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Might geopolitical competition driven by US-China rift be good for renewable energy investments?

...the name of the bill suggests, most of the US administration's landmark US$369 billion “Inflation Reduction Act” (IRA) is about “trying to secure their supply chain for the green economy," he said. Th...

20 Sep 2023

Might geopolitical competition driven by US-China rift be good for renewable energy investments?

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate litigation takes its first steps in China

...the environment in the past few years have pushed China closer to strictly enforcing its environmental laws and regulations. "These cases across the country have changed the perception of what the en...

4 Aug 2023

Climate litigation takes its first steps in China

A house built using natural, locally sourced materials in India

News / Green Buildings

As Indian cities heat up, climate-resilient traditional buildings are coming into fashion

...the soil, and layered into walls – is predominantly used. In the north, stone and wood are used, or bamboo in some places. “In the colder north, we try to trap the heat in. In the south, we try to ke...

4 Aug 2023

As Indian cities heat up, climate-resilient traditional buildings are coming into fashion

News / Cities

Covid orphans face grief and poverty as world moves on

...when, at the height of Indonesia's devastating second Covid-19 wave, first her father, then her mother fell ill. They never recovered, dying within hours of each other in June 2021. Two years on, she ...

15 Jun 2023

Covid orphans face grief and poverty as world moves on

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Who gets squeezed by austerity?

...these waste pickers comprise the majority of the global workforce, they have no health insurance, pensions, or any form of social protection. Over the past few years, many have seen their incomes wipe...

23 Mar 2023

Who gets squeezed by austerity?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

How to think about climate tech solutions

...ther than always surveying the cutting edge, we can find some of the most powerful technofixes already at work in the real world. Just look at the traditional European city. As Andrej Karpathy, the fo...

14 Jun 2023

How to think about climate tech solutions

News / Waste

With no worldwide standards, are 'plastic credits' reducing waste or greenwashing?

...the collected material gets recycled and reused. In any event, critics note, the system only deals with the downstream issue of plastic already in the environment, and not the issue of the manufacture...

1 Nov 2023

With no worldwide standards, are 'plastic credits' reducing waste or greenwashing?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Emerging economies can phase out oil and gas fairly – here’s how

...the previous income from fossil fuels. In the case of Colombia, the government has already proposed that the tourism and agriculture sectors could fill the gap, though questions remain about whether r...

22 Mar 2023

Emerging economies can phase out oil and gas fairly – here’s how

Press Releases / Temasek and Ecosperity

‘Sustain-a-City: an urban innovation challenge’ invites youths to share their vision for sustainable, net-zero cities

...the top three teams. The top two teams will also get the opportunity to experience an enriching 5-day learning trip to Helsinki, Finland, hosted by Arkki Finland. There will also be a S$2,000 cash pri...

22 Mar 2023

‘Sustain-a-City: an urban innovation challenge’ invites youths to share their vision for sustainable, net-zero cities

News / Cities

Young Bangladeshis push for climate action but workers left out

...there is no alternative to such climate actions if we want to save the planet," said Rahman. The next priority for the climate movement, he added, is to broaden its base and include other social group...

2 Aug 2023

Young Bangladeshis push for climate action but workers left out

Dechen Tsering talking at the Responsible Business Forum in Thailand

News / Policy & Finance

How I got here... UNEP Asia Pacific director Dechen Tsering

...the world's poorest countries, the resolution this time, described as the most ambitious environmental action since the 1989 Montreal Protocol, was particularly "difficult" to get over the line. "Ther...

4 Mar 2022

How I got here... UNEP Asia Pacific director Dechen Tsering

News / Policy & Finance

As jobs law stalls, Philippines struggles to green economy

...the wider workforce once the law gets off the ground. Whole of government The Green Technology Centre and the Green Jobs Act are part of the Philippines' "whole-of-government" approach to a "just tran...

1 Aug 2023

As jobs law stalls, Philippines struggles to green economy

News / Cities

How can data centres go greener?

...ther how, as we build data centres to support Singapore’s digital economy, we can also work together to ensure that we meet the goals of the Singapore Green Plan,” Leong added. The Singapore Green Pla...

20 Jul 2022

How can data centres go greener?

Plastic bottles strewn on the street in Bangalore

News / Waste

Plastic neutrality claims face greenwashing scrutiny in India

...the EPR notification came into force. Under the EPR regime, companies are required to collect the same volume of material that they put out into the market. However, as companies self-declare their re...

15 May 2023

Plastic neutrality claims face greenwashing scrutiny in India

Men in Assam, India, preparing flood defences.

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Voluntary carbon markets: a misunderstood climate solution

...the science often forget about the social science of the climate crisis. The science is not only about limiting warming to 1.5°C. There is the science of adaption for the millions in the Global South ...

30 Jan 2023

Voluntary carbon markets: a misunderstood climate solution

News / Policy & Finance

As the climate suffers, enforcement needed for corporate green pledges

...their businesses, and the products and services they produce, align with the Paris Agreement on climate change - or face civil lawsuits for the climate and human rights damage they cause. "The ide...

17 Apr 2023

As the climate suffers, enforcement needed for corporate green pledges

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

How to prevent humanitarian crises

...The poorest countries have been hit the hardest by the rise in global food prices caused by the war in Ukraine. And with the looming climate catastrophe threatening to compound the effects of conflict...

16 Feb 2023

How to prevent humanitarian crises

News / Carbon & Climate

Deforestation of Cambodian wildlife sanctuary linked to crony mining operation

...the protected areas,” he said. “For the villagers, who are the protectors [of the forest], we are banned; instead, they allow the bulldozing within the centre of the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary in Kr...

2 Jun 2022

Deforestation of Cambodian wildlife sanctuary linked to crony mining operation

News / Policy & Finance

Biodiverse Philippine island 'too fragile for invasive activities like mining’

...the Philippines. Dubbed the “Galápagos of Asia”, for its isolation from the rest of the archipelago, the island has 47 endemic species, including new discoveries of rare forest geckos which were found...

15 Feb 2023

Biodiverse Philippine island 'too fragile for invasive activities like mining’

Microplastic poses a growing concern in oceans

News / Waste

Microplastics plus organic pollutants equals 10 times the toxicity: study

...when they mingle in aquatic environments. While microplastics and TrOCs may not be overly toxic to humans when encountered separately, the researchers found that when these materials contact each othe...

7 Mar 2022

Microplastics plus organic pollutants equals 10 times the toxicity: study

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