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Myanmar's ongoing land conflict contributed to rapid forest cover loss

...id, adding that palm oil and rubber are “not priorities.” The paper published in Scientific Reports also highlights there are approximately 2 million hectares (5 million acres) of intact forests in so...

14 Sep 2020

Myanmar's ongoing land conflict contributed to rapid forest cover loss

News / Policy & Finance

No environmental permit for Bali bay reclamation plan amid opposition

Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s administration will withhold a key permit for a plan to build artificial islands in Bali’s Benoa Bay as long as strong opposition to the project remains among locals...

27 Jun 2019

No environmental permit for Bali bay reclamation plan amid opposition

Activism, Singapore-style. Students from National University of Singapore and Yale-NUS are supporting a movement for their universities to divest from fossil fuels.

News / Lifestyle

Is Singapore’s green movement for real?

...ism in Singapore is genuine, but is emerging in a very prescribed fashion. "The government, through initiatives such as Year of Climate Action, is saying climate action can be achieved individualistic...

4 Feb 2019

Is Singapore’s green movement for real?

Assaad Razzouk, chief executive of Sindicatum, speaking at an event on energy and the blockchain.

News / Carbon & Climate

Got eco anxiety? Here are 10 reasons for climate optimism

...illion trees and invest $15 billion in transit, biking and walking infrastructure. Oil and gas cost of capital is rising The cost of capital for oil and gas is growing, which has meant that the market...

6 Dec 2019

Got eco anxiety? Here are 10 reasons for climate optimism

News / Carbon & Climate

Overheard in sustainability: 10 funny moments in 2018

...isis miscommunication For cringe-worthy communications in a time of crisis, one palm oil company really took the biscuit this year. When Bumitama Agri was hit with a probing investigation by Greenpeac...

2 Jan 2019

Overheard in sustainability: 10 funny moments in 2018

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

The inconsistency of ESG ratings: Implications for investors

...its and dividends are – but we don’t know what it’s ESG performance is, as it’s so difficult to define. For that reason, ESG rating agencies (such as MSCI, Sustainalytics, Vigeo Eiris, ISS, RobecoSAM,...

17 Feb 2020

The inconsistency of ESG ratings: Implications for investors

News / Waste

Innovative solutions to reduce plastic waste and mitigate climate change impacts in the Philippines

...ials. Philippines’ neighbouring countries Thailand and Indonesia have examples of public and private efforts in adopting circular economy. Just this March, Indonesia’s Ministries of Maritime Affairs a...

12 Jun 2019

Innovative solutions to reduce plastic waste and mitigate climate change impacts in the Philippines

News / Energy

China should ‘rapidly’ close 186 coal plants to help meet its climate goals, study says

...ilding an “ecological civilisation”. This is a concept raised by Xi in “Xi Jinping Thought”, a series of key ideas and policies derived from Xi’s speeches and writings. There is also Xi Jinping’s Thou...

30 Mar 2021

China should ‘rapidly’ close 186 coal plants to help meet its climate goals, study says

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Poor and vulnerable countries were bullied at UN climate talks

...and delays The United States does its bullying by arranging pre-COP bilateral meetings with poor countries behind closed doors where its shares its red lines, and makes implicit and sometimes explicit...

18 Dec 2018

Poor and vulnerable countries were bullied at UN climate talks

News / Food & Agriculture

The child soldiers of the Philippines fighting an environmental war

...itics with big business is often fatal for the environment and also those who seek to protect it, and Filipino child activists are not spared that risk. Pul-as shares: “I was profiled, unidentified pe...

18 Feb 2019

The child soldiers of the Philippines fighting an environmental war

Millicent wind farm at sunrise in South Australia

News / Energy

Which energy storage technology is going to power Australia’s future?

...ive officer of Gelion presented s zinc bromide gel battery, developed in partnership with the University of Sydney, that is as flexible in application as rechargeable lithium-ion batteries but signi...

28 Jun 2019

Which energy storage technology is going to power Australia’s future?

News / Carbon & Climate

When rich economies cut emissions, poor ones stand to benefit, study says

...ifies as “low-income” are in Africa, and the worst impacts of the climate crisis will fall squarely on them. Reducing emissions is a matter of life and death; in fact, according to a study published i...

5 Aug 2019

When rich economies cut emissions, poor ones stand to benefit, study says

The women of Tongaradha village in Bangladesh

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The power of rural women to reduce global food insecurity and cut emissions

...ising initiatives into communities, including an interactive theatre show and leaflets. As well as helping women know their rights, our organisation is empowering them by providing training in sustain...

18 Oct 2018

The power of rural women to reduce global food insecurity and cut emissions

News / Carbon & Climate

Eco-Business’ From Asia to Antarctica film in the running for ‘Oscars of nature filmmaking’

...in. On this year’s “inspired” finalists, Jackson Wild executive director Lisa Samford said: “With powerful messaging and stunning imaging, these richly woven stories from around the world are high imp...

6 Aug 2019

Eco-Business’ From Asia to Antarctica film in the running for ‘Oscars of nature filmmaking’

COP26 launch Boris Johnson David Attenborough

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

What does COP26 delay mean for climate action?

...ian government, I joined other communication bureaucrats in taking a misguided approach to massaging public opinion by promoting only the positives of climate action. A communication campaign supporti...

4 Apr 2020

What does COP26 delay mean for climate action?

News / Policy & Finance

Cambodian construction boom turns karst mountains to cement

...itional “teeth” inside the opening of its shell. Vermeulen explained that the isolation of these limestone hills means they act as islands, with unique species evolving to suit the different condition...

18 Nov 2020

Cambodian construction boom turns karst mountains to cement

News / Carbon & Climate

The US, still in the Paris Agreement, is trying to decide its future

...ime.” Outside the negotiating rooms, the US is much more combative. White House officials continue to publicly criticise the accord and any climate policies that it believes undermine the US economy. ...

11 Dec 2018

The US, still in the Paris Agreement, is trying to decide its future

News / Policy & Finance

Australian islanders to lodge landmark UN complaint on climate change

...ir Paris accord obligations, she added. Those behind the action are worried their islands could disappear beneath the ocean in their lifetimes, curtailing their ability to practice their law and cultu...

14 May 2019

Australian islanders to lodge landmark UN complaint on climate change

News / Energy

Indonesia’s president signals a transition away from coal power

...ic, surprised and filled with hope,” Alin Halimatussadiah, head of the Institute for Economic and Social Research at the state-run University of Indonesia, told Mongabay. Adhityani Putri, executive di...

18 Jul 2019

Indonesia’s president signals a transition away from coal power

News / Carbon & Climate

In Southern India, abandoned plantations in forested areas may not recover fully

...irst studied in detail, to 2016, the number of tree species increased by 67 per cent, giving it a similar degree of species richness as the adjoining primary forest. But the kinds of trees growing in ...

28 Feb 2019

In Southern India, abandoned plantations in forested areas may not recover fully

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