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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

News / Energy

India’s hydropower ambition dampened by protests, cost overruns and accidents

...the landslide on the construction of the Tapovan-Vishnugad dam, and that of the nearby 444 MW Vishnugad-Pipalkoti dam. Although the state's high court allowed work to restart in May, construction of t...

1 Feb 2024

India’s hydropower ambition dampened by protests, cost overruns and accidents

Yumika Hoskin, social media influencer and sustainability activist

News / Manufacturing

‘I said no to Shein, the devil of fast fashion’: Sustainable lifestyle influencer Yumika Hoskin

...then their habits become familiar to you and you can tell whether or not their posts are sponsored, usually through their use of hashtags, brand tagging and how they write captions – the tone of capti...

22 Aug 2023

‘I said no to Shein, the devil of fast fashion’: Sustainable lifestyle influencer Yumika Hoskin

Opinion / Policy & Finance

From energy hub to climate leader, the Middle East has a vital role in the Global South's development

The term ‘the Global South’ remains contentious in many circles, but it serves to highlight the disparities in power, development and wealth between the less developed countries of the southern hemisp...

1 Aug 2024

From energy hub to climate leader, the Middle East has a vital role in the Global South's development

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Why we won't have a super El Niño this year

...the southwest US, the disappearance of marine life, and the decimation of the native bird population in the Galapagos Islands because of absence of upwelling water that otherwise brings nutrients to t...

13 Jul 2023

Why we won't have a super El Niño this year

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate comms in China should focus on the personal over the national

...them, their families, or their communities, but they do believe that the risk to the nation is high. And the more that they regard climate change as a risk to the nation, the more likely they are to r...

10 Jan 2024

Climate comms in China should focus on the personal over the national

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Coral restoration is a speculative, feel-good science that won’t save our reefs

...the northern Great Barrier Reef, following a major bleaching event, supports the idea that, in the short-term at least, nature can recover on its own. There, coral cover jumped from 10 per cent in 201...

30 Jul 2024

Coral restoration is a speculative, feel-good science that won’t save our reefs

News / Carbon & Climate

Dangerous work and low salaries drive foresters in the Philippines away

...the new president has not retracted the mining policy. These laws create further complications for foresters, given many of the challenges they face derive ultimately from their employer: the governme...

16 Nov 2023

Dangerous work and low salaries drive foresters in the Philippines away

News / Corporate Responsibility

22 brands called out for greenwashing in 2023

...the company said it was as yet unable to fully measure its emissions, they had in fact reported their Scope 3 in their 2022 integrated annual report based on the emissions of the companies they have s...

19 Dec 2023

22 brands called out for greenwashing in 2023

News / Policy & Finance

Clean energy policies in SE Asia improving but chronic issues impact payouts: SEACEF green fund manager

...the concessionality we offer is being an early-stage investor who is there when no one else is…and we want to make sure that the economics of the [investees are sound],” Wallick said. But Clime Capita...

29 Jan 2024

Clean energy policies in SE Asia improving but chronic issues impact payouts: SEACEF green fund manager

Dharsono Hartono, head, KADIN Net Zero Hub

News / Carbon & Climate

It is hard for Indonesian firms to decarbonise without offsets: KADIN Net Zero Hub chief Dharsono Hartono

...the moon. There has to be a bridge to help the transition – and offsets is one way of achieving that. The reason we merged the Net Zero Hub and Carbon Centre of Excellence is because of the view in th...

12 Jun 2024

It is hard for Indonesian firms to decarbonise without offsets: KADIN Net Zero Hub chief Dharsono Hartono

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Responsible ESG investing in the Global South requires overcoming the Global North’s saviour complex

...the other side of the debate, it is maintained that ESG will not save the planet and that it amounts to empty virtue signalling. The ESG culture war exposes the paradox of ego versus altruism. SII pro...

29 Nov 2023

Responsible ESG investing in the Global South requires overcoming the Global North’s saviour complex

Picture caption: Habitat loss and alteration, as well as road traffic accidents are cited among the causes of a record number of pangolin deaths in Singapore in 2023. Image: Robin Hicks / Eco-Business

News / Cities

New data shows record pangolin road casualties in fast urbanising Singapore

...when it signed a pledge with 130 other countries at the COP26 climate talks in 2021. "By the time Singapore heeds the no-deforestation by 2030 agreement, there may not be much forest left for the pan...

4 Mar 2024

New data shows record pangolin road casualties in fast urbanising Singapore

News / Policy & Finance

Is 'loss and damage' fund at risk as COP29 approaches?

...the board in delivering the disbursement. With the Philippines selected as the host of the fund's board and Diong's appointment, the fund can begin turning the pledges from COP28 into the first tranch...

20 Sep 2024

Is 'loss and damage' fund at risk as COP29 approaches?

News / Policy & Finance

Early 'loss and damage' funding puts communities in driver's seat

...Their community festival worshipping the goddess Durga. The ritual was put on hold after large cyclones - Sidr in 2007 and Aila in 2009 - damaged the 600-metre road that connects the village to the ne...

27 Nov 2023

Early 'loss and damage' funding puts communities in driver's seat

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Governing the right to food

...the public sector. From the 1980s, the neoliberal structural-adjustment programs imposed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund on cash-strapped countries, coupled with the advent of th...

21 Jul 2023

Governing the right to food

Casnadi, who works Southeast Asia's largest landfill near Jakarta, Indonesia

News / Waste

Recycled plastic at virgin prices? Asian recyclers say market volatility making it hard to meet brands' demands

...When the market is good, collectors don't benefit much though they have enough to buy food. When the market is bad, they suffer more than anyone," he said. Some recyclers have relied on philanthropic ...

30 Jan 2024

Recycled plastic at virgin prices? Asian recyclers say market volatility making it hard to meet brands' demands

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Modern slavery rife in the ‘last frontier’ at sea

...ther options to support their families. When the workers arrive, supposedly to board their vessel or work in processing factories, the recruitment agency takes their passports, cuts them off from con...

17 Sep 2024

Modern slavery rife in the ‘last frontier’ at sea

News / Water

Fears India’s huge reef rollout could do more harm than good

...the largest and busiest fishing villages in Chennai, on the south-eastern coast of India. On one side of the port, large trawlers bring in substantial catches. On the other are moored small fibreglass...

4 Feb 2025

Fears India’s huge reef rollout could do more harm than good

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