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News / Waste

There is a sustainable solution to Asia's sand crunch

...14 alone 70 per cent of all sand mined for construction was used in Asia. Vietnam, the second-largest producer of cement in Asia after China, is predicted to run out of the commodity by 2020. Across t...

26 Jul 2018

There is a sustainable solution to Asia's sand crunch

Solar panels on Sumba Island in Indonesia

News / Policy & Finance

Green financing in Asia: False momentum or real impact?

...15 per cent return from a coal mine, they’d rather do that than take 10 per cent from a sustainable rubber plantation.” Yet with the newly released report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Ch...

17 Oct 2018

Green financing in Asia: False momentum or real impact?

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

To save Indonesia's carbon-rich peatlands, start by mapping them

...15 cost the Indonesian economy $16 billion in losses, generated more daily greenhouse gas emissions than the entire U.S. economy, and led to 100,000 premature deaths -- analysis also suggests that cul...

1 Feb 2018

To save Indonesia's carbon-rich peatlands, start by mapping them

A farmer in India ploughs his field with some help

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

5 ways India must help its farmers face the threat of climate change

...13.7 per cent. In a year where temperatures are 1℃ higher, farmers’ incomes would fall by 6.2 per cent in unirrigated districts. Similarly, in a year when rainfall levels were 100mm less than average,...

20 Feb 2018

5 ways India must help its farmers face the threat of climate change

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The costs of trade war

...1, the US administration imposed import tariffs of 25 per cent on steel and 10 per cent on aluminum. The levies will affect not just China, but also Canada, Mexico, and the countries of the European U...

22 Jun 2018

The costs of trade war

Polish firefighers battle the blaze in Karbole, Sweden

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Wealthy countries can no longer pretend that climate change won’t affect them

...1 people in Greece alone. Horrifying images from a coastal town near Athens showed burned-out cars lining the roads, abandoned by drivers who had fled into the sea. These were not the first deaths lin...

20 Aug 2018

Wealthy countries can no longer pretend that climate change won’t affect them

News / Food & Agriculture

Disputes loom as cooler waters tempt fish

...1980s and 1990s, after warming regional temperatures caused Pacific salmon to change their migration patterns. US fisheries vessels intercepted Canada-bound salmon, and Canadian boats retaliated by ta...

21 Jun 2018

Disputes loom as cooler waters tempt fish

News / Food & Agriculture

Abandoned by banks, Indonesia's poor farmers turn to crowdfunding

Indonesian poultry farmer Yohanes Sugihtononugroho faced ruin four years ago when plummeting prices forced him to slaughter all 100,000 of his chickens and shutter his business. He blamed large-scale ...

12 Oct 2018

Abandoned by banks, Indonesia's poor farmers turn to crowdfunding

News / Cities

Affordable housing solutions in pipes, containers and 3D printers

...120,000 ($15,000), about a third the cost of a regular 100 sq ft apartment, he said, adding that he is seeking government approval. "The OPod cannot be a long term solution," he said. "However, it can...

1 Jun 2018

Affordable housing solutions in pipes, containers and 3D printers

Press Releases / City Developments Limited

CDL receives global recognition for gender diversity and sustainability

...100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World (since 2010) and Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (since 2011). In October 2017, CDL emerged as the highest scoring Singapore real estate company for it...

24 Jan 2018

CDL receives global recognition for gender diversity and sustainability

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

What makes for happier business in the Asian Century?

...1940s, after our basic needs are met (food, water, safety), our relationships, self-esteem and sense of belonging become central to how we feel. Academics call this subjective wellbeing. Happiness is ...

11 Sep 2018

What makes for happier business in the Asian Century?

News / Carbon & Climate

Asia-Pacific's biggest ports face steep climate bill—study

...1 billion and $49 billion. Japan's Kitakyushu port faces the highest cost at $4.9 billion, the report said, while five of the region's 10 largest ports by capacity could see bills of more than $1 bill...

22 Mar 2018

Asia-Pacific's biggest ports face steep climate bill—study