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Singapore’s road to electric mobility: What’s the hold-up?

...15,000, up from just 12 EVs in 2016. But there are also signs of change, with trials of shared electric scooters, electric taxis, and even driverless electric buses, a common sight in some parts of t...

28 May 2019

Singapore’s road to electric mobility: What’s the hold-up?

News / Policy & Finance

Indonesia to get first payment from Norway for cutting forest emissions

...132 tons of CO2e. “A hundred square kilometers seems very small, compared to the forestry ministry’s data on declining deforestation, which was very high,” at 1,510 square kilometres in 2017. “But the...

21 Feb 2019

Indonesia to get first payment from Norway for cutting forest emissions

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his spouse Peng Liyuan.

News / Policy & Finance

China plays down fears of debt, political risk linked to Belt and Road

...115governments that have signed Belt and Road agreements to date haveforeign debt equal to at least 75 per cent of their annual economic output, according to Moody's.Sri Lanka was forced to hand over ...

29 Apr 2019

China plays down fears of debt, political risk linked to Belt and Road

News / Carbon & Climate

Dust and blood: Climate-induced conflict fuels migration, study finds

...15 study, human-caused climate change made this drought two to three times more likely than it would have otherwise been. Earth’s average temperature has risen by 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenh...

2 Apr 2019

Dust and blood: Climate-induced conflict fuels migration, study finds

News / Carbon & Climate

The US must act now on climate or pay heavily later

...1 billion annually to fight wildfires but spent over US$2 billion in 2015 due to extreme drought. Costs exceeded US$2 billion in the first eight months of 2017. In some sectors, losses driven by the i...

5 Dec 2018

The US must act now on climate or pay heavily later

News / Carbon & Climate

UN chief urges leaders to inject momentum at 2019 climate summit

...15. Under that accord, nearly 200 governments have committed to limit the rise in global temperatures to between 1.5 and 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times. There has already been an increas...

5 Dec 2018

UN chief urges leaders to inject momentum at 2019 climate summit

Press Releases / Black & Veatch

Singapore’s Advanced Wastewater Treatment Technologies Wins Global Recognition

...1 3511 p | +65 9875 8907 m | ChiaLP@BV.com 24-HOUR MEDIA HOTLINE | +1 866 496 9149 [1] Used in the initial stages of wastewater treatment, primary settling tanks separate the solids from liquid wast...

2 May 2018

Singapore’s Advanced Wastewater Treatment Technologies Wins Global Recognition

The first electric boat in Raja Ampat is driven near Batanta, the smallest of the four large islands that give Raja Ampat (“Four Kings”) its name. Image: Maha Raja Eco Dive Lodge

News / Lifestyle

Indonesia's scuba diving hotspot Raja Ampat welcomes first electric boats

...1003 engine which can run for 1 hour and with a range of 10km. E-boats give the more environmentally conscious divers a cleaner conscience, because they're not polluting the water or air. And they're ...

17 Nov 2018

Indonesia's scuba diving hotspot Raja Ampat welcomes first electric boats

News / Corporate Responsibility

UK food giants from Tesco to Nestle aim to halve waste by 2030

...10 billion pounds ($13 billion) a year. Tesco, Nestle and Coca-Cola were among at least 70 leading companies to sign up to a government-backed plan to cut the amount of food that is wasted annually in...

28 Sep 2018

UK food giants from Tesco to Nestle aim to halve waste by 2030

Opinion / Lifestyle

Singapore ‘smoking ban’ sounds radical, but it’s an odd way to reduce air pollution

...1 2019, Singapore will introduce a “no smoking zone” along a three kilometre stretch of Orchard Road—one of the city’s busiest shopping districts. It sounds controversial—restricting people’s right to...

2 Jan 2019

Singapore ‘smoking ban’ sounds radical, but it’s an odd way to reduce air pollution

News / Food & Agriculture

Laos website seeks to promote and preserve traditional food and farming

...12 percent of farmland is irrigated, while a lack of infrastructure hinders production, processing and marketing, the World Bank experts said via email. Most farms are less than 1 hectare - which is n...

10 Sep 2018

Laos website seeks to promote and preserve traditional food and farming

Opinion / Water

We rely on water for everything we need. Why don't we manage it that way?

Every year, the World Economic Forum asks leaders from government, business, and civil society to rank their most pressing risks. For eight consecutive years, including 2019, water crises have been in...

31 Jan 2019

We rely on water for everything we need. Why don't we manage it that way?

News / Energy

Asia’s climate arsenal: are biofuels back?

...1 per cent of transport fuel demand in 2017, with broadly similar contributions in energy terms from electric rail and biofuels. The energy contribution of biofuels is expected to grow more over 2018-...

12 Oct 2018

Asia’s climate arsenal: are biofuels back?

News / Policy & Finance

China plans ‘landmark’ biodiversity talks

...11th Aichi target calls for at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas to be protected by 2020. But countries are still a long way from achieving ...

25 Mar 2019

China plans ‘landmark’ biodiversity talks

News / Energy

Infrastructure and energy bind Bangladesh to China

...17-18 fiscal, the bilateral trade between the countries was USD 12.4 billion and is expected to reach USD 18 billion by 2021. Risky business? China has become a major trading partner for Bangladesh an...

14 May 2019

Infrastructure and energy bind Bangladesh to China

Opinion / Energy

'Renewable energy breeding' can stop Australia blowing the carbon budget—if we're quick

...11) for the 2℃ target, and 1.3 gigatonnes for the 1.5℃ target. For comparison, Australia’s annual carbon dioxide equivalent emissions are over half a gigatonne (actually 0.55 gigatonnes), so we are on...

17 Apr 2018

'Renewable energy breeding' can stop Australia blowing the carbon budget—if we're quick

Press Releases / Paia Consulting Pte. Ltd.

Is the world sleepwalking into a climate crisis?

...11 bankruptcy in the US due mainly to the financial impact from the 2017 and 2018 wildfire season—or what it terms ‘climate-driven extreme weather’. Direct climate risk in Singapore...

28 Jan 2019

Is the world sleepwalking into a climate crisis?

News / Carbon & Climate

US economy risks China’s climate impact

...1°C But as temperatures rise—and they have already risen by a global average of about 1°C in the last century, as ever more greenhouse gases have reached the atmosphere—so does evaporation, and so doe...

31 May 2018

US economy risks China’s climate impact

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Why blowing the 1.5C global warming goal will leave poor tropical nations sweating most of all

...1.5℃. Meeting the more ambitious 1.5℃ target will be extremely challenging, given that we have already had more than 1℃ of global warming so far, and global greenhouse emissions are still rising. We e...

30 May 2018

Why blowing the 1.5C global warming goal will leave poor tropical nations sweating most of all

Press Releases / Black & Veatch

Hong Kong’s Happy Valley Underground Stormwater Storage Scheme represents new thinking on stormwater management

...1 billion HVUSSS. The project commenced construction in September 2011 and the scheme was fully commissioned in March 2017. The objective of the HVUSSS is to provide off-line stormwater storage in th...

26 Jan 2018

Hong Kong’s Happy Valley Underground Stormwater Storage Scheme represents new thinking on stormwater management

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