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Policy & Finance
Getting from climate pledges to climate action
Government agencies charged with devising effective policies to clean up our fossil-fuel-based economies often lack the resources and expertise to do so, underscoring the need for NGOs to provide them with critical data and technical know-how.
Policy & Finance
The siren song of climate authoritarianism
With the climate crisis escalating fast, calls for more authoritarian decision-making structures – widely viewed as more efficient – are increasing. But the notion that any version of an authoritarian system would be free of “special interests,” and run by neutral, rational technocrats, is implausible.
Carbon & Climate
Environmental rights as human rights in Asean: Why not?
In Asean, there is no general regional agreement securing environmental rights and obligations but the Asean Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution is an example of a sectoral achievement.
Indonesia risks losing its exclusive rights to all of the resources in and under the waters between its …
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6 January 2023
Policy & Finance
Could we sue Mother Earth for storm damage?
30 August 2022
Carbon & Climate
Rays of hope in the climate struggle
17 June 2021
6 January 2021
Carbon & Climate
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Singapore recycling firm Tay Paper set to close
The 34-year-old firm is under judicial management. It made a name for itself by recycling millions of red … -
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Singapore’s polluter-pays scheme faces further delay amid concern over industry stalling tactics
Exclusive The city-state's beverage container return scheme has been pushed back beyond its launch date – the latest in … -
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Stay or go? Jakarta’s coastal communities mull adaptation or migration as the city sinks
As Indonesia's capital is slowly claimed by the Java Sea, thousands of people are losing their homes and … -
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COP29 presidency reiterates commitment to Paris Agreement as Azerbaijan defends oil and gas expansion
As COP29 president Mukhtar Babayev outlined climate plans for the upcoming talks, Azerbaijan president Ilham Aliyev said at … -
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News / Cities
Tighten legal ambiguity, protect more forests: Singapore conservationists issue wishlist to government
Key asks include looking into having two new nature parks, along with explicit safeguards for the airspace above … -
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Verra validated by carbon market watchdog after ‘significant’ procedural changes
The standards organisation accused of approving “worthless” credits last year got an endorsement for meeting the ICVCM's quality …
