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Plastic awaits recycling in Bali, Indonesia. Image: Alvaro Aguilar

News / Waste

Are big brands failing in their commitments to use recycled plastic?

...18. Henkel said that at the end of 2019, the firm used 12 per cent recycled plastic in its packaging in Europe, and 10 per cent globally. It aims to increase the proportion of post-consumer content to...

30 Oct 2020

Are big brands failing in their commitments to use recycled plastic?

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Building forward with digital agriculture

...10 in benefits for every $1 spent. Moreover, while farmers rely on mobile phones to receive market information, access bank accounts, and monitor weather forecasts, digital technologies offer a host o...

17 Jul 2020

Building forward with digital agriculture

News / Cities

Mobility advocates call for better cycling infrastructure, fairer compensation for jeepney drivers in the Philippines

...11.5 per cent of Metro Manila households own a car, said Jedd Ugay, transport economist and spokesperson for Move as One, a 134-member coalition of mobility advocates. “ If the supply of public trans...

9 Sep 2020

Mobility advocates call for better cycling infrastructure, fairer compensation for jeepney drivers in the Philippines

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Hotter days are a dangerous threat to pregnancy

...19 issue of Nature Climate Change, focuses on the effect of hot weather on early deliveries. We compiled 56 million birth records from the United States over the 1969-1988 time period. We then matched...

4 Dec 2019

Hotter days are a dangerous threat to pregnancy

News / Food & Agriculture

‘New agricultural revolution’ needed to boost food security, cut emissions

...1.3 billion tonnes with an annual value of around US$1 trillion. This also accounts for close to 10 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, as well as significant ecosystem degradation and biodiv...

17 Feb 2020

‘New agricultural revolution’ needed to boost food security, cut emissions

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

8 environment and development stories to watch in the new make-or-break decade

...1. Governments While 108 countries committed to strengthen their national climate plans before COP26, they represent only 15.1 per cent of global emissions. We need major emitters to similarly step up...

17 Jan 2020

8 environment and development stories to watch in the new make-or-break decade

News / Policy & Finance

Advisors propose new system to regulate China’s overseas investments

...1 December at a press conference organised by the BRI International Green Development Coalition (BRIGC) in Beijing. It would see coal-fired power plants given a firm red light, while other types of Ch...

8 Dec 2020

Advisors propose new system to regulate China’s overseas investments

News / Carbon & Climate

Earth nears irreversible tipping points

...15, at a climate summit in Paris, 195 nations promised to contain planetary heating to “well below” 2°C, and ideally to 1.5°C, by 2100. But the Nature signatories point at that even if the pledges tho...

29 Nov 2019

Earth nears irreversible tipping points

News / Cities

Should the Philippines copy Indonesia and relocate its sinking capital?

...10 went as deep at 30 cm. Given a high tide at 1.5 metres, flooding in 2060 is projected to go as deep as 1 metre, and in 2110, it might be as high as 3 metres. Image: Jericho Mendoza, UP Resilience I...

16 Oct 2019

Should the Philippines copy Indonesia and relocate its sinking capital?

African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change

News / Carbon & Climate

UN climate talks: Key outcomes from the June 2021 virtual conference

...13-2015, the long-term goal was subsequently updated at Paris COP21 to limiting warming to “well-below 2C” and “pursuing efforts to stay below 1.5C”. At COP25 in Madrid, parties agreed to request a se...

21 Jun 2021

UN climate talks: Key outcomes from the June 2021 virtual conference

Research / Halio International Asia Pacific

BCA SKYLAB: Technology assessment of Electrochromic glazing for energy efficiency, thermal and visual comfort

...18. The test aimed to understand Halio’s impact on glare control, occupant comfort and energy consumption in comparison with traditional high-grade low-E coated glass and shut blinds, and was pa...

10 Oct 2019

BCA SKYLAB: Technology assessment of Electrochromic glazing for energy efficiency, thermal and visual comfort

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Vertical farms are overserved: Global food resilience needs a rebalancing act

...10 million in settlements, which comes down to an average of less than $160,000 per plaintiff not considering litigation fees—while continuing to sell the very same pesticide to farmers. This year, Te...

11 Oct 2020

Vertical farms are overserved: Global food resilience needs a rebalancing act

News / Carbon & Climate

China enters a new low-sulphur shipping era

...16, was expanded to “key ports” in 2017, to “all ports” in 2018 and the “entire ECA” in 2019. In July 2018, a State Council three-year action plan for tackling air pollution said China would “by the e...

13 May 2020

China enters a new low-sulphur shipping era

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Climate targets and industry participation in the recovery

The Covid-19 pandemic must not lead governments to lower their climate ambitions. Accelerating the transition to a low-carbon sustainable economy can both drive the recovery and build resilience for ...

28 May 2020

Climate targets and industry participation in the recovery

Press Releases / Greenpeace

Car industry’s 2018 carbon footprint exceeds EU greenhouse gas emissions—Greenpeace

...10 years—from 8 per cent in 2008 to 32 per cent in 2018, while total SUV sales in the US reached almost 70 per cent in 2018 [3]. Despite automakers rolling out hybrid cars, the report concludes ...

11 Sep 2019

Car industry’s 2018 carbon footprint exceeds EU greenhouse gas emissions—Greenpeace

News / Waste

Gojek leads the charge on disposable cutlery for online deliveries in Indonesia

...1 million sets of cutlery saved, at least 1 million more plastic boxes and plastic carriers are thrown away. Gojek, which processed 529 million food and drink orders through Go-Food last year, is also...

24 Jul 2019

Gojek leads the charge on disposable cutlery for online deliveries in Indonesia

Judges for the 2018 The Liveability Challenge

News / Carbon & Climate

Finalists unveiled for The Liveability Challenge 2019

...19, is in its second year and provides a platform for connecting investors and entrepreneurs in the sustainable development space. From a total of 300 entries from 51 countries, the shortlisted ideas ...

7 May 2019

Finalists unveiled for The Liveability Challenge 2019

News / Lifestyle

How the Philippines can lead in sustainable tourism in Asia during Covid

...19 patients. More than 140,000 people have been infected, including about 2,100 who have died, as of 12 August. Despite the onset of fresh cases, Helble said travel bubbles remain an “attractive optio...

12 Aug 2020

How the Philippines can lead in sustainable tourism in Asia during Covid

Opinion / Waste

Why we will never be able to recycle or incinerate away ocean pollution

...10 - 13 per cent of the annual carbon budget (1.5C budget). Accountability from main stakeholders is key The trade in plastic across international borders remains largely unregulated and most plastic ...

16 Jun 2020

Why we will never be able to recycle or incinerate away ocean pollution

News / Waste

Shanghai’s compulsory waste sorting begins

...17, with China promoting its “ecological civilisation” concept, the government issued plans for compulsory waste-sorting and a new push started. In November 2018, Xi Jinping said on a visit to Shangha...

8 Jul 2019

Shanghai’s compulsory waste sorting begins

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