Eco-Business

Sort by

Relevance Date

Showing results 1981–2000 of 10000

Podcasts / Carbon & Climate

IPCC expert on fighting to keep to the science as global climate politics flares

...the reports. Government delegates are there to nominate experts for the scoping meetings. They also nominate the authors. It is in their interest that the science is accurate, so that they can make t...

5 Nov 2024

IPCC expert on fighting to keep to the science as global climate politics flares

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Nature as infrastructure

...the number of species, but also their genetic diversity and diversity of functions. Yet another dimension of biodiversity is the complex evolutionary history of species – when they were separated on t...

8 Dec 2023

Nature as infrastructure

News / Carbon & Climate

Global warming on course for 2.9°C, UN report warns

...they can also strengthen ambition for 2030, that’s an added benefit,” she says. The more action taken this decade, the more ambitious countries can be in their new targets for 2035, and the easier it ...

23 Nov 2023

Global warming on course for 2.9°C, UN report warns

News / Policy & Finance

COP16: Countries point to finance, climate and energy links at UN nature talks

...the targets under the framework. However, 83 per cent of the 196 countries that are part of the CBD have not yet presented their updated plans with one week to go before the end of the conference. ...

25 Oct 2024

COP16: Countries point to finance, climate and energy links at UN nature talks

News / Policy & Finance

DBS updates coal policy to allow for managed phase-out; first Southeast Asian bank to do so

...the year it pledged to achieve zero thermal coal exposure by 2039 when the last of its remaining legally committed deals runs out. At the end of 2023, the bank's exposure to thermal coal was S$1.8 bi...

6 Mar 2024

DBS updates coal policy to allow for managed phase-out; first Southeast Asian bank to do so

News / Energy

Expansion of renewable projects threatening India’s food security?

...ther refined through Hard Negative Mining. Through this, they further estimated the timelines when these solar panels were installed and assessed the land use pattern prior to their installation. Acco...

7 Sep 2023

Expansion of renewable projects threatening India’s food security?

News / Water

In the wake of a super typhoon, coastal communities grapple with oil spill in Manila Bay

...the oil leaks from the three vessels, Aranas hopes the oil spills can be contained as soon as possible before they inch their way to the coast and threaten their town’s other means of livelihood upsho...

5 Aug 2024

In the wake of a super typhoon, coastal communities grapple with oil spill in Manila Bay

News / Policy & Finance

How I got here... National University of Singapore green finance academic Sumit Agarwal

...the freedom to work on what I want when I want. There is also what you call a tenure [the right to keep a job permanently], so I can take more risks. On the other hand, the private sector has a more s...

18 Jul 2023

How I got here... National University of Singapore green finance academic Sumit Agarwal

News / Carbon & Climate

Sarawak forest carbon projects face pushback over Indigenous land rights

...the carbon market in Sarawak.” There are no public documents about the project on the company's website, nor the web portal of the Forest Department of Sarawak. However, the forest department posted o...

19 May 2024

Sarawak forest carbon projects face pushback over Indigenous land rights

News / Energy

DBS ‘circumspect’ about scaling Indonesia’s first early coal retirement nationwide

...the difficulties we have gone through in the last 30 months, I’m more circumspect about the viability of the project.” Wong shared his assessment of the project's prospects at the ASIFMA Sustainable F...

17 Nov 2024

DBS ‘circumspect’ about scaling Indonesia’s first early coal retirement nationwide

News / Carbon & Climate

SBTi review of carbon credits effectiveness frustrates market backers

...the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, the organisation has never considered carbon credits as a replacement for the direct decarbonisation of the value chain. Target scrutiny SBTi's review is ne...

4 Aug 2024

SBTi review of carbon credits effectiveness frustrates market backers

News / Policy & Finance

Why money matters when taking climate change to court

...the Sabin Center's director, said people resort to the courts "when other systems fail". "Rolling the dice on a judge's decision - taking the time and resources that it takes to litigate - is not the ...

11 Oct 2023

Why money matters when taking climate change to court

News / Cities

Flood damage highlights ‘uncontrolled’ sand mining in northern India

...the town. As the rivers flooded, a bridge over the Malan collapsed on 13 July, as did a bridge over the Paniyali on 28 July. Then on 8 August, the approach road to the bridge over the Khoh broke apart...

29 Sep 2023

Flood damage highlights ‘uncontrolled’ sand mining in northern India

News / Policy & Finance

Explaining the Philippines’ ‘writ of kalikasan’: What does the special legal remedy mean for nature protection?

...the country. The following year, the provision for the writ of kalikasan, was written by the Supreme Court as one of the remedies as part of the country's laws for environmental protection. The 1996...

26 Aug 2023

Explaining the Philippines’ ‘writ of kalikasan’: What does the special legal remedy mean for nature protection?

News / Lifestyle

24 hours with... rafflesia researcher Dr Chris Thorogood

...the processes, which are the small white spines in the middle of the flower, or the ornamentation of the petals. A rare glimpse into the interior of Rafflesia arnoldii shows small spikes in the centr...

3 Oct 2023

24 hours with... rafflesia researcher Dr Chris Thorogood

Simon Stiell opening address at Bonn 2024

News / Policy & Finance

'Move from zero-draft to real options’ for new climate finance goal, urges UN climate chief

...they "must be coupled with global financial reforms that deliver debt relief and affordable finance." Other items on the agenda that delegates will be busying themselves with include the first high-le...

4 Jun 2024

'Move from zero-draft to real options’ for new climate finance goal, urges UN climate chief

Carlos Sorreta_Philippines_United Nations_ICJ climate hearings

News / Carbon & Climate

Philippines, Bangladesh ask top court to recognise climate harm as a violation of international law

...the vast majority of greenhouse gas emissions but stood to lose the least from the impacts. Among Asian states which presented their arguments in the hearings at the Peace Palace in The Hague where t...

9 Dec 2024

Philippines, Bangladesh ask top court to recognise climate harm as a violation of international law

News / Policy & Finance

Sri Lankan health crisis could worsen as doctors seek work abroad

...the government to raise the issue with the World Health Organization. When asked about progress on the president's request, Palitha Mahipala, the secretary to the ministry of health, said the issue ha...

21 Feb 2024

Sri Lankan health crisis could worsen as doctors seek work abroad

Press Releases / DNV

DNV assists Philippine battery energy storage project through to commercial operation

...the Asia Pacific pooled extensive battery energy storage system expertise for the project Energy storage systems are expected to play a crucial role in the Philippine market for moving the energy tra...

3 Jun 2024

DNV assists Philippine battery energy storage project through to commercial operation

Press Releases / United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Investing in women crucial to bridge gender gap in political leadership in Asia and the Pacific

...the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and UN Women further drew attention to the point that when women have a seat at the table, policies are more gender-r...

11 Mar 2024

Investing in women crucial to bridge gender gap in political leadership in Asia and the Pacific

Page 100

Podcasts / Carbon & Climate

Opinion / Policy & Finance

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Policy & Finance

News / Policy & Finance

News / Energy

News / Water

News / Policy & Finance

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Energy

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Policy & Finance

News / Cities

News / Policy & Finance

News / Lifestyle

News / Policy & Finance

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Policy & Finance

Press Releases / DNV

Press Releases / United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Most popular

News / Lifestyle

News / Policy & Finance

News / Carbon & Climate

News / Transport & Logistics

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

News / Policy & Finance

Transforming Innovation for Sustainability Join the Ecosystem →

Receive the latest insights daily or weekly.