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Opinion / Policy & Finance

How development banks can better support the Paris Agreement

...11, they have provided nearly $200 billion in finance for climate change mitigation and adaptation (so-called “climate finance”). The World Bank Group’s recent announcement that it will increase its c...

6 Dec 2018

How development banks can better support the Paris Agreement

News / Carbon & Climate

Tracing the safeguards against illegal logging in Vietnam

...12 miles) from the Laos border, forest farmer Kha Hai Thanh has been working with wood for nearly 30 years. Though aged 79, Thanh and his wifeVu Thi Lan continue to manage a farm of 4.8 hectares (near...

5 Dec 2018

Tracing the safeguards against illegal logging in Vietnam

Workers load a truck with palm fruit at a palm oil plantaion in Nagan raya, Aceh province, Indonesia

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Smallholder farmers are key to making the palm oil industry sustainable

...17, less than 1 per cent of independent smallholders’ farms were certified as sustainable by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO)1. There are many re...

30 Mar 2018

Smallholder farmers are key to making the palm oil industry sustainable

News / Policy & Finance

$1 billion programme launched to restore land, protect forests

Dutch bank Rabobank and U.N. Environment have announced a $1 billion programme to finance new ways of farming that curb emissions, restore the land and protect forests. Agriculture produces about 24 p...

20 Oct 2017

$1 billion programme launched to restore land, protect forests

Press Releases / Eco-Business

Power Trip: Southeast Asia’s bumpy journey to a low carbon economy

...1 October, 2018—A new ground-breaking study launched today by Eco-Business puts a spotlight on Southeast Asia’s transition to the low carbon economy and identifies the top challenges for t...

31 Oct 2018

Power Trip: Southeast Asia’s bumpy journey to a low carbon economy

The Seabin collecting trash at Republic of Singapore Yacht Club. Image: Eco-Business

News / Waste

The Seabin won't swallow Asia’s plastic pollution problem—but it’s a start

...1.5 kg of debris—a drop in the ocean compared to the 2 million kg of plastic that finds its way into the sea daily. But demand for Seabins could put a bigger dent in ocean plastic pollution. A pre-sal...

11 Apr 2018

The Seabin won't swallow Asia’s plastic pollution problem—but it’s a start

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

6 ways to remove carbon pollution from the sky

...1.5-2 degrees C (2.7-3.6 degrees F), the limit scientists say is necessary for preventing the worst climate impacts, we’ll need to not only reduce emissions, but also remove and store some carbon from...

12 Sep 2018

6 ways to remove carbon pollution from the sky

Albaba Singles Day 2018 Global Shopping Festival

News / Policy & Finance

4 trends that will shape sustainability in Asia by 2030

...19, as the clock counts down to 2030: 1. Consumerism is changing in Asia By 2030, Asia could account for more than half of the world’s middle-class consumption, with India’s economy poised to overtake...

5 Mar 2019

4 trends that will shape sustainability in Asia by 2030

News / Energy

Can Brazil follow China's lead on energy efficiency?

...11thand 12th Five-Year Plans (FYP) for development that covered the periods of 2006-2011 and 20011-2015, respectively. The 13th FYP period beginning 2016 continues the legacy with a special Action Pla...

22 Jun 2018

Can Brazil follow China's lead on energy efficiency?

News / Policy & Finance

Climate fund snags threaten opportunity to fight warming - Ban Ki-moon

...100 billion by 2020 will be met," he added. Trump's predecessor Barack Obama pledged $3 billion to the GCF, but only $1 billion of that funding has been delivered. Of a total of more than $10 billion ...

28 Aug 2018

Climate fund snags threaten opportunity to fight warming - Ban Ki-moon

News / Carbon & Climate

Do you have a solution to the biggest challenge in human history?

...1,000 Donald Trumps or 1,000 Desmond Tutus? Will we have a 1,000 Mother Theresas or 1,000 Adolf Hitlers?" he wondered. With the growing prospect of conflict as climate tensions rise, he said it was cr...

14 Jan 2019

Do you have a solution to the biggest challenge in human history?

Scottish craft brewer BrewDog launched a beer made with water from melted polar ice caps

News / Carbon & Climate

6 cool sustainability innovations we liked in 2017

...17: 1. Finally, Unilever finds a way to recycle plastic sachets When Unilever introduced single-use plastic sachets in Asia, it gave lower income consumers the ability to afford its brands. It also cr...

19 Dec 2017

6 cool sustainability innovations we liked in 2017

Vietnamese coffee farmers examine water management system

Opinion / Water

5 things companies can do to grow in a water-stressed world

...10 corporate water stewardship frameworks. These aim to guide companies to mitigate risk and support long-term sustainable growth in the face of growing water crises. Despite the magnitude of ...

15 Mar 2018

5 things companies can do to grow in a water-stressed world

Press Releases / Rabobank

India’s Ecozen wins inaugural Rabobank Food Loss Challenge Asia

...15 November 2018—India’s Ecozen Solutions has won the inaugural Rabobank Food Loss Challenge Asia, launched to highlight agri-tech solutions to the growing global problem of food loss and ...

19 Nov 2018

India’s Ecozen wins inaugural Rabobank Food Loss Challenge Asia

News / Carbon & Climate

Regrets and relief one year after US ditched global climate deal

...1 last year to ditch the deal agreed upon by nearly 200 countries came over opposition by US businesses and US allies. Trump said leaving the deal signed by his predecessor Barack Obama would boost do...

31 May 2018

Regrets and relief one year after US ditched global climate deal

News / Carbon & Climate

And the Nobel Prize for climate change goes to…

...10th, 1896, climate change was not yet known nor comprehended,” Helene said. “But today? We found ourselves asking: If Alfred Nobel had died today, would he have envisioned the creation of a climate p...

26 Feb 2019

And the Nobel Prize for climate change goes to…

News / Food & Agriculture

With farms atop malls, Singapore gets serious about food security

...113 countries for the first time, scoring high on measures such as affordability, availability and safety. Yet, as the country imports more than 90 per cent of its food, its food security is susceptib...

9 Jan 2019

With farms atop malls, Singapore gets serious about food security

News / Carbon & Climate

Tropical deforestation now emits more CO2 than the EU

...15 and 2017, forest-related emissions were 63 per cent higher than the average for the previous 14 years, rising from 3 billion to 4.9 billion metric tons per year. This increase can be traced to thre...

19 Oct 2018

Tropical deforestation now emits more CO2 than the EU

Opinion / Water

Vital for life, heat and power—what you never knew about salt water

...1. Salt water carries the electrical signals that make life possible Salt water is made when a solid salt, such as table salt (sodium chloride), is added to water and breaks apart into individual free...

18 Sep 2018

Vital for life, heat and power—what you never knew about salt water

Opinion / Cities

For people working to protect nature, cities can no longer be an afterthought

...1. Put people front and centre In conservation, we often talk about protecting “keystone species,” which are species that define an entire ecosystem. In cities, humans are a keystone species: What h...

18 Sep 2018

For people working to protect nature, cities can no longer be an afterthought

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