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News / Transport

Ships worsen air pollution over China, killing thousands - study

...2025 if member states decide that refineries are unable to adapt in time. Natasha Brown, an IMO spokeswoman in London, said a decision is due in October. Monday's study also found that emissions of ca...

20 Jul 2016

Ships worsen air pollution over China, killing thousands - study

News / Policy & Finance

US tells China it has ‘no plan yet’ to meet its 2020 climate target

...2025 target is “outside the scope” of the assessment process. Russia reveals In a series of relatively detailed responses, Russia puts a little more flesh on the bone of its highly ambiguous Paris cli...

5 May 2017

US tells China it has ‘no plan yet’ to meet its 2020 climate target

People of Pittsburgh cooling off in a public water fountain

Opinion / Cities

How world cities moving forward on climate change leave the US President behind

...2025, from their 2005 levels. If the enthusiasm of the mayors over the last few weeks is anything to go by, President Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris agreement only seems to have reinvigorat...

16 Jun 2017

How world cities moving forward on climate change leave the US President behind

News / Water

Laos bans new mining projects in a polluted province

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28 Jun 2016

Laos bans new mining projects in a polluted province

Press Releases / Trends Market Research

Strong demand from China and India driving the solar pumps market

...2025", increasing deployment in industrial and residential is fuelling the demand for solar pumps globally. Demand from water-intensive industries, along with increasing government support (tax and s...

4 Dec 2015

Strong demand from China and India driving the solar pumps market

News / Waste

The top 5 waste stories in 2016

...2025, the figure must be 60 per cent. The French Association of Health and Environment reports that France throws away 4.73 billion plastic cups each year. In Singapore, the ministry announced that it...

28 Dec 2016

The top 5 waste stories in 2016

News / Carbon & Climate

Experts warn Mekong Delta agriculture, livelihoods face serious threats

...2025 M St. NW, Suite 300, Washington DC 20036. Read the full story.

1 Nov 2016

Experts warn Mekong Delta agriculture, livelihoods face serious threats

Opinion / Energy

Making data centres more energy-efficient with solar power

...2025 study were gathered. One interesting insight that was drawn from industry experts was their optimism about adopting renewable energy, in particular solar energy. Even though adoption levels for s...

6 May 2016

Making data centres more energy-efficient with solar power

News / Food & Agriculture

Myanmar villagers protest resumption of copper mine production

...2025 M St. NW, Suite 300, Washington DC 20036.

5 May 2016

Myanmar villagers protest resumption of copper mine production

News / Carbon & Climate

New patent boosts CO2 capture hopes

...2025, at $40 a tonne. Carbon dioxide has to be passed through a ceramic or polymer membrane to separate it from other gases. The Sandia scientists were inspired by a soap bubble flow meter – a soap bu...

19 Sep 2016

New patent boosts CO2 capture hopes

News / Carbon & Climate

COP25: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Madrid

...2025 or 2030. At COP24 in 2018, parties had a “rich exchange of views”, but did agree that all NDCs should cover a “common timeframe” from 2031, with the number of years to be decided later. The EU ha...

16 Dec 2019

COP25: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Madrid

Press Releases / Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) & Sustain Ability Showcase Asia (SASA)

The Blue Circle approved for 40 MW wind project in Vietnam

...2025 (*Decision 428 of 18 March 2016) which positions the country as potentially the largest market for wind power in Southeast Asia. *Decision No. 428/QĐ-TTg dated 18 March 2016 of Prime Minister on...

27 Jul 2016

The Blue Circle approved for 40 MW wind project in Vietnam

A woman fills her container with water in India.

Opinion / Water

Pumped dry: India's invisible and accelerating groundwater crisis

...2025 period. Asit K Biswas is the Distinguished Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. National University of Singapore, Singapore. Cecilia Tortajada is a senior research fellow a...

17 Mar 2017

Pumped dry: India's invisible and accelerating groundwater crisis

News / Carbon & Climate

Mission 2020: A new global strategy to ‘rapidly’ reduce carbon emissions

...2025, they would have to decline to zero globally in a mere 10 years. Even a 2020 peak still requires net-zero global emissions 20 years later in 2040. Figure from Figueres et al. (2017) Mission 202...

29 Jun 2017

Mission 2020: A new global strategy to ‘rapidly’ reduce carbon emissions

News / Carbon & Climate

Explainer: What is the Paris Agreement on climate change and what does it mean for cities?

...2025 and 2030, countries will present their new climate pledges. In 2023 and 2028, they will also engage in “stocktakes”, or reviews of how progress on the agreement is coming along. The details of wh...

4 Apr 2017

Explainer: What is the Paris Agreement on climate change and what does it mean for cities?

News / Manufacturing

The top 5 manufacturing stories in 2016

...2025. 3. Progress towards a circular electronics economy Mobile phones have traditionally been regarded as too costly and difficult to recycle, because the quantity of minerals in a single smartphone...

21 Dec 2016

The top 5 manufacturing stories in 2016

News / Energy

Unlocking Southeast Asia's clean energy potential at SETA 2017

...2025, up from 10.2 per cent in 2013. "I believe that ASEAN is making its best efforts to address climate change, but their carbon emissions are increasing," says Toyoda, who has worked in the energy s...

8 Feb 2017

Unlocking Southeast Asia's clean energy potential at SETA 2017