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News / Waste

How can China address its EV battery-recycling challenge?

...renewables, the demand for rare metals like lithium is bound to continue increasing and that in the long-term, recycling them will be an economic given. But recycling a proportion of metals is not jus...

14 Sep 2023

How can China address its EV battery-recycling challenge?

Opinion / Manufacturing

The next global resource crisis

The West’s dependence on China for so-called critical minerals once worried only a handful of experts and policy wonks. Now, the anxiety has gone mainstream, capturing headlines and becoming the subj...

7 Nov 2022

The next global resource crisis

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Opinion / Policy & Finance

Greening the coin

...renewables.” And while our personal impact at the governmental level may be limited, there is a high likelihood that further regulatory crackdowns will come. Although the given example of China does n...

2 Aug 2021

Greening the coin

News / Corporate Responsibility

Shiyun Quek joins Illumina as APAC sustainability head

Shiyun Quek, the founder of Company of Good, a national programme that advises businesses on their sustainability strategy, has been appointed by DNA sequencing firm Illumina as Asia Pacific head of c...

11 Mar 2022

Shiyun Quek joins Illumina as APAC sustainability head

Esha Nahar from Bangalore promotes the use of eco-friendly products for Project Swachh Sansaar

News / Lifestyle

How an Indian start-up is creating young sustainability leaders

When 14-year-old Maulik Bansal came across giant plastic dumps near his home in the Indian capital city of Delhi, he was worried about the city’s future. He wanted to make a difference to the environm...

2 Dec 2022

How an Indian start-up is creating young sustainability leaders

News / Corporate Responsibility

Data driven strategies for avoiding greenwashing

Mandatory disclosure and reporting of ESG data is becoming a requirement in an increasing number of countries and jurisdictions. As at the end of 2022, 29 countries – including Hong Kong, the Philippi...

16 Feb 2023

Data driven strategies for avoiding greenwashing

News / Cities

Himalayan plunder: increasing landslides in Himachal result of ‘development work’

All projects proposed or in progress in the Himalayan region should be immediately stopped to avoid any further ecological damage to the eco-sensitive area, according to environmentalists. Else, Himac...

16 Feb 2023

Himalayan plunder: increasing landslides in Himachal result of ‘development work’

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Managing energy crises in an age of climate disruption

A recent report by Goldman Sachs reached a surprising conclusion: Over the past eight years, financial markets have been increasing the cost of capital for big, long-term, high-carbon investments in s...

21 Dec 2021

Managing energy crises in an age of climate disruption

News / Manufacturing

Indian workers suffer as heat waves turn factories into 'furnaces'

...renewables faces issues from funding and battery capacity to maintaining solar panels. It is not just a matter of energy sources, but also design. When businessman Chander Shekhar Goel decided to buil...

10 Jun 2022

Indian workers suffer as heat waves turn factories into 'furnaces'

News / Water

'Invisible' solution to water shortages lies beneath our feet

Water shortages, already affecting billions of people around the world, are expected to worsen in the coming decades - linked to drought, pollution, rising sea levels and poor management - but an "inv...

24 Mar 2022

'Invisible' solution to water shortages lies beneath our feet

News / Energy

Is Asia's fossil gas push a bridge to nowhere?

...Renewables and the gas industry are not natural partners. Renewable energy players see the sector as a competitor. For sure, coal is the preferred target of everybody, but both renewables and gas are ...

23 Sep 2021

Is Asia's fossil gas push a bridge to nowhere?

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News / Carbon & Climate

Bridging the gap between big tech’s net zero aspirations and reality

...renewables. Some corporate titans are going beyond their carbon pledges and investing in climate technology. Energy Monitor, a clean-tech site, said that between 2017 and 2020 such corporate venture i...

28 Feb 2022

Bridging the gap between big tech’s net zero aspirations and reality

Opinion / Energy

Why energy systems in Southeast Asia need to go digital

Traditionally, the development of electricity systems has been built upon two assumptions: demand is not to be controlled; supply, then, must meet demand. This principle of “load following” has never ...

8 Jul 2021

Why energy systems in Southeast Asia need to go digital

News / Policy & Finance

What is China’s role at the Paris summit for a new global financial pact?

China could play a crucial role at an upcoming global financial summit that aims to help developing countries address a series of crises including climate change, experts have told China Dialogue. The...

20 Jun 2023

What is China’s role at the Paris summit for a new global financial pact?

News / Energy

IKEA Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation launch US$1 billion renewables fund

The IKEA Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation yesterday announced that they will join forces to set up a US$1 billion global initiative to drive investment in distributed renewables and fight ene...

22 Jun 2021

IKEA Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation launch US$1 billion renewables fund

News / Corporate Responsibility

Keppel Corp appoints Ho Tong Yen as first chief sustainability officer

...renewables and infrastructure, aims to halve its direct and indirect Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030, and achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Keppel is also planning to reduce its exposure to fossil ...

8 Feb 2022

Keppel Corp appoints Ho Tong Yen as first chief sustainability officer

News / Energy

Culture of energy evaluation ‘missing’ in India

India is committed to electrifying 40 million homes this year to attain the goal of delivering electric power to all of its 1.3 billion people. It also has plans to install 75 gigawatts of renewable e...

7 Jul 2022

Culture of energy evaluation ‘missing’ in India

News / Policy & Finance

COP29: What is the ‘new collective quantified goal’ on climate finance?

In total, countries need to invest trillions of dollars to build clean-energy systems, prepare for an increasingly hotter world and deal with the aftermath of climate change-fuelled disasters. The UN ...

8 Nov 2024

COP29: What is the ‘new collective quantified goal’ on climate finance?

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