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Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The energy transformation is not happening fast enough

...17 to 1.9 per cent by 2050. Scientists tell us that the window of opportunity for reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases that cause global warming is closing fast. Accelerating the decarbonisation...

9 Oct 2019

The energy transformation is not happening fast enough

News / Food & Agriculture

South Korea's farming culture points to the future for sustainable agriculture

...10 to 2016, global food loss and waste accounted for 8-10 per cent of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, and cost about $1 trillion per year. Better dietary choices and reduced food loss an...

19 May 2020

South Korea's farming culture points to the future for sustainable agriculture

News / Waste

Top plastic polluter Indonesia mobilises 20,000 people to clean up mess

...1.29 million tonnes of which ends up in the sea. Some 10 billion plastic bags in the Southeast Asian country alone, weighing 85,000 tons, are dumped into the environment each year, according to state ...

6 Sep 2018

Top plastic polluter Indonesia mobilises 20,000 people to clean up mess

school boys in India drink water from bucket

News / Water

One quarter of the world's population face extremely high water stress

...1960s due to growing demand—and they show no signs of slowing down.New data from WRI’s Aqueduct tools reveal that 17 countries—home to one-quarter of the world’s population—face “extremely high” level...

19 Aug 2019

One quarter of the world's population face extremely high water stress

Opinion / Policy & Finance

How are banks doing on sustainable finance commitments? Not good enough

...16 banks that worked with UNEP FI to pilot the recommendations. More than 25 banks have committed to source 100 per cent of their electricity from renewable resources as part of RE100. More than 100 ...

3 Oct 2019

How are banks doing on sustainable finance commitments? Not good enough

News / Carbon & Climate

24 hours for more sustainable todays and tomorrows

...11 December 1997 and entered into force on 16 February 2005. Mitigating climate change through forests and scaling up their contributions to achieving both the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and...

3 May 2019

24 hours for more sustainable todays and tomorrows

Videos / Carbon & Climate

Antarctica documentary tells climate change story through Asian lens

...1 June to 12 July at the Singapore Botanic Gardens, which Eco-Business hopes will inspire positive change and spark conversations about how to tackle climate change and create a better future for gene...

9 May 2018

Antarctica documentary tells climate change story through Asian lens

News / Food & Agriculture

How can digitalisation ease the plight of Southeast Asia's smallholder farmers?

...1 in thousands of farms across the country and help finance agricultural projects such as distributing coffee beans and transporting watermelons over long distances. “ “Our farmers are the ones who p...

3 Apr 2019

How can digitalisation ease the plight of Southeast Asia's smallholder farmers?

News / Energy

Plugging into green power in Singapore

...1 2018, Eco-Business readers are entitled to up to 1.2% savings off electricity bills when signing up for 100% carbon neutral electricity by using the promo code ECOBIZ upon check out.

31 Oct 2018

Plugging into green power in Singapore

Women farmers at work in their vegetable plots near Kullu town, Himachal Pradesh, India

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The Green Climate Fund is facing an opportunity—not a crisis

...1 in US$10 from dedicated climate funds is committed for local projects. In 2016, the GCF created the enhanced direct access (EDA) initiative to do just this. But, so far only two EDA pilot projects h...

18 Jul 2018

The Green Climate Fund is facing an opportunity—not a crisis

News / Carbon & Climate

This powder could cheaply capture carbon pollution from power plants

...1 Canada research chair in advanced materials for clean energy, an appointment that recognises academics who are outstanding in their field. “It can be employed by developed and developing nations ali...

11 Jan 2019

This powder could cheaply capture carbon pollution from power plants

News / Corporate Responsibility

From coffee to cosmetics, companies are looking for ways to protect the plants their products are made from

...12,000 trees representing 11 coffee species — and the only international collection that is accessible to plant breeders. But the collection is at risk from a variety of threats, including aging trees...

11 Nov 2019

From coffee to cosmetics, companies are looking for ways to protect the plants their products are made from

News / Food & Agriculture

Chinese agriculture’s eco-transformation

...1949 and the start of reform and opening up in 1978, environmental concerns took a back seat as the authorities pushed for bigger harvests to feed a growing population. Then from 1978 to 2011, the ind...

12 Aug 2019

Chinese agriculture’s eco-transformation

News / Carbon & Climate

2018 was the fourth hottest year on record

...18 were 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit or 0.83 degrees Celsius warmer than the 1951 to 1980 mean, scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) found. The average global surface temperature ...

11 Feb 2019

2018 was the fourth hottest year on record

News / Food & Agriculture

Bitter aftertaste? Food companies could face costly disputes over land in Africa

...101 million in losses over the next 25 years, said the report from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), a thinktank, and TMP Systems, a UK-based consultancy. "All over you get communities who do ...

26 Feb 2019

Bitter aftertaste? Food companies could face costly disputes over land in Africa

Press Releases / StarHub

Best Denki, COURTS, Gain City and Harvey Norman to join RENEW and to place e-waste recycling bins in their retail stores

...1 - 10 Tampines Central 1 #B1-09/10/18 Singapore 529536Harvey NormanViva Business Park Factory Outlet - 750B Chai Chee Road #01-01 to 06, #01-09 to 12, #02-02 to 06 Singapore 469000Hougang M...

5 Jun 2018

Best Denki, COURTS, Gain City and Harvey Norman to join RENEW and to place e-waste recycling bins in their retail stores

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The myth of climate wars?

...11. But that does not mean that the Syrian conflict is a “climate war.” As extreme weather events proliferate, it’s becoming increasingly easy to find a link between climate change and violent confron...

24 May 2019

The myth of climate wars?

Press Releases / Positive Energy Ltd.

Positive Energy Ltd. wins the StartCon ‘Pitch for $1 Million’ regional final in Singapore for its breakthrough technology in renewable energy finance

...18. Positive Energy Ltd. fetched first prize on Friday 19th of Oct 2018 for its Renewable Energy finance platform designed to accelerate and streamline project sourcing, due diligence, funding and tr...

24 Oct 2018

Positive Energy Ltd. wins the StartCon ‘Pitch for $1 Million’ regional final in Singapore for its breakthrough technology in renewable energy finance

News / Carbon & Climate

Is 2019 the year flying became uncool?

...1, runs a website helping people find information on rail travel all over the world. He says he has noted a definite change in users of his site.“When I started in 2001, the typical user was medically...

28 Aug 2019

Is 2019 the year flying became uncool?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Tech accelerators help nonprofits fast-track technology aimed at solving environmental challenges

...10- to 11-year hurdle means we need to cut half of the carbon out of the atmosphere in 10 to 11 years,” says Winston. For example, he says, “we have to beat to the punch, someone building a traditiona...

5 Apr 2019

Tech accelerators help nonprofits fast-track technology aimed at solving environmental challenges

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