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An idea to electrify 1 million boats in Southeast Asia—inspired by Ikea

...1 islands, while 13,466 islands make up the Indonesian archipelago. One of the most important rivers in the world, the Mekong, is home to 60 million people spread across Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, Cambod...

26 Aug 2019

An idea to electrify 1 million boats in Southeast Asia—inspired by Ikea

News / Carbon & Climate

Innovation rush aims to help farmers, rich and poor, beat climate change

...1 degree Celsius global temperatures rise above pre-industrial times, wheat harvests drop 5-8 per cent, he said. That means the world will likely see a 10 per cent drop in harvests even if governments...

29 Jul 2019

Innovation rush aims to help farmers, rich and poor, beat climate change

Water dispensers at Wildlife Reserve's four parks have led to a 20 per cent reduction in packaged water sales, saving 13 tonnes of plastic a year. Image: WRS

News / Waste

Sustainable packaging: How Singapore firms are getting it right

...1 Original. Image: SPA Nestlé also cut the height of its coffee powder sticks for its Nescafé 3-in-1 Original, Less Sugar and 2-in-1 Zero line of products from 175 mm to 170 mm. This decreased its pa...

2 Oct 2018

Sustainable packaging: How Singapore firms are getting it right

News / Food & Agriculture

On this Philippine island, indigenous groups take fight to big palm oil

...11.6 acres) from the Land Bank. “I don’t know how big the loan is from the Land Bank,” he says, explaining how the company planted oil palm seedlings on 1 hectare (2.5 acres) of his land but abandoned...

12 Jul 2019

On this Philippine island, indigenous groups take fight to big palm oil

News / Policy & Finance

No pot of gold for locals as China mines Sierra Leone

...10-$15 a day, more than twice as much as now, said the father of six. The benefits of a steady job do not make up for the pay cut, he said. In a few weeks, after he has worked at the mine for a year, ...

23 Aug 2019

No pot of gold for locals as China mines Sierra Leone

News / Transport

As Asia's aviation sector grows, will its airports gain green wings?

...100 to between 150 and 200 in the same period. Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and South Korea are also spending or plan to spend billions of dollars to expand their airports’ capacity. According to th...

21 Aug 2019

As Asia's aviation sector grows, will its airports gain green wings?

Opinion / Waste

Cashing in on the waste sorting revolution

...18 June on JD.com saw these shredders sell more in half an hour than in all of 2018. These sudden bestsellers were mostly made in the United States and cost between 1,000 and 5,000 yuan (US$145 and US...

25 Jul 2019

Cashing in on the waste sorting revolution

News / Policy & Finance

Fossil fuel subsidies are wrecking the world, says UN chief

...17 were more than $300 billion, up from about $270 billion in 2016. Guterres said he believed taxpayers would prefer to see their money returned to them rather than used to wreck the planet. A hard-hi...

29 May 2019

Fossil fuel subsidies are wrecking the world, says UN chief

News / Waste

Indonesia plans to solve its waste crisis by burning trash for electricity

...15 Paris Agreement. Globally, plastics accounted for 1.8 billion metric tons equivalent of CO2 emissions in 2015, according to a 2019 study by researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbar...

24 Jul 2019

Indonesia plans to solve its waste crisis by burning trash for electricity

Press Releases / Circulate Capital

Circulate Capital announces Inaugural investments that will help South and Southeast Asian SMEs to combat ocean plastic and weather the Covid-19 crisis

...133 8044 Nicole.rigoni@baldwinboyle.com US Inquiries: Confluence Partners Cindy Stoller, +1 917-331-0418 cstoller@confluencepartners.com About Circulate Capital Circulate Capital ...

28 Apr 2020

Circulate Capital announces Inaugural investments that will help South and Southeast Asian SMEs to combat ocean plastic and weather the Covid-19 crisis

Opinion / Policy & Finance

How the digital divide is impeding development

...100 homes have a postal address. Even if everyone in Tuvalu had access to the Internet (which they don’t; only 13 per cent of the country’s population had broadband in 2016, according to the World Ban...

24 Oct 2018

How the digital divide is impeding development

Opinion / Manufacturing

Don’t stress about what kind of Christmas tree to buy, but reuse artificial trees and compost natural ones

...1 gallon of gas or diesel to power a tractor or delivery truck releases 20 to 22 pounds (9 to 10 kilograms) of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. On the positive side, Christmas trees absorb and stor...

17 Dec 2018

Don’t stress about what kind of Christmas tree to buy, but reuse artificial trees and compost natural ones

News / Food & Agriculture

Crops at risk from changing climate

...1981 to 2016 on the Midwest maize harvest told them a slightly different story. In some years excessive rain reduced the corn yield by as much as 34 per cent; drought and heat in turn could be linked ...

15 May 2019

Crops at risk from changing climate

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Why China should green its overseas finance

...10th largest in 2017, and coal production fell by 7.9 per cent in 2016– a record decline. Investment needed to create viable export industries under competition from others would be much better spent ...

15 May 2019

Why China should green its overseas finance

Deforestation Palangka Raya in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

News / Policy & Finance

Indonesia won’t ‘sacrifice economy’ for deeper emissions cuts

...1,967 cases nationwide in 2014, to 3,721 cases in 2019. A study by the research group Crowther Lab found that cities in the tropics are likely to see the strongest impacts from climate change, even as...

15 Apr 2020

Indonesia won’t ‘sacrifice economy’ for deeper emissions cuts

News / Waste

Tackling Southeast Asia's plastic waste crisis

...1 billion per year to reduce its marine waste by 70 per cent between 2017 and 2025. In June 2019, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) promised in a joint declaration that its members wi...

28 Aug 2019

Tackling Southeast Asia's plastic waste crisis

News / Carbon & Climate

We're not suggesting developing countries stop using coal immediately, says IPCC co-chair

...15, leaders of the world convened to sign the Paris Agreement on climate change amid widespread jubilation, committing to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. Three years, Donald Trump and Jair Bolson...

8 Dec 2018

We're not suggesting developing countries stop using coal immediately, says IPCC co-chair

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News / Energy

The 6 trends shaping Southeast Asia's clean energy sector

...11 million tonnes of batteries by 2030. There’s much uncertainty—and therefore opportunity—in the trajectory of the rare earths and renewables recycling industries over the next decade, but Southeast ...

19 Sep 2019

The 6 trends shaping Southeast Asia's clean energy sector

Opinion / Manufacturing

How minerals are mined affects conflict in eastern Congo

...1 per cent of artisanal miners operate in them. The majority (61 per cent) operate on industrial concessions. To study the link between the mode of mineral extraction and local conflict, we overlay th...

30 Jul 2019

How minerals are mined affects conflict in eastern Congo

News / Energy

Bangladesh may suspend new power plant approvals

...13,885 MW in 2015. Yet as of June 2015, one quarter of the population still lacked access to electricity. To relieve power shortages, the government set a long-term goal of increasing capacity to 40,0...

12 Sep 2019

Bangladesh may suspend new power plant approvals

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