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Governments leading world to disastrous warming: UN

Governments will not be able to uphold the Paris Climate Agreement, and with business as usual, we are heading for a 3°C warmer world, says UN Environment. The private sector may be the only saviour, ...

29 Nov 2018

Governments leading world to disastrous warming: UN

News / Waste

Sustainable fashion: Students tackle Singapore’s textile waste

...powerful.” She added: “I wish we can get more adults to volunteer, and more companies involved. It would suddenly hit home.”

29 Jan 2018

Sustainable fashion: Students tackle Singapore’s textile waste

Eco-Business managing editor Jessica Cheam, Moxie Future founder Jessica Robinson, Standard Chartered Bank executive director, capital solutions, Rahul Sheth, and Georg Kell, chairman, Arabesque, and founding executive director, United Nations Global Compact. Image: Eco-Business

News / Energy

Funding coal in Southeast Asia is 'collective suicide' say experts

...power plants. Singapore’s largest bank, DBS, released a climate policy—a first for the region— last week that pledged to stop financing new coal-fired power plants, but only in developed countries. T...

14 Feb 2018

Funding coal in Southeast Asia is 'collective suicide' say experts

News / Energy

Time running out for construction sector to cut energy use, meet climate goals – UN

...power generation is included, buildings and construction account for 39 per cent of energy-related CO2 emissions. “ Over the next 40 years, the world is expected to build 230 billion square metres in...

14 Dec 2017

Time running out for construction sector to cut energy use, meet climate goals – UN

News / Cities

Clean, green and safe: The Philippines' first sustainable city to be built by 2022

...power, water, sewerage, information and communication technology (ICT), security, and traffic management while ensuring environmental protection. “ The city will ultimately bring about long-lasting e...

9 Mar 2018

Clean, green and safe: The Philippines' first sustainable city to be built by 2022

News / Cities

As India adds 100 Smart Cities, one tells a cautionary tale

...ads were like race tracks, we could drink water out of the tap, there were no power outages, and we felt absolutely secure," said Cooper in a cafe in Lavasa. "Now, there is litter everywhere, building...

5 Sep 2018

As India adds 100 Smart Cities, one tells a cautionary tale

News / Water

Squeezing profits from a dry rock: Business models for a water-scarce world

...powered by solar panels, useful in areas that are not connected to the national energy grid, and on average reap returns in three years. Decades of water mismanagement and climate disruptions have br...

3 Sep 2018

Squeezing profits from a dry rock: Business models for a water-scarce world

News / Energy

Low-carbon sources generated more UK electricity than fossil fuels in 2017

...power fell by 10 per cent to 237gCO2/kWh in 2017, half the 508gCO2/kWh in 2012. (Note that this estimate covers all electricity supplied in the UK, including imported power from France and the Netherl...

3 Jan 2018

Low-carbon sources generated more UK electricity than fossil fuels in 2017

Opinion / Energy

Clean energy predictions for 2018 – and why I was wrong about 2017

...power become cheaper than the operating costs of coal-fired power generation. We can also expect more and more lithium-ion batteries in homes (both on- and off-grid) and in the power grid itself. I pr...

18 Jan 2018

Clean energy predictions for 2018 – and why I was wrong about 2017

News / Cities

Cities urged to buy up cheap land for sustainable expansion

...ads research at WRI's Ross Center for Sustainable Cities. About 1.5 billion people in Asia lack basic sanitation services, for instance, while 250 million people live in slums, the Asian Development B...

14 Feb 2018

Cities urged to buy up cheap land for sustainable expansion

Dr bambang Brodjonegoro and Simon Tay from Singapore Institute of International Affairs

News / Policy & Finance

Asean's dilemma: Must economic growth cost the Earth?

...power stations across the region—have a "critical role" to play to unlock more green investments to ensure a low-carbon and climate-resilient future for the region. Legarda, who has pushed for the cre...

25 May 2018

Asean's dilemma: Must economic growth cost the Earth?

News / Policy & Finance

HSBC accused of breaking EU sanctions rules by co-financing Vietnam coal plant

...power plants just because coal power is a major energy source today. “Coal is also a highly polluting source of power, attacking people's health, environments on which communities survive, and making ...

22 Nov 2017

HSBC accused of breaking EU sanctions rules by co-financing Vietnam coal plant

News / Energy

In-depth: Is Shell’s new climate scenario as ‘radical’ as it says?

...power, biofuels and industrial uses). By 2070, Shell says, there would need to be 10,000 large CCS facilities in operation, or perhaps 3,000 very large sites on the scale of major coal-fired power sta...

2 Apr 2018

In-depth: Is Shell’s new climate scenario as ‘radical’ as it says?

News / Energy

People power: An electricity cooperative in the Philippines fights for hydro project rights

...power plant project in the country's Benguet province, despite the fact that exclusive rights for the deal have already been granted to a private power company. Benguet Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Be...

1 Feb 2018

People power: An electricity cooperative in the Philippines fights for hydro project rights

News / Cities

After warding off mass tourism, Hong Kong's last fishing village faces climate threats

...powerful storms and more frequent flooding. "We have never seen so much flooding growing up here in the village," said Ng, 74, sitting expressionless and bare-chested outside his stilted home, just da...

25 Oct 2018

After warding off mass tourism, Hong Kong's last fishing village faces climate threats

Ogilvy & Mather celebrate winning agency of the year at Cannes Lion, the Oscars of adland. Gender equality is a contentious issue for the male-dominated industry, and is also one of the SDGs. Image: Cannes Lions

News / Policy & Finance

Advertising that promotes SDGs to be awarded at Oscars of adland

...power of communication." The SDG Lion could have a positive impact if it encourages more clients and agencies to think about how they can communicate the value of sustainability, commented Scott McCle...

18 Sep 2017

Advertising that promotes SDGs to be awarded at Oscars of adland

Press Releases / Conergy Asia & ME Pte Ltd

Conergy announces its first solar farm in Vietnam

...power plant and is collaborating with a Vietnamese partner for the PV plant installation. Given Vietnam’s economic strength and emergence as a manufacturing hub, the demand for greater power an...

24 Jan 2018

Conergy announces its first solar farm in Vietnam

Opinion / Energy

Why can't Australia break up with coal?

...power stations by 2025 and phase out coal, with bipartisan political and public support. In Europe, France, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and Finland all have coal exit plans, while Germany...

22 Feb 2018

Why can't Australia break up with coal?

News / Energy

Paint the town green: AkzoNobel powers towards net zero emissions

...power. This is a result of a contract that AkzoNobel signed with Dutch energy firm Eneco in September this year. As part of the agreement, Eneco will supply some 66 GWh a year to power AkzoNobel's op...

13 Nov 2017

Paint the town green: AkzoNobel powers towards net zero emissions

News / Transport

The top 5 transport stories in 2017

...powered trains, to landmark decisions to ban the sale of purely diesel and petrol-powered cars across the world. Could this year mark the point when the transport sector truly charts a course for sust...

28 Dec 2017

The top 5 transport stories in 2017

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