respond to the IPCC's urgent climate warning?

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Policy & Finance

Environment and politics in Bhutan’s elections

12 October 2018

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Energy

Asia’s climate arsenal: are biofuels back?

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Waste

Philippines central government on solving plastic trash problem: 'We've done all we can'

10 October 2018

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Carbon & Climate

Do Chinese people care about climate change?

9 October 2018

Coca-Cola is the world's biggest plastic polluter, according to 239 cleanups and brand audits conducted in 42 countries by Greenpeace. Image: Justin Hofman / Greenpeace

Waste

World's biggest plastic polluters revealed

8 October 2018

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Cities

Philippine resort city chooses 'morally correct' low-carbon path

5 October 2018

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Waste

Plastic bans—the least effective way to solve Southeast Asia's plastic pollution problem, food industry study finds

2 October 2018

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Transport

Long road ahead for Asian drivers revving up to go electric

1 October 2018

Single-use plastic bags are stuffed into a grate door in Little India, Singapore. Only 6 per cent of the city-state's plastic waste was recycled last year. Image: Michael Coghlan/Flickr

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Singapore environment ministry pushes back against MP's proposal to cut single-use plastic and tax bags

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

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Food & Agriculture

Indonesian fishermen get early-warning system for lake pollution

25 September 2018

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Energy

Standard Chartered Bank quits coal

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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Waste

5 ways Australian businesses can shrink their plastic footprint

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Cities

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

20 September 2018

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Carbon & Climate

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

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?

14 September 2018

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Policy & Finance

Host nations must drive China's Belt and Road towards sustainability. Here's how

13 September 2018

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Cities

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

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