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Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The Goldilocks dilemma of Singapore's carbon tax

...power generation sector, which had voiced concerns about the new tax. A spokesperson from the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources told Eco-Business that the S$5 per tonne price was to “giv...

26 Apr 2018

The Goldilocks dilemma of Singapore's carbon tax

News / Energy

India hastens hydropower projects in Jammu and Kashmir

...power is a priority. Elsewhere in India, the focus is on solar power,” an official in Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC) told thethirdpole.net, speaking on the condition of...

26 Jul 2017

India hastens hydropower projects in Jammu and Kashmir

Mail Online's story disparaging climate science has been criticised for being inaccurate

News / Carbon & Climate

Why is the media under-reporting climate change?

...power stations are still being built at scale. A recent report by Greenpeace warned that up to 70,000 people could die a year from air pollution if plans to build coal-fired power stations go ahead. J...

7 Mar 2017

Why is the media under-reporting climate change?

News / Energy

In response to pollution complaints, a coal plant in Indonesia offered soap and mops

...power plant getting into their houses,” added Suyono, who like many Indonesians goes by one name. “The river is also polluted because the power plant has no waste management system in place. We used t...

6 Feb 2017

In response to pollution complaints, a coal plant in Indonesia offered soap and mops

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change could increase intensity of dust storms in India, experts say

...power transformers were damaged, while farmers suffered losses to their cattle and poultry stocks. Similarly, on May 13, fierce dust and thunderstorms led to the deaths of some 40 people, while severa...

17 May 2018

Climate change could increase intensity of dust storms in India, experts say

News / Energy

These Indonesian villages are powered by locally sourced sustainable energy

...power and decided he would try it out in the village. He took to the internet and tracked down technical experts. “ The most important outcome from this hydropower project is changing the society’s m...

8 Feb 2017

These Indonesian villages are powered by locally sourced sustainable energy

News / Energy

Chinese solar storage system aims to beat Australia's blackouts

...Powerwall battery costs about A$8,000. BYD's Chen noted that the B-Box series offered a wide range of renewable power capabilities to meet light or heavy usage. She added: "Ideally, the B-Box can be...

27 Feb 2017

Chinese solar storage system aims to beat Australia's blackouts

News / Policy & Finance

Is nudging or policy the better way to a more sustainable society?

...power the household uses. The effect is to curb electricity use, and encourage people to find new ways to save energy, Jespersen pointed out. “ Everyone wants to be climate conscious, as long as they...

27 Sep 2017

Is nudging or policy the better way to a more sustainable society?

Leadership plenary at the International Green Building Conference 2017 held in Singapore

News / Green Buildings

When sustainability saved the city

...power - less than provincial governments, federal governments, businesses and even the United Nations - and so have limited ability to make change. “We can sit around and do nothing, or ignore a clim...

13 Sep 2017

When sustainability saved the city

News / Food & Agriculture

UN talks plant seed for greener, more climate-savvy agriculture

...powered irrigation pumps, and buying drought-hit livestock from herders before their animals starve to death. But this week's decision to link the work of a technical body and another focused on imple...

16 Nov 2017

UN talks plant seed for greener, more climate-savvy agriculture

News / Policy & Finance

The world will fail to achieve the SDGs—here's how business can fix that

...powered land transaction platform in Ghana, and Uhurulabs, a Tanzanian company which uses drones to create accurate maps of land borders and ownership rights. Blockchain and other technologies can al...

5 Feb 2018

The world will fail to achieve the SDGs—here's how business can fix that

News / Energy

Scientists want to power cars with waste CO2

...power plants and uses them in other industrial processes. One example of the innovative deployment of CCU is in the creation of petrochemicals such as gasoline. Rather than creating gasoline directly ...

22 Jun 2017

Scientists want to power cars with waste CO2

News / Corporate Responsibility

Women entrepreneurs: The changemakers of a better world

...powerment, focused on gender equality in the workplace, and in 2011 cofounded the Angel Investment Network Indonesia to fund startups. Speaking at a panel discussion at the Asian Women in Leadership ...

30 Jun 2017

Women entrepreneurs: The changemakers of a better world

News / Policy & Finance

'World's most powerful job creators,' small and medium enterprises vital to achieving Global Goals

...powerful partners. They can have tremendous impact in embedding responsible business practices and sustainability in today's complex global value chains,” she said adding: “Their power and potential t...

12 May 2017

'World's most powerful job creators,' small and medium enterprises vital to achieving Global Goals

A rendering of the Floating Ponds vertical fish farm conceptualised by Surbana Jurong and Apollo Aquaculture Group

News / Food & Agriculture

Could vertical fish farms be Singapore's answer to food security?

...power the farm and cultivate algae to feed fish; a constructed wetlands system purifies and recycles harvested rainwater and wastewater; while nutrients taken from discharged pond water fertilise the ...

6 Sep 2017

Could vertical fish farms be Singapore's answer to food security?

News / Energy

Loans for solar systems make power affordable in rural Kenya

...power system for his home. The credit is part of a scheme being rolled out across the country to provide asset financing for families not connected to the main power grid. Njoroge's new kit consists o...

22 Aug 2017

Loans for solar systems make power affordable in rural Kenya

News / Policy & Finance

COP24: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Katowice

...ads ran through each area of these areas. First, whether to agree a single set of rules for all countries – with flexibility for those that need it – or to maintain the current divide between rules fo...

18 Dec 2018

COP24: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Katowice

News / Transport

End of the road for Volvo’s purely petrol and diesel-powered cars

...powered electric vehicles beginning 2019. In a statement, Volvo president and chief executive Håkan Samuelsson said the move signals the end of the company’s production of solely combustion-powered c...

11 Jul 2017

End of the road for Volvo’s purely petrol and diesel-powered cars

News / Carbon & Climate

Record-breaking weather in 2016 pushes world into ‘truly uncharted territory’

...powerful 2015/2016 El Niño weather system, during which global sea-level also rose very strongly. “ With levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere consistently breaking new records, the influence of...

24 Mar 2017

Record-breaking weather in 2016 pushes world into ‘truly uncharted territory’

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Despite some major bumps, Bonn climate summit got the job done

...powerful greenhouse gases, with climate-safe alternatives. Despite the Trump administration's stated intention to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement, American businesses, cities, states...

22 Nov 2017

Despite some major bumps, Bonn climate summit got the job done

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