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Green Climate Fund says 'in great shape' to push for new cash

...ing. Javier Manzanares, the fund's acting executive director, noted it was now investing $5 billion in projects to support low-carbon and climate-resilient development in 97 countries. "With decisions...

2 Mar 2019

Green Climate Fund says 'in great shape' to push for new cash

News / Carbon & Climate

Pakistan’s Indus delta becoming no man’s land

...in the Indus and its tributaries have scared residents further, says Mirbaher. In Kharo Chhan, Mirbaher used to make a living through fishing. He is doing the same in Ibrahim Hyderi. “The only differe...

31 Jul 2019

Pakistan’s Indus delta becoming no man’s land

Opinion / Lifestyle

Don’t waste your dog's poo—compost it

...il pollution and degradation that kills soil microbes or impairs their capacity to process organic matter. Dog poo is considered an environmental hazard. This is a consequence of its composition. It i...

28 Dec 2018

Don’t waste your dog's poo—compost it

News / Cities

At the Asian Games, runners' woes highlight air pollution in Jakarta

...ive athletes to finish the race under those conditions, he said, was “a miracle.” “Racing here is not easy. This is Indonesia,” he said. “This is a miracle for me I can finish. This is a miracle.” He ...

13 Sep 2018

At the Asian Games, runners' woes highlight air pollution in Jakarta

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Bots on the ground: How tech can help us beat hunger

...ifted or where uprooted communities are settling. In the digital space, bots interact with individuals in need, offering nutritional advice and intelligence on food distributions. Overall, data is arg...

25 Jan 2019

Bots on the ground: How tech can help us beat hunger

Press Releases / Ricoh Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

Ricoh marks finale of 13th annual Eco Action Day campaign

...istribution initiative Following the finale, Ricoh kicked off its inaugural community seed distribution initiative. Three types of seeds – mini tomatoes, okra, and water spinach – specifi...

24 Jul 2019

Ricoh marks finale of 13th annual Eco Action Day campaign

Lou Hoffman, founder of PR firm The Hoffman Agency, talking at the Mumbrella Asia 360 conference in Singapore: "Dullness comes from a combination of the lexicon of your company and corporate speak." Image: Mumbrella

News / Corporate Responsibility

Does sustainability communications have to be so boring?

...inability story at the level of individual workers, which brought in some humanity amid all the quantification. What are companies mostly getting it right—and wrong—in their sustainability storytelli...

13 Nov 2017

Does sustainability communications have to be so boring?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Limiting women in the workplace is costing us trillions

...ious bias. Similarly, the software company Pipeline is using AI to eliminate the glass ceiling. The AI analyses employee reviews, raises and promotions to ensure that gender isn’t a limiting factor in...

22 Jan 2019

Limiting women in the workplace is costing us trillions

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesia to probe death of journalist being held for defaming palm oil company

...is also in conflict with local villagers, with Sawit Watch, an NGO that monitors the palm oil industry in Indonesia, reporting that it had cleared land in four villages—Semisir, Sungai Pasir, Salino a...

22 Jun 2018

Indonesia to probe death of journalist being held for defaming palm oil company

News / Carbon & Climate

30 per cent by 2030? Study maps out how to protect the world’s oceans

...ientists think marine protected areas are the way to go. Ray Hilborn, a marine biologist and fisheries scientist at the University of Washington, US, criticised the initiative to set aside 30 per cent...

15 Apr 2019

30 per cent by 2030? Study maps out how to protect the world’s oceans

News / Policy & Finance

Murky climate deal lets down poor countries

...iding information on their mitigation, adaptation and finance plans. But the final agreement fails to deliver on action points brought forward by developing countries, including compensation for irrep...

20 Dec 2018

Murky climate deal lets down poor countries

Children plant mangrove saplings in the Philippines

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Climate change and the Philippine seas: Unlocking blue carbon solutions for a cooler planet

...ions in climate change adaptation and mitigation. In fact, the country is one of the five countries that explicitly used this term in its Nationally Intended Contribution (NDC). In its NDC, the Philip...

3 Apr 2018

Climate change and the Philippine seas: Unlocking blue carbon solutions for a cooler planet

News / Corporate Responsibility

Goldman Sachs pays for working mothers to ship breast milk home

...id it hopes the initiative—which will see the global firm pick up the bill for breastfeeding employees to chill and ship their milk when travelling for work—will make "the balancing act a little easie...

22 Aug 2018

Goldman Sachs pays for working mothers to ship breast milk home

News / Energy

Why is Pakistan still pursuing coal?

...and Road Initiative said it was “heavily tied to carbon-intensive sectors” and not aligned with host countries’ commitments to the Paris Agreement on climate change. Chinese financial institutions and...

19 Jul 2019

Why is Pakistan still pursuing coal?

Press Releases / Positive Energy Ltd.

Positive Energy Ltd. wins first prize in the Power & Electric category at the 2018 Schneider Electric Bold Idea Challenge APAC region

...Innovation Summit Singapore,” explained Philippe Delorme, Executive Vice President Building & IT Business. “Schneider Electric embraces co-innovation with start-ups like Positive Energ...

27 Sep 2018

Positive Energy Ltd. wins first prize in the Power & Electric category at the 2018 Schneider Electric Bold Idea Challenge APAC region

News / Food & Agriculture

As Asians get rich and healthy, 'smart crops' replace rice on future menus

...indigenous and rural people, and had a higher status in ritual ceremonies than rice. In India, malnutrition is one reason the government is pushing millets which are richer in protein, fibre and micro...

22 May 2018

As Asians get rich and healthy, 'smart crops' replace rice on future menus

News / Carbon & Climate

What stands in the way of Southeast Asia's low carbon transition?

...Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam. A number of country-specific barriers to a low carbon economy were identified in the white paper. In the Philippines, long-standi...

31 Oct 2018

What stands in the way of Southeast Asia's low carbon transition?

News / Cities

As Australia's mining boom wanes, rehabilitation of abandoned mines offers lessons for the world

...ith their abandoned mine issues. “ It’s really an exciting time. It’s not as if elsewhere in the world has got this nailed at all, and in fact, in many ways Australia’s leading in mine site rehabilit...

12 Oct 2018

As Australia's mining boom wanes, rehabilitation of abandoned mines offers lessons for the world

Press Releases / Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

Life on the edge prepares plants for climate change

...ic distribution of genetic variation to map a species’ ability to adapt by natural selection. “Because earth is currently experiencing dramatic climate change, it is of critical interest ...

2 Jan 2018

Life on the edge prepares plants for climate change

News / Food & Agriculture

China cracks down on illegal distant water fishing

...ion, monitoring, control and surveillance measures”. Cutting fuel subsidies Controlling the behaviour of Chinese vessels, and the fishing capacity of the fleet, is crucial to limiting illegal fishing ...

5 Sep 2018

China cracks down on illegal distant water fishing

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