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Papua Diving, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

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Can this dive resort save the last paradise on earth?

...powered. Ammer wants to be the first eco-tourism operator in Raja Ampat that can claim to be 100 per cent renewable-powered. To achieve this feat, he has hired fellow countryman Hans van Mameren, a s...

27 Mar 2018

Can this dive resort save the last paradise on earth?

Singapore's 'City in a Garden' plan has seen a network of parks, nature reserves and greened buildings span the 70 kilometre-squared island—but the country has just 0.5 per cent primary forest cover left. Image: Eco-Business

News / Green Buildings

Can Singapore, the city in a garden, grow into a city in nature?

...ads designed to impress foreign dignitaries, attract business investment and connect residents with nature. However, Singapore’s urbanisation rate is estimated at 1.5 per cent a year, with concrete ...

19 Sep 2018

Can Singapore, the city in a garden, grow into a city in nature?

pay-as-you-go solar powered home in Uttar Pradesh

News / Energy

For city economies to prosper, poor need clean power

...power back to the grid, while homeowners in Gujarat are leasing roof space to solar power companies, it noted. Pay-as-you-go schemes in Kenya, meanwhile, enable consumers to pay for solar systems over...

8 Sep 2017

For city economies to prosper, poor need clean power

News / Energy

Trump's 'stupid' solar tax won't hurt Asian firms but will harm US jobs, say experts

...power plant emissions introduced by his predecessor, Barack Obama. However, Robin Pho, chief executive officer of Right People Renewable Energy, a Singapore-based renewable energy firm, observed that ...

24 Jan 2018

Trump's 'stupid' solar tax won't hurt Asian firms but will harm US jobs, say experts

News / Lifestyle

Coming to Australia: Tiny holiday homes big on sustainability

...power, they are still connected to the electricity grid. They also come with a back-up petrol generator when a connection to the grid is unavailable. And while low-waste, the Big Tiny homes are far f...

24 Jan 2018

Coming to Australia: Tiny holiday homes big on sustainability

News / Policy & Finance

Stop "boring" language to spur climate action, U.N. environment chief says

...powerful storm that devastated parts of the Caribbean. "It shows people want to know about these things but when it comes to explaining why it's happening and what can be done to stop it, we're not sp...

20 Dec 2017

Stop "boring" language to spur climate action, U.N. environment chief says

News / Policy & Finance

Can the Belt and Road Initiative push peace in South Asia?

...ads/pipelines/electric lines from Central Asia to India then India will have access to the Central Asian energy sources, both hydrocarbons as well as [hydro] power from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan,” Sen...

15 Jan 2019

Can the Belt and Road Initiative push peace in South Asia?

News / Food & Agriculture

Does Earth really have more trees now than 35 years ago?

...powerful conclusions can be drawn from the data, including assessing agricultural expansion, climate-driven expansion and contraction of ecosystems, and forest clearing and recovery. “The results of t...

16 Aug 2018

Does Earth really have more trees now than 35 years ago?

Press Releases / Eco-Business

Changing Course, a film and photography exhibition, opens to the public at the Singapore Botanic Gardens in Singapore’s Year of Climate Action

...power of media to help bring home the message to the wider public that climate change is not a distant reality but one that affects us now, and Asia will bear the brunt of its effects. We aim to educa...

4 Jun 2018

Changing Course, a film and photography exhibition, opens to the public at the Singapore Botanic Gardens in Singapore’s Year of Climate Action

News / Energy

Singapore could be 25% solar-powered by 2025

...power in the next eight years. The city-state currently generates 95 per cent of its 8 gigawatts of power from natural gas, and due to natural limitations has no potential for wind or hydropower—solar...

25 Oct 2017

Singapore could be 25% solar-powered by 2025

News / Policy & Finance

Can we turn Singapore into an urban mine?

...Power. One solution is for companies to move away from production and focus on providing services such as software upgrades to improve user experience and device performance, according to Kaz Goto, ma...

11 Jun 2018

Can we turn Singapore into an urban mine?

wind turbines western australia southern ocean

News / Energy

Finkel Review 'does not pass the climate test'

...power generation technologies. Under the CET, any company that can produce electricity below a certain threshold of emissions intensity would be given an incentive to enter the market, regardless of ...

9 Jun 2017

Finkel Review 'does not pass the climate test'

News / Transport

Long road ahead for Asian drivers revving up to go electric

...ads wrongfully assume the 29-year-old has turned off his engine or fallen asleep at the wheel. But the delivery driver is always alert - especially since he was picked to take part in a new electric-v...

2 Oct 2018

Long road ahead for Asian drivers revving up to go electric

News / Waste

5 ways to win the war on plastic pollution

...ads, shared Nani. Plastic waste is mixed into asphalt, and this strategy results in roads that are cheaper to build, and as much as 40 per cent more durable against high temperatures and rainfall than...

7 Nov 2017

5 ways to win the war on plastic pollution

News / Corporate Responsibility

Can Philippines storm survivors hold companies to account for climate damage?

...power, for action by the biggest and most powerful actors", she said. The climate-change hearings in the Philippines come amid rising instances of violence against activists trying to protect the coun...

23 Mar 2018

Can Philippines storm survivors hold companies to account for climate damage?

News / Carbon & Climate

Philippines' typhoon survivors to fossil fuel firms: please listen to us

...power to hold the companies legally responsible or to fine them. But its report could inform the development of new laws in the Philippines, and it hopes that the body of evidence it develops will be ...

19 Nov 2018

Philippines' typhoon survivors to fossil fuel firms: please listen to us

News / Corporate Responsibility

5 ways to save Boracay

...power systems through the uptake of renewables and storage will supply cheaper, more efficient, secure, and cleaner power for Boracay.” She noted how solar-powered electricity costs worldwide have fal...

14 Mar 2018

5 ways to save Boracay

News / Food & Agriculture

Climate insurance scheme targets women farmers in Africa, Asia

...ads risk over a longer period of time at a cost. Richard Choularton, food security and climate resilience expert, Tetra Tech International Development Services Insurance not enough Although insurance...

22 Jan 2018

Climate insurance scheme targets women farmers in Africa, Asia

News / Water

Water dangers loom for South Asia

...power – a dangerous wager The instability of the fragile HKH region – one of the youngest mountains in the world – will also pose a significant risk to hydropower projects. But because water flow in...

15 Feb 2019

Water dangers loom for South Asia

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Environment and climate change gets short shrift in India’s budget

...power or renewable sectors in Budget 2018,” said Anshumaan Bhatnagar, Co-Founder and Director of Sunshot Technologies, a solar power company. “There is nothing in the budget, either on renewable or wi...

5 Feb 2018

Environment and climate change gets short shrift in India’s budget

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