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At just 18 years old, Rhiannon Mackie is a prominent climate champion in her country. Since 2019, she’s organised climate protests across New Zealand, campaigned for the government to divest from foss...

24 Jun 2022

Renewables are essential in the fight against global warming. But does the switch to clean energy have to come at the expense of the most vulnerable? Research has shown that renewable energy companies...

8 Oct 2020

Glenn Hurowitz, CEO and founder of Mighty Earth

It is not often that a palm oil company executive has nice things to say about an environmental campaign group snapping at its heels to improve how it does business. But for Anita Neville, chief susta...

20 Jun 2023

All the pieces are in place for China to step forward as a global climate leader, but the country’s next steps could determine whether its ambitious targets bring about substantive change or fade away...

17 Jan 2022

Authorities in Indonesia’s Papua province have recommended the revocation of licenses for 35 out of the 54 oil palm concessions operating there. The move follows an evaluation of the licenses carried ...

23 Jun 2022

Where is the smart money going in renewables?

...renewables? Reasons for pessimism, reasons for optimism

24 Feb 2021

Md. Shubho, 22, drives an electric three-wheeler taxi, known locally as an "easy bike," in southeast Dhaka. Recently married, he said the work brings in enough to cover his living expenses. "(It) ...

5 May 2022

Rains over the weekend brought some relief from a sweltering heatwave to northern India, but temperatures are projected to rise again. Last week the heat in New Delhi, India’s capital, matched that of...

29 May 2022

Frasers Property Australia’s One Central Park in Sydney.

Frasers Property, the Singapore-headquartered multinational real estate company, is something of a trailblazer in its sector. In January the firm unveiled its ambition to achieve net-zero emissions by...

26 Jul 2021

Transport ministers from across Asia and the Pacific are meeting this week to consider a potentially transformational agenda for how people and goods are moved around the region and across the globe. ...

15 Dec 2021

...renewables Responding to Eco-Business’ queries, a World Bank spokesperson said between 2015 and 2019, it committed nearly US$9.4 billion in financing to renewable energy and energy efficiency projects...

2 Feb 2021

It’s not a statistic that often makes the headlines but the world’s healthcare systems currently account for over 4 per cent of global carbon emissions – more than the aviation or shipping industries....

18 Jan 2023

...renewables and a few power plants that are usually gas-fired. So we might have a combinaion of gas and a lot of renewables moving forward," he said. At the height of the pandemic lockdown, Filipino co...

11 Dec 2020

...renewables can certainly attract BRI investments. As Vietnam’s government has designed policies to incentivise renewables development, Chinese companies have exported hundreds of millions of dollars’ ...

3 Nov 2020

With buildings and construction making up nearly 40 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions, greening them is key to limiting climate change. In November last year, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Budapest ...

13 Apr 2021

...renewables under the 1.5C warming limit. It forecasts renewables to increase by 1.3Gtce by 2050 – 175 per cent higher than in the “no-policy” equivalent. The group of charts below represent the predic...

27 Apr 2021

Malaysian state-owned energy firm Petronas has declared that it will be carbon neutral by 2050. The company's president and group chief executive Tengku Muhammad Taufik announced the news on Wednesday...

29 Oct 2020

Solar power in the state of Maharashtra in India

...renewables for manufacturing rather than fossil fuels must be found. There is also a need to replace and improve cooking stoves using gas and electricity instead of firewood and other traditional fuel...

23 Feb 2021

Amin Baig makes a living from yaks in Ishkarwarz village, in a remote part of northern Pakistan. He used to own between 20 and 40 of the long-haired cattle, but about 10 years ago had to sell 12 in on...

20 May 2022

...renewables, cleaner energy and related technologies such as battery storage systems and electric vehicles. While the company has invested in solar power projects since 2013, attaining 14 megawatt-peak...

24 Nov 2020

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