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News / Carbon & Climate

Drowned tropical forests add to climate change

Big dams built in the tropics to produce hydroelectricity have long been highly controversial − and data gathered in Laos by a French team studying methane emissions confirms that dams can add to glob...

12 Sep 2014

Drowned tropical forests add to climate change

News / Energy

Geothermal power installations grow most since 1997

Geothermal power producers added the most capacity since 1997 last year as developing nations in Asia and other regions seek alternative energy sources, while installation declined in the US, accordin...

23 Apr 2014

Geothermal power installations grow most since 1997

News / Energy

China rushes to harness wind while government still pays

China is on course this year to build four times the total wind power installed in all of Denmark as developers push to build the turbines ahead of cuts to incentives originally designed to spur the i...

30 Oct 2014

China rushes to harness wind while government still pays

News / Water

Solar power installed soon for Nauru desalination plant

Singapore's Hitachi-Aquatech has awarded a contract to two New Zealand companies for a 131 kWp solar system to power a desalination plant for the Pacific island of Nauru. Solarcity New Zealand Ltd and...

20 Feb 2014

Solar power installed soon for Nauru desalination plant

News / Transport

Indian engineer prepares solar tuk-tuk for London odyssey

Naveen Rabelli's tuk-tuk broke down the first time he rolled it out of his garage. The electrical engineer didn't lose heart: now, he plans to drive his customized three-wheeler all the way to London....

17 Jul 2014

Indian engineer prepares solar tuk-tuk for London odyssey

News / Corporate Responsibility

Freeport urged to involve tribal communities in contract negotiation

PT Freeport Indonesia should involve the local tribal communities in negotiating its contract with the government in order to reap direct benefits, stated Priest John Jongga. "Freeport must think of h...

4 Aug 2014

Freeport urged to involve tribal communities in contract negotiation

Forest fire in Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Fires in Indonesia spike to highest levels since June 2013 haze emergency

In early March 2014, forest and peat fires in Indonesia’s Riau province, on the island of Sumatra, spiked to levels not seen since the previous Southeast Asian haze crisis of June 2013. Nearly 50,000 ...

14 Mar 2014

Fires in Indonesia spike to highest levels since June 2013 haze emergency

Opinion / Transport

Seven sustainability lessons we can all learn from backpackers

With a reputation in Australia for public drunkenness and antisocial behaviour, backpackers might not seem likely role models for “greener” ways of living. Most backpackers are from upper- or middle-c...

17 Feb 2015

Seven sustainability lessons we can all learn from backpackers

News / Policy & Finance

Rich nations to start fund to help cut methane emissions abroad

Nations including the United States and Sweden are advancing plans to launch a new fund this year to pay for methane emission reduction projects in the developing world. The countries are aiming to se...

24 Mar 2014

Rich nations to start fund to help cut methane emissions abroad

Press Releases / Fleming Gulf

Natural gas vehicles: Not an option but a preferred choice

Natural gas is almost 75 per cent less costlier than oil and has proved to help reduce the biggest concerns that countries today are facing regarding CO2 emission especially from Heavy Duty Vehicles (...

25 Jun 2014

Natural gas vehicles: Not an option but a preferred choice

News / Food & Agriculture

Dietary effect on GHG emissions is hard to swallow

The news is enough to make climate campaigners choke on their high-fibre breakfast cereal: if Americans adopted the dietary guidelines suggested by their own Department of Agriculture, greenhouse gas ...

15 Sep 2014

Dietary effect on GHG emissions is hard to swallow

Opinion / Policy & Finance

How does India’s Budget fare on sustainable development?

Shortly after Budget announcements by Singapore and Hong Kong last week, India – now the world's fastest growing economy going by the government's latest statistics – announced its Union Budget on Sat...

4 Mar 2015

How does India’s Budget fare on sustainable development?

News / Policy & Finance

Fossil fuel divestment is a $5 trillion challenge

Oil, gas and coal companies make up one of the world’s largest liquid asset classes, with a combined stock market valuation of nearly $5trn. In the past two years, dozens of public and private institu...

27 Aug 2014

Fossil fuel divestment is a $5 trillion challenge

Press Releases / Sunlabob Renewable Energy, Ltd.

Sunlabob finalizes Myanmar partnership to strengthen solar offering

This week, Sunlabob Renewable Energy, the Laos-based rural renewable energy specialist, and Relitec, a Yangon-based sustainable energy company, finalized a partnership agreement to collaborate in addr...

27 May 2014

Sunlabob finalizes Myanmar partnership to strengthen solar offering

News / Food & Agriculture

Top 5 need-to-knows about conservation agriculture

In the face of changing weather driven by climate change and the increasing demand for food, conservation agriculture (CA) aims to achieve sustainable and profitable agriculture and improve farmers’ l...

7 Aug 2014

Top 5 need-to-knows about conservation agriculture

Press Releases / Olam International

Olam Livelihood Charter reaches milestone

Olam International Limited (“Olam’’), a leading agri-business operating across the value chain in 65 countries, has announced the 2014 achievements of the Olam Livelihood Charter (OL...

27 Feb 2015

Olam Livelihood Charter reaches milestone

Opinion / Cities

Walkability - Building cities for people too

With the urban population swelling the world over, it makes sense that we start—or go back to—designing cities for people too. People are a city’s principal raison d'etre. Cities therefore should be d...

8 Oct 2014

Walkability - Building cities for people too

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Indonesia fires flare: A foreboding start to dry season in Riau

Residents of Indonesia and Singapore have been bracing themselves in recent weeks as WRI and others have warned that this year’s dry season would likely herald a severe spike in fires on the island of...

25 Jun 2014

Indonesia fires flare: A foreboding start to dry season in Riau

News / Energy

Riding Asia's solar wave

It has been a tumultuous decade for the solar industry, which in recent years has seen the bankruptcy of hundreds of solar firms and dramatic industry consolidation due to the glut of cheap solar pane...

15 Jun 2015

Riding Asia's solar wave

News / Carbon & Climate

Quick fixes won’t solve CO2 danger

Once again, US scientists have come to the same conclusion: there really is no alternative. The only way to contain climate change and limit global warming, they say, is to reduce carbon dioxide emiss...

7 Jul 2014

Quick fixes won’t solve CO2 danger