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A water shop in Pakistan supplied by Sukoon Water, whose founder Rehan Adamjee will be attending Singapore International Water Week. Image: Sukoon Water

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Giving a voice to young water leaders

...its pilot facility, it sold nearly 1.5 million litres of drinking water that meets World Health Organisation standards, and its goal is to reach 2 million litres this year. In July, Adamjee will be am...

1 Jun 2018

Giving a voice to young water leaders

Little sprout growing on top of a pile of coins

News / Policy & Finance

How China grew its US$30 billion green bond market

...ity to influence urban environmental policy in Asia through its ambitious Belt and Road initiative. “If the Export-Import Bank of China cuts all loans to fossil fuel investments in the initiative, and...

29 Mar 2019

How China grew its US$30 billion green bond market

His Excellency Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister, Sri Lanka delivering the keynote address. Image: SIWW

News / Water

Singapore International Water Week 2018: A milestone in water

...ia and international organisations to discuss water challenges and solutions. This was about four times the number that participated in the inaugural edition in 2008. “This year’s SIWW is the culminat...

4 Sep 2018

Singapore International Water Week 2018: A milestone in water

Wiebe Wakker is traveling from the Netherlands to Australia in an electric car, without any money. Image: Wiebe Wakker

News / Transport

Around the world in an electric car

...is website, Plug Me In, was in Singapore recently to meet with swingers in the sustainability space, though disappointingly, he did not bring his car to the city-state. In this interview with Eco-Busi...

4 Oct 2017

Around the world in an electric car

News / Carbon & Climate

Bright lights, green city

...icial who feels the heat on this issue,” Sikora said. “In this case, it ended up being Comptroller Stringer, because he’s the most important elected official on this decision, and he was resisting div...

7 Feb 2018

Bright lights, green city

UN special rapporteur Victoria Tauli-Corpuz

News / Policy & Finance

UN Special Rapporteur undaunted by Duterte's terrorist tag

...ir traditional practices are criminalised. For instance, rotational agriculture in some countries is considered illegal. Pastoralists in Africa are displaced from their territories. While universal le...

14 Mar 2018

UN Special Rapporteur undaunted by Duterte's terrorist tag

News / Policy & Finance

Host nations must drive China's Belt and Road towards sustainability. Here's how

...ical Environment and Sustainability Science and the Alliance of Leading Environmental Researchers and Thinkers have engaged with ministers in various countries in Asia, South America and Africa to enc...

14 Sep 2018

Host nations must drive China's Belt and Road towards sustainability. Here's how

News / Policy & Finance

Human rights protection hangs in balance at UN climate talks

...it) above pre-industrial times, a goal enshrined in the 2015 Paris accord. One sticking point is how obligations on human rights should be incorporated into the "rule book" for implementing the Paris ...

13 Dec 2018

Human rights protection hangs in balance at UN climate talks

News / Energy

Energy-hungry Cambodia shows no sign of backing down on coal

...igh efficiency and low emissions. Thus, the Cambodian authority will need to set up environmental standards for emissions and strictly monitor implementation. The lack of regulation for the emission s...

13 Sep 2018

Energy-hungry Cambodia shows no sign of backing down on coal

The Plastikophobia sculpture was made from 18,000 cups collected from hawker centres in Singapore in a 10-hour period. Image: Laura Francois

News / Waste

‘Plastikophobia’ aims to scare Singapore into consuming less plastic

...ing it discounts its potential to be reused and made into something else. Incineration is a very oversimplified solution to plastic waste." "Plastic is not evil. It's an amazing invention. We don’t ne...

12 Mar 2019

‘Plastikophobia’ aims to scare Singapore into consuming less plastic

News / Energy

Listening to women's voices in Vietnam's energy debate

...ion in the region, where activists from Thailand to Cambodia are protesting coal-fired power plants and mega dams they say are harming the environment and forcing people off their lands. “ There is a...

8 May 2018

Listening to women's voices in Vietnam's energy debate

News / Lifestyle

Save together or crash together: Why conserving every animal species counts

...ilica in the Vatican, as well as the United Nations headquarters and the Empire State Building in New York to raise awareness on animal conservation. On the sidelines of a National Geographic Live! Ev...

21 Feb 2018

Save together or crash together: Why conserving every animal species counts

News / Policy & Finance

Q&A: What does China's 14th 'five year plan' mean for climate change?

...initially. This will all require massive technical and financial investment on various issues, such as grid flexibility and energy storage. But once past the “tipping point”, carbon emission will drop...

25 Mar 2021

Q&A: What does China's 14th 'five year plan' mean for climate change?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

How climate change caused the world’s first ever empire to collapse

...ites can be used as an indicator of dustiness at the surface, with higher magnesium concentrations indicating dustier periods, and by extension drier conditions. The stalagmites have the additional ad...

8 Jan 2019

How climate change caused the world’s first ever empire to collapse

Opinion / Water

Restore Pakistan’s rivers to handle droughts, floods and climate change

...imately bringing more water into the rivers. Many scientific studies have predicted increased net precipitation in South Asia as a consequence of global warming. In sum, Pakistani rivers will initiall...

15 Jul 2019

Restore Pakistan’s rivers to handle droughts, floods and climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

9 quotes that made headlines in 2018

...is following the wildfires at Paradise, California. Image: California National Guard via Flickr Asked if his opinion about climate change had changed following the devastating California wildfires in...

19 Dec 2018

9 quotes that made headlines in 2018

Photo of Singapore marina bay waterfront by dusk

News / Cities

To engineer sustainable cities, engineer social behaviour

...ies to improve their energy efficiency, said speakers. Government subsidies are already available in many jurisdictions, and financial institutions are increasingly backing green investments, providin...

3 Apr 2019

To engineer sustainable cities, engineer social behaviour

46 year-old former bank manager and mother of two Pornsiri Raknukul now runs her own RSPO-certified palm oil plantation in Southern Thailand. Image: RSPO

News / Food & Agriculture

What does sustainable palm oil mean to smallholders?

...and how best to spend my time since joining the Working Group,” she says. Since applying sustainable practices, such as using the right sort of fertiliser in the right quantities at the right times, a...

30 Jan 2018

What does sustainable palm oil mean to smallholders?

Farmers in Pakistan working in the rice fields

Opinion / Water

Pakistan’s water shortage is a myth

...including poverty alleviation. If one is from an environmental sustainability or social equity perspective it is a very bad thing. From an equity standpoint, the costs of lowering groundwater are over...

13 Jun 2018

Pakistan’s water shortage is a myth

News / Carbon & Climate

50-million-year cooling trend is reversed

...itted the birth of agriculture and the foundation of a civilisation that fostered writing, music, poetry, scholarship and scientific skills capable of tracing the detailed history of the last 50 milli...

2 Jan 2019

50-million-year cooling trend is reversed

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