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News / Policy & Finance

Indonesia scraps permits of firms blamed for worsening Sumatra floods, landslides

The Indonesian government has revoked the permits of 28 companies over environmental violations that authorities say exacerbated the deadly floods and landslides that struck the island of Sumatra in l...

27 Jan 2026

Indonesia scraps permits of firms blamed for worsening Sumatra floods, landslides

Press Releases / United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

UNDP, ADB renew partnership to accelerate sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific by 2030

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), two leading international organisations in development policy and finance in Asia and the Pacific, announced a sig...

11 Aug 2024

UNDP, ADB renew partnership to accelerate sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific by 2030

News / Transport

Singapore Airlines purchases 1,000 tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel from Neste

...carbon dioxide reductions, SIA said.

7 May 2024

Singapore Airlines purchases 1,000 tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel from Neste

International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) roundtable discussion on ISSA 5000

News / Policy & Finance

New auditing rules finalised as Asia mulls mandatory sustainability assurance

As momentum to adopt mandatory sustainability reporting rules builds in Asia, the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) has finalised its much-awaited guidelines to verify the q...

8 Oct 2024

New auditing rules finalised as Asia mulls mandatory sustainability assurance

Podcast on RSPO's new principles and criteria for certifying palm oil as environmentally and socially sustainable.

Podcasts / Food & Agriculture

'We revised the standard because we should': What RSPO's new rules for sustainable palm oil mean for people and planet

...carbon stock, the principle we are talking about here is Principle 7 in the Principles & Criteria. Specifically, Criterion 7.7, which is high conservation value and high carbon stock. High carbon ...

7 Nov 2024

'We revised the standard because we should': What RSPO's new rules for sustainable palm oil mean for people and planet

Girls walk as they carry jerrycans to fetch water

Opinion / Water

Water is vital to climate and nature protection. Will it last?

...carbon stores - wetlands and forests - is closely tied to stable rainfall, but also to the protection of the world’s aquifers, more than half of which are being depleted faster than they can replenish...

22 Apr 2024

Water is vital to climate and nature protection. Will it last?

Press Releases / UNDP Malaysia

UNDP launches Malaysia Island Innovation Challenge

...carbon emissions. Presently, unsustainable waste management practices on Malaysia’s islands pose major threats to the environment, local communities, and the tourism industry. These threats inc...

6 Aug 2024

UNDP launches Malaysia Island Innovation Challenge

Press Releases / Capital Markets Malaysia

Capital Markets Malaysia, Climate Bonds Initiative launch Transition Strategy Toolkit to accelerate pace, scale of transition finance

...carbonisation of businesses, industries, and economies. With the global shift towards a low-carbon economy, recent policy initiatives such as the National Industrial Masterplan and the National Energy...

8 Apr 2024

Capital Markets Malaysia, Climate Bonds Initiative launch Transition Strategy Toolkit to accelerate pace, scale of transition finance

Press Releases / WWF

Arup, WWF to establish nature-based solutions standards for Hong Kong’s rural development

...carbon calculator that allows us to evaluate the potential carbon emissions and sequestration, providing a roadmap towards a climate positive future. We look forward to applying this new concept in mo...

4 May 2024

Arup, WWF to establish nature-based solutions standards for Hong Kong’s rural development

Press Releases / UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

World must pull together to build a fairer, more sustainable planet: UNEP annual report

The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Annual Report, released today, calls for a dramatic uptick in ambition and action for the environment. The 2024 Annual Report details the organisation...

24 Feb 2025

World must pull together to build a fairer, more sustainable planet: UNEP annual report

News / Energy

‘The technologies are there’: How oil and gas companies must go beyond pledges to abate methane and cut emissions

...carbon dioxide over the first 20 years after it reaches the atmosphere, presents a “quick yet ample” opportunity to rapidly drive down carbon emissions – a challenge more pressing than ever in the wak...

28 Feb 2024

‘The technologies are there’: How oil and gas companies must go beyond pledges to abate methane and cut emissions

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Will Indonesia's new sustainable finance taxonomy really serve its national interest?

...carbon offsets to be used to meet this requirement. This again flies in the face of science-based targets for reducing emissions. If the 35 per cent reduction target is not met using carbon offsets an...

27 Feb 2024

Will Indonesia's new sustainable finance taxonomy really serve its national interest?

News / Energy

What next for the global governance of critical minerals?

...carbonisation… are overwhelmingly extracted in the Global South, while the highest value segments of the [supply] chain remain concentrated elsewhere. María Fernanda Souza, national climate change dir...

15 Dec 2025

What next for the global governance of critical minerals?

Opinion / Cities

Hot in the city. But it doesn't have to be – we have answers

A new study has found that 4 billion people - half of the world’s population - endured at least one extra month of climate-fuelled extreme heat last year. In the last two months, cities from Delhi in...

17 Jun 2025

Hot in the city. But it doesn't have to be – we have answers

News / Water

Calls for moratorium on deep-sea mining mount with China joining condemnation of Trump's order to bypass UN rules

Amid repeated calls for a global moratorium on deep-sea mining until more is known about its environmental impact, China – which itself has interests in the unexplored frontier – has sought closer coo...

21 May 2025

Calls for moratorium on deep-sea mining mount with China joining condemnation of Trump's order to bypass UN rules

News / Transport

Underground express: The quiet rise of subway couriers in China

...carbon emissions to an extent, but has minimal impact on emissions from express deliveries as a whole. It revealed that road and air freight are the main sources of carbon emissions from distribution ...

3 Jan 2024

Underground express: The quiet rise of subway couriers in China

News / Cities

After hottest year on record, persistent and 'unusual' climate-induced warming experienced by Asia's megacities raises concern

From December 2024 to February 2025, Philippine capital Manila and Indonesia's largest metropolis Jakarta experienced 'unusual' heat that could be strongly attributed to climate change for nearly 70 d...

25 Mar 2025

After hottest year on record, persistent and 'unusual' climate-induced warming experienced by Asia's megacities raises concern

News / Transport

AI or humans? Rainforest seeks partner to police ghost roads

...carbon stock, a Nature article published in 2019 shows. A NASA study showed these forests absorbed more carbon than other forests, but also release more when they are cut down. Given the unprecedente...

26 Jun 2024

AI or humans? Rainforest seeks partner to police ghost roads

In its study of the high-impact clients that the biggest ad holding companies work for, Planet Tracker estimates that these firms wield the combined emissions footprint of 530 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year from just 39 clients – larger than the carbon footprint of the United Kingdom, which accounts for 1.1 per cent of global emissions.

News / Policy & Finance

Non-profit calls on investors to divest from advertising agencies working for polluting clients

...carbon-emitting ad group. The greenhouse gas emissions footprints (in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent) of advertising holding companies based on attribution analysis of 39 carbon-intensive client...

23 Feb 2024

Non-profit calls on investors to divest from advertising agencies working for polluting clients

News / Policy & Finance

Indonesian watchdog urges legal action against environmental crime 'cartels'

Indonesia’s largest environmental group, Walhi, has filed a formal complaint with the Attorney General’s Office, accusing 47 companies of environmental destruction and corruption. The companies, which...

24 Mar 2025

Indonesian watchdog urges legal action against environmental crime 'cartels'