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Forests are a vital public health solution, says WWF report

During the pandemic, as researchers looked to wet markets and the animal trade in search of the source of Covid-19, there was a renewed concern for how the natural world might be impacting public heal...

11 Mar 2022

Forests are a vital public health solution, says WWF report

Opinion / Energy

Super-charged: How Australia’s biggest renewables project will change the energy game

...renewable energy. But the writing is on the wall: demand for Australia’s fossil fuel exports is likely to dwindle soon, and we must replace it at massive scale. The proposed Asian Renewable Energy Hub...

29 Oct 2020

Super-charged: How Australia’s biggest renewables project will change the energy game

News / Carbon & Climate

Forum for the Future appoints Dhaval Negandhi as climate lead

...renewable energy, and Protein Challenge, a coalition that aims to reimagine the food system. Prior to SIF, Yu worked as a research assistant at the Institute of Policy Studies at the Lee Kuan Yew Scho...

4 Aug 2021

Forum for the Future appoints Dhaval Negandhi as climate lead

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Why banks need to end both indirect and direct finance to coal

...renewable sources. The decline of coal and the rise of renewables is inevitable As an example of the fading prospects for coal, Sumitomo and another Japanese company bought Australia’s newest coal pl...

10 Feb 2021

Why banks need to end both indirect and direct finance to coal

News / Policy & Finance

ANZ appoints Mara Chiorean as sustainable finance director

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, or ANZ, has appointed Mara Chiorean as sustainable finance director, based in Singapore. Chiorean makes the switch from consumer goods firm Johnson & Johns...

13 Jul 2021

ANZ appoints Mara Chiorean as sustainable finance director

News / Corporate Responsibility

Communications in a climate crisis: why Asian PR firm Vero cut ties with fossil fuel firms

...renewables, and that they deserve to be provided with communications support on their "journey". "We're in a crisis. There is no time for a journey," he says. Vero, which has 200 staff, offices in Ind...

8 Aug 2022

Communications in a climate crisis: why Asian PR firm Vero cut ties with fossil fuel firms

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Greenwashing: a market distortion needing serious attention in Southeast Asia

...renewable sources, the use of electric vehicles will remain carbon-intensive and claims made about their contribution to environmental sustainability will likewise remain questionable. Another problem...

18 Apr 2022

Greenwashing: a market distortion needing serious attention in Southeast Asia

News / Policy & Finance

New investor club pushes Asian electric utilities to slash emissions

...renewable capacity, and identify physical risks to the company. “Climate change is now widely recognised as a systemic financial risk that no long-term investor can afford to ignore,” said AIGCC in a ...

7 Jun 2021

New investor club pushes Asian electric utilities to slash emissions

News / Transport

Transport giant ComfortDelGro to set science-based targets

...renewable energy and improving energy efficiency are among the measures the company said it will take to reduce its carbon exposure. The firm noted that some parts of the business had already been ru...

17 Mar 2021

Transport giant ComfortDelGro to set science-based targets

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Who’s willing to pay for sustainability in the Pacific?

...renewable energy and digital technologies) and human capital (such as health and education) they need to make progress on the goals. Yet most of them cannot borrow on reasonable terms. The Internation...

14 Jul 2022

Who’s willing to pay for sustainability in the Pacific?

Solar power station and wind farm in Poyang Lake Jiangxi Province, China

News / Energy

‘Without a carbon cap, you can’t provide strong support for a carbon peak’

...renewables output, while restricting coal power generation, said Yang Fuqiang. He also referred to long-standing problems with getting renewable energy onto the grid in the west of China. In cases whe...

18 Mar 2021

‘Without a carbon cap, you can’t provide strong support for a carbon peak’

Podcasts / Energy

Who will foot the bill of Laos’ big bet on coal?

...renewables. The government’s current pursuit of coal development, he says, comes with considerable financial risk and ultimately at the expense of the country’s people. Tune in as we talk about: The ...

16 Feb 2021

Who will foot the bill of Laos’ big bet on coal?

News / Energy

Nuclear power hinders fight against climate change

...renewable alternative, this raises serious doubts about the wisdom of prioritising investment in nuclear over renewable energy. “Countries planning large-scale investments in new nuclear power are ris...

7 Oct 2020

Nuclear power hinders fight against climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

Scarce carbon storage threatens net-zero push as emissions keep rising

...renewable alternatives from solar to wind plunge and as countries and companies representing two-thirds of global economic output make net-zero pledges. The too-slow transition to clean energy means t...

5 Jul 2021

Scarce carbon storage threatens net-zero push as emissions keep rising

News / Carbon & Climate

Not right to tell youths 'they are the ones to solve all the world’s problems': climate activist Melati Wijsen

...renewable energy, versus the fossil fuel industry. It's [a world] where — especially in Indonesia but also in other communities around the world — we listen and involve Indigenous leaders and youths i...

14 Mar 2023

Not right to tell youths 'they are the ones to solve all the world’s problems': climate activist Melati Wijsen

News / Water

Scientists decry lack of transparency at deep-sea mining negotiations

Delegates of the International Seabed Authority are currently meeting in Kingston, Jamaica, to negotiate a set of rules that would pave the way for a controversial activity: mining the seabed for cove...

1 Aug 2022

Scientists decry lack of transparency at deep-sea mining negotiations

News / Energy

Running out of excuses: Where does Southeast Asia's energy transition stand in 2020?

...renewables by 2025, with most member states setting their own individual goals. The Philippines, for instance, aims to raise the share of renewables in the energy mix to 26.9 per cent by 2030, up from...

1 Oct 2020

Running out of excuses: Where does Southeast Asia's energy transition stand in 2020?

Sual 1 coal plant Pangasinan, Philippines

Opinion / Policy & Finance

What the Philippines needs to do in 2021 to deliver its climate pledges

...renewables in the energy mix. 2. Tap the US$30 billion renewable energy investment opportunity With the coal moratorium in place, renewable energy investments can be scaled up this year. The ban on n...

19 Jan 2021

What the Philippines needs to do in 2021 to deliver its climate pledges

Opinion / Energy

‘Growing momentum’ to make 2021 the global action year for sustainable energy

...Renewables are becoming more affordable every year, and “some options are now cheaper than fossil fuels”, he said, pointing out that since 2010, the price of solar had decreased by 89 per cent. “ "...

8 Jan 2021

‘Growing momentum’ to make 2021 the global action year for sustainable energy

Shougang big air venue Beijing winter olympics 2022

News / Lifestyle

Fake snow for Winter Olympics could hurt athletes: report

...renewable energy and having 85 per cent of all vehicles powered by electricity or hydrogen fuel. It has re-used some competition venues from the 2008 Beijing Summer Games to minimise construction and ...

29 Jan 2022

Fake snow for Winter Olympics could hurt athletes: report

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