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A street in South Jakarta, with exposed electrical infrastructure

...carbonisation in Southeast Asia. A successful transition to a low-carbon economy – especially in the region's low- and middle-income countries – will rely heavily on two things. The first is internat...

11 Nov 2024

Women are often on the frontlines of protecting Latin America's crucial biodiversity, from guarding rivers against pollution to keeping illegal gold miners and oil companies at bay in the Amazon rain...

11 Nov 2024

...carbonise by working together,” the report added. On Google’s part, Teo shared that the tech company has been voluntarily disclosing sustainability metrics, such as its Scope 3, or indirect supply cha...

30 Jan 2024

A beach in north Jakarta, Indonesia, devastated by plastic pollution.

...carbon budget to keep warming below 1.5°C as polymer consumption rises. Ahead of the talks in Ottawa – a final round of negotiations will take place in Busan, Korea in November this year – industry pl...

23 Apr 2024

...carbon border tax in May, which comes into effect from the start of 2026 and has raised concern among exporting nations in the developing world. Under the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), th...

21 Jun 2023

Downtown Singapore, seen from Raffles Place

...carbonisation and carbon markets platform, and also helped the investment platform company drive investment strategy with a focus on nature-based solutions. De Sartiges was HKEx's senior vice presiden...

28 Sep 2023

A protest for climate justice in the Philippines

...carbon-intensive companies that greenwash their transition to more sustainable ways of doing business. This phenomenon is particularly prevalent in climate finance. This week, ClientEarth published gu...

25 Jun 2024

...carbonisation targets. Low internal awareness of decarbonisation goals could contribute to "confusion and inconsistencies" when defining net zero targets, leading companies to underestimate the scope ...

2 Apr 2024

Construction workers under the sun in Singapore

...carbon emissions during the construction stage and reducing embodied carbon in the materials," the statement said. Some examples of sustainable materials include mineralised carbon or recycled constru...

5 Jan 2024

...Carbon Brief Below, Carbon Brief outlines five key findings from the report. 1. Three in four unknown plant species are at risk of extinction Thousands of new plant and fungi species are named by sc...

17 Oct 2023

...carbon dioxide emissions and ward off the worst of global warming. The Nature Positive Initiative aims to create a collective mission around nature, much like the 2015 UN Paris Agreement to limit glob...

12 Oct 2023

Dr Siti Maryam Yaakub, Conservation International

...Carbon Institute (IBCI), based in Singapore. IBCI is a knowledge hub for building capacity, expertise and standards for blue carbon projects. The unit will work with governments across Southeast Asia ...

12 Jun 2023

...carbon fibre. This mixed makeup makes them very hard to break down for recycling. Many manufacturers have been researching how to design blades for recyclability. Ørsted and Northern Irish company Pla...

22 May 2025

As more extreme rainfall hits South Asia leading to floods that do not recognise national borders, regional countries must work together more to combat the mutual threat, experts said. Heavy rains le...

10 Oct 2024

With a proliferation of festivals like Glastonbury and gigs by stars from Beyonce to Bruce Springsteen attracting ever-bigger crowds, the music industry's carbon footprint and impact on the environmen...

27 Jul 2023

Management consulting has finally found its climate mojo. Image: Markus Spiske via Unsplash

...carbon capture and storage (CCS), and investment in, as yet, unproven carbon removal via direct air capture. Missing here is the inconvenient truth that the world’s carbon budget to avoid dangerous cl...

14 Aug 2023

Amazon invests US$15 million in nature-based projects to support communities, climate resilience, biodiversity in Asia-Pacific region

...carbonisation efforts in the region. In 2019, Amazon co-founded The Climate Pledge, committing to reach net-zero carbon by 2040 – 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement. The Pledge now has more t...

5 Sep 2023

...Carbon Capture and Utilisation, involves recycling captured carbon to produce economically valuable products or services. Captured carbon can also be converted into fuels such as methane, methanol, av...

7 Jun 2023

Accelerating progress on gender equality key to achieving Sustainable Development Goals

On the occasion of the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on July 15, 2024, UN Women convened feminists, experts, UN officials and other key development actors to present and discuss the G...

8 Sep 2024

...carbon footprint, with major brands investing in emissions-cutting changes to win over green buyers and help meet global climate goals. But work on preparing for direct climate threats facing the indu...

9 Feb 2024

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