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Nobody seems to care about fish welfare — here's why we should

...15 years have shown that while fish have relatively simple nervous systems, they can detect potential harm, such as high temperatures, intense pressure, and pollutive chemicals, and can produce the sa...

3 Aug 2021

Nobody seems to care about fish welfare — here's why we should

Condominium and office towers are seen under construction in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

News / Green Buildings

Planet-warming emissions from buildings put climate goals at risk

...19 crisis, she added. Examples include the European Commission's "Renovation Wave", which aims to double building renovation rates within 10 years, and South Korea's $130-billion package which include...

16 Dec 2020

Planet-warming emissions from buildings put climate goals at risk

New buildings under construction in China

News / Carbon & Climate

Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions see first quarterly fall since post-lockdown surge

...160 per cent year-on-year in the first 10 months of 2021 and a record 2.7m vehicles produced. This represents a record market share of 13 per cent of all vehicles produced in 2021 to date, increasing ...

29 Nov 2021

Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions see first quarterly fall since post-lockdown surge

News / Carbon & Climate

Scarce carbon storage threatens net-zero push as emissions keep rising

...19-related dip in 2020. That is happening even as scientists say emissions must drop by 45 per cent by 2030 from 2010 levels to hold global warming to 1.5C. To slash emissions — and the growing threat...

5 Jul 2021

Scarce carbon storage threatens net-zero push as emissions keep rising

Press Releases / Rethink Events

Meet the Asia-Pacific innovators shaking up the agri-food system

...18-20. Start-Up Showcases: (Wednesday 18 - Thursday 19 November) 12 exciting agri-food start-ups have been selected to present their solutions on the digital stage - from mobile farming apps, r...

21 Oct 2020

Meet the Asia-Pacific innovators shaking up the agri-food system

News / Transport

Indonesian ride-hailing firm Gojek launches carbon offsetting service

...1-kilometre journey on a motorbike in Jakarta requires about 0.05 trees to offset the carbon, at a cost of IDR3,500 (US$0.20). A 1km journey in a car in Jakarta requires 0.15 trees to offset, at a cos...

15 Sep 2020

Indonesian ride-hailing firm Gojek launches carbon offsetting service

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Sustainable development starts with children

...1 invested in maternal and child health can bring over $11 in benefits. Climate change is not the only area where we are failing our children. Predatory commercial marketing that targets children and...

14 Jul 2020

Sustainable development starts with children

Press Releases / International Finance Corporation

IFC and Indigo Partners support low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific in recovery from Covid-19

...199 1720 amacfarlane@ifc.org Indigo Partners Jennifer Hurson+1 845 507 0571 jhurson@lambert.com

11 May 2021

IFC and Indigo Partners support low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific in recovery from Covid-19

News / Carbon & Climate

Analysis: the lack of diversity in climate-science research

...100 most highly cited climate science papers of 2016-20, based on Google scholar metrics data. More than 1,300 authors are included in this analysis. (The methodology is described in full later in the...

7 Oct 2021

Analysis: the lack of diversity in climate-science research

News / Carbon & Climate

Analysis: What the new IPCC report says about how to limit warming to 1.5C or 2C

...18 IPCC special report on 1.5C (SR15). The SR15 “below 1.5C” and “1.5C with low overshoot” scenarios correspond to the C1 climate category in WG3. The “1.5C with high overshoot” scenarios from SR15 ma...

8 Apr 2022

Analysis: What the new IPCC report says about how to limit warming to 1.5C or 2C

News / Transport

Indonesia invites China as investor for extended high-speed railway

...16, it is the flagship project in Indonesia under China’s controversial One Belt, One Road (OBOR), an estimated U.S. $1 trillion-plus initiative to build a network of railways, ports, and bridges acro...

20 Jan 2021

Indonesia invites China as investor for extended high-speed railway

News / Energy

Japan, China back coal despite Paris pledges

...18 to October 2020) provided loans amounting to US$315 billion with the top three being Japanese — Mizuho (US$22 billion), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (US$21 billion) and Mitsubishi UFJ Financ...

18 Mar 2021

Japan, China back coal despite Paris pledges

News / Policy & Finance

Sompo goes first: Japan's insurance firms are starting to move away from coal

...19, climate change contributed to 15 events that cost more than US$1 billion in damage, with over half of those costing more than US$10 billion. Between 2017 and 2018, total losses from natural disast...

25 Sep 2020

Sompo goes first: Japan's insurance firms are starting to move away from coal

News / Energy

How Southeast Asia’s clean energy firms kept the lights on during the pandemic

...145 investment prospects across Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines with over 10 gigawatts in total capacity. It has invested in three companies to date—PT Xurya Daya Indonesia, which has ambitions...

29 Jan 2021

How Southeast Asia’s clean energy firms kept the lights on during the pandemic

News / Policy & Finance

Deforestation surge continues amid worsening uncertainty in Myanmar

...11 and the cease-fire agreement of 2012 created an amenable business environment, further aided by eased international economic sanctions and a slew of business-friendly land reforms. In Tanintharyi, ...

27 Aug 2021

Deforestation surge continues amid worsening uncertainty in Myanmar

News / Policy & Finance

China tightens sustainability rules for its notorious fishing fleet

...19. They all take effect between January 2020 and January 2021. Leaving less space for illegal activities, the changes are geared toward increasing transparency and promoting more sustainable practice...

19 Aug 2020

China tightens sustainability rules for its notorious fishing fleet

Small bottles labeled with a 'Vaccine Covid-19' sticker

News / Policy & Finance

Can vaccines reach the world’s poorest?

...1.4 million children under five died from vaccine-preventable diseases such as pneumonia, diarrhoea and measles in 2016, according to UNICEF. The situation could be about to get worse because Covid-19...

11 Nov 2020

Can vaccines reach the world’s poorest?

trash collected during the East Coast beach clean up

Opinion / Waste

Five facts about unsustainable waste management in Singapore

...19 as a ‘Year towards zero waste’, Singapore’s domestic recycling rate dropped from 22 per cent in 2018 to 17 per cent in 2019 – only 4 per cent of plastic and 18 per cent of food is recycled in the c...

11 Jan 2021

Five facts about unsustainable waste management in Singapore

News / Policy & Finance

'How will they survive?': Myanmar coup cuts lifeline for migrants' families

...1 coup has cut a lifeline for her family with bank and remittance services heavily disrupted. "I'm concerned about how (my family) will get through each day," Own Mar Shwe, 41, told the Thomson Reuter...

5 Mar 2021

'How will they survive?': Myanmar coup cuts lifeline for migrants' families

News / Food & Agriculture

Cell-based seafood firm Shiok Meats raises US$12.6m in Series A funding

Cell-based seafood start-up Shiok Meats has raised US$12.6 million in Series A funding, a sign that investors’ appetite for alternative proteins remains strong. The Singapore-based firm, which plans t...

1 Oct 2020

Cell-based seafood firm Shiok Meats raises US$12.6m in Series A funding

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