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Thailand and Taiwan's high net worth investors lead APAC in sustainable investing, study finds

...the help of their banks were lower than the APAC average. Singapore's high net worth individuals are less willing to act on sustainable investing with the help of their banks compared to their Asia P...

8 Sep 2022

Thailand and Taiwan's high net worth investors lead APAC in sustainable investing, study finds

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Bitcoin mining's carbon footprint swelled 126 times in just five years: study

...there moved to the US and Kazakhstan — where they sourced a greater portion of their electricity from gas and coal power. “If there’s just a shift in the activities from one country to the other, then...

7 Dec 2022

Bitcoin mining's carbon footprint swelled 126 times in just five years: study

News / Policy & Finance

‘A waste of time and money’: Why are environmental assessments so ineffective in Nepal?

...The Third Pole. “We decided to lock all the staff in the Gachepani office of the constructor to pressure them to solve the air pollution problem due to road expansion. They have agreed in writing to s...

25 Nov 2022

‘A waste of time and money’: Why are environmental assessments so ineffective in Nepal?

News / Carbon & Climate

State of the climate: Global temperatures throughout mid-2023 shatter records

...the recent northern-hemisphere summer. The figure below shows the parts of the world that saw record warm or cold temperatures over the first two-thirds of 2023 (January through to September) in the B...

5 Nov 2023

State of the climate: Global temperatures throughout mid-2023 shatter records

News / Transport

Underground express: The quiet rise of subway couriers in China

...the scheme as the first in China to use off-peak capacity on the underground network for package couriering. It expects the project will help reduce the number of delivery vans on the road, ease traff...

3 Jan 2024

Underground express: The quiet rise of subway couriers in China

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Climate-hit businesses pin hopes on Bangladesh's new plan to adapt

...the key to the new plan's success lies with Bangladesh's young people. Youth activists were consulted during the formulation of the NAP, and the draft makes a commitment to engage young people in the ...

7 Oct 2022

Climate-hit businesses pin hopes on Bangladesh's new plan to adapt

News / Cities

Bangladesh disaster response neglects vulnerable trans community

...these groups are especially vulnerable to shocks such as the Covid-19 pandemic and extreme weather fuelled by climate change, including the devastating floods that have hit the northeast this month. I...

29 Jun 2022

Bangladesh disaster response neglects vulnerable trans community

News / Lifestyle

Is fur farming worth the epidemic risk?

...the spotlight because they are highly susceptible to human and avian flu viruses. Farmed for their fur, the animals are typically kept in crowded barns, increasing the risk of transmission. And their ...

18 May 2023

Is fur farming worth the epidemic risk?

News / Policy & Finance

‘A substantial threat’: The impact of climate risks on different companies

...ther led by climate change, with over 3,000 separate events stemming from the region over the 20-year period noted in the UN study. The United States, in comparison, saw almost 470 extreme weather eve...

26 Mar 2024

‘A substantial threat’: The impact of climate risks on different companies

Opinion / Transport

Green shipping can cut emissions and boost developing nations

...the IMO is therefore vital. When delegates arrive at the IMO next week, I urge them to recognise that the moment to decarbonise the shipping sector is now. Survival in a climate-exposed world depends ...

5 Jul 2023

Green shipping can cut emissions and boost developing nations

News / Green Buildings

HK property firms object to proposed SBTi rule change; say it will make net-zero targets ‘impossible to achieve’ in Asia

...ther guidance to ensure good governance rather than eliminate market-based reporting altogether. Among the group's suggestions to "ensure the credibility" of market-based reporting for renewables is f...

26 Sep 2023

HK property firms object to proposed SBTi rule change; say it will make net-zero targets ‘impossible to achieve’ in Asia

News / Cities

Indonesia's rainforest seen at risk from 2024 election handouts

...the fate of the richest and most biodiverse forests in the world," said Annisa Rahmawati, a board member at Indonesian conservation group Satya Bumi. She and other experts fear the soaring costs of ca...

26 Sep 2023

Indonesia's rainforest seen at risk from 2024 election handouts

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Treaty to protect high seas too late to stop mining

...The answer seems to be: the new High Seas Treaty is powerless. The International Seabed Authority, established under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982, regulates and controls al...

4 Jul 2023

Treaty to protect high seas too late to stop mining

News / Water

Deep-sea mining not essential for the energy transition, say activists as extraction talks stall

...the commercial extraction of ocean metals did not get the go-ahead. The 28th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) – the United Nations-backed body tasked with governing the exploitation...

1 Aug 2023

Deep-sea mining not essential for the energy transition, say activists as extraction talks stall

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Anwar Ibrahim’s challenge to tackle Malaysia’s money politics

...there were plans to table the political funding bill in October, but the general elections halted the process. Now it is hoped the new PM will push ahead with the legislation. The All-Party Parliame...

2 Dec 2022

Anwar Ibrahim’s challenge to tackle Malaysia’s money politics

News / Carbon & Climate

New IPCC head says open climate 'toolbox' to keep 1.5°C goal alive

...their disposal. "It's as if someone is setting out to do a job: they have got the toolbox with them, now they need to get the tools out the box," he said. “ Climate action isn't all about long-term l...

31 Jul 2023

New IPCC head says open climate 'toolbox' to keep 1.5°C goal alive

News / Food & Agriculture

Former RSPO co-chair Carl Bek-Nielsen appointed chairman of Malaysian Palm Oil Council

...the job. “[Bek-Nielsen] has extensive experience in the Malaysian palm oil industry, having previously served on the MPOC Board and is therefore well versed with the challenges and issues that the ind...

27 Mar 2023

Former RSPO co-chair Carl Bek-Nielsen appointed chairman of Malaysian Palm Oil Council

News / Carbon & Climate

Health impact of air pollution missing from two-thirds of national climate plans

...them, you can't see the road," he said. "Many people will tell you that by the time they get back home, they find it difficult to breathe, because they've been in the car." A 2020 World Bank study fou...

19 Oct 2023

Health impact of air pollution missing from two-thirds of national climate plans

News / Carbon & Climate

Environment correspondent Audrey Tan to lead science communications at NUS research institutes

...the new science communications team that Tan is helping to build aims to amplify the work of researchers at the two institutes. “In my new role, I hope to raise the profile of Singaporean and Southea...

7 Oct 2022

Environment correspondent Audrey Tan to lead science communications at NUS research institutes

News / Carbon & Climate

Widows of Nepal's sherpa guides fear rising climate-fuelled risks

...when he arrived at base camp – but the call never came. On the way down the mountain, the 32-year-old was killed in a massive avalanche – the kind of threat that is becoming increasingly common in the...

17 Feb 2023

Widows of Nepal's sherpa guides fear rising climate-fuelled risks

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