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New coal exit pledges plummeted in 2022

...the highest number compared to other parts of the world. Europe followed with 11; then North America with four. There are now 53 financiers with exit plans in Asia Pacific. Most of them are based in w...

5 May 2023

New coal exit pledges plummeted in 2022

Opinion / Water

India raises the heat on the Indus Waters Treaty

...the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). The treaty was signed between the two countries in 1960, with the World Bank as guarantor, to regulate use of their shared rivers. As reported by The Wire, the demand fr...

6 Feb 2023

India raises the heat on the Indus Waters Treaty

News / Energy

Students for sustainability… Universiti Tenaga Nasional’s Ilanur Elyssa Bart

...the subjects they teach. They give amazing energy in class. What advice do you have for other students in sustainability? I would tell them to find their niche and figure out what they really like to...

11 Oct 2022

Students for sustainability… Universiti Tenaga Nasional’s Ilanur Elyssa Bart

News / Water

Cholera's return to Lebanon exposes clean water crisis

...when the taps run dry - a regular occurrence in her refugee camp in northern Lebanon. "When we don't have tap water, we rely on the nearest pond," the Syrian said as she sat beside the hospital bed of...

10 Nov 2022

Cholera's return to Lebanon exposes clean water crisis

Research / MioTech

ChatGPT on financial reporting

...When the dust settles from the novelty of the conversations the mass population now has with their AI ChatGPT, the implication for the corporate world could be even bigger. Financial reporting that me...

1 Mar 2023

ChatGPT on financial reporting

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Will Indonesia's new sustainable finance taxonomy really serve its national interest?

...the sustainability of their investments, thereby increasing their costs or possibly leading them to opt out of financing altogether. Moreover, the end-users of these minerals, especially those in the ...

27 Feb 2024

Will Indonesia's new sustainable finance taxonomy really serve its national interest?

A couple paddle through a flooded road in Bangkok, Thailand.

News / Carbon & Climate

Lack of data, funding or interest: Journalists in Asia on the struggles of reporting on climate change

...When there are floods, the news stories tend to centre around politicians playing the blame game or leaders “going to the ground” to help out in flood relief efforts. Even when experts talk about the...

14 Oct 2022

Lack of data, funding or interest: Journalists in Asia on the struggles of reporting on climate change

News / Water

Interview: ‘To find common ground in the Himalayas is in our self-interest’

...the vice chancellor of the Islamic University of Science and Technology, Avantipora, on these changes and their impact on Kashmir, the Himalayas, and the wider region. Edited excerpts follow. The Thir...

21 Mar 2024

Interview: ‘To find common ground in the Himalayas is in our self-interest’

News / Food & Agriculture

In-depth Q&A: What food waste means for climate change

...the report found. Several other countries including the UK, South Africa and parts of the EU refer to other policy documents that mention food loss and waste reduction, but the report notes these pol...

5 Oct 2023

In-depth Q&A: What food waste means for climate change

Opinion / Energy

New frontiers in low-cost clean tech

...the recent G20 summit in New Delhi highlighted the urgent need for collective action on climate change and sustainable finance. Central to the group’s Green Development Pact is the recognition that th...

7 Nov 2023

New frontiers in low-cost clean tech

Videos / Policy & Finance

'We are not afraid': Locals in biodiversity-rich Philippine island fight back against nickel mine

...the halt in operations, Romero said they would be on their guard until the cargo ships and trucks disappeared from the island. “We are just a dot in the Philippines. If mining happens here, the small ...

7 Feb 2023

'We are not afraid': Locals in biodiversity-rich Philippine island fight back against nickel mine

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

It’s not just climate – we’ve already breached most of the Earth’s limits. A safer, fairer future means treading lightly

...the planet could always accommodate us. That the resilience of the Earth system meant nature would always provide. But we now know this is not necessarily the case. As big as the world is, our impact ...

6 Jun 2023

It’s not just climate – we’ve already breached most of the Earth’s limits. A safer, fairer future means treading lightly

Ku Kok Peng, Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd, Malaysia

News / Carbon & Climate

Clear climate targets can help clean up palm oil’s image: Malaysian plantation giant KLK sustainability chief

...the fruits of the foundations laid by my predecessors when I came into the role. But in the last two to three years, there has been tremendous acceleration of the pace of development in sustainabilit...

6 Jul 2023

Clear climate targets can help clean up palm oil’s image: Malaysian plantation giant KLK sustainability chief

News / Policy & Finance

OCBC sets sector-specific decarbonisation targets, scraps new loans for oil and gas projects

...the bank's total loan book, which Ng said is "on the higher end of the range" compared to some other banks that have disclosed this number. With the newly announced targets, Ng expects a lot more sust...

17 May 2023

OCBC sets sector-specific decarbonisation targets, scraps new loans for oil and gas projects

News / Energy

China’s power system needs to modernise

...the “dead level”, meaning there was no longer enough to run the turbines. Hydropower generation was 50 per cent lower than in the same period the previous year. Meanwhile, the hot weather had locals r...

22 Nov 2022

China’s power system needs to modernise

News / Transport

Singapore green jet fuel target ignites regional market interest, but sourcing concerns remain

...the longer run there could be more supply from novel synthetic propellant made from hydrogen fuels. Singapore authorities have said the 1 per cent target for 2026 is realistic, though the final volume...

22 Feb 2024

Singapore green jet fuel target ignites regional market interest, but sourcing concerns remain

News / Water

Carbon-laden estuaries can spew potent climate-heating gas, study shows

...the coast of Shanghai, China, where the giant Yangtze River empties into the sea. They recorded how the water increasingly turned acidic – a known reaction when CO₂ dissolves in water – and how that c...

15 Mar 2023

Carbon-laden estuaries can spew potent climate-heating gas, study shows

News / Policy & Finance

‘Misleading’ population count of Javan rhinos could chart their extinction

...ther concerns about the management of the park and the Javan rhinos, such as why most of the funding goes into the development of the Javan Rhino Sanctuary and Conservation Area, at the expense of add...

17 Apr 2023

‘Misleading’ population count of Javan rhinos could chart their extinction

News / Cities

Climate finance in China: How are 23 pilot cities doing?

...the introduction of the dual carbon targets. But there may be a need to further improve the consistency of the evaluation criteria with the relevant climate targets, as well as the granularity of the ...

13 Dec 2023

Climate finance in China: How are 23 pilot cities doing?

Giovanni Cossu, head of sustainability, CapitaLand Development

News / Green Buildings

Singapore real estate firm CapitaLand Development appoints first post-demerger head of sustainability

...the first head of sustainability for its recently privatised property development arm, CapitaLand Development (CLD). Taking on the role is Giovanni Cossu, an Italian national who joins the company fro...

10 Jul 2023

Singapore real estate firm CapitaLand Development appoints first post-demerger head of sustainability

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