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Africa needs cash, science for new model of green development

...istant experts, often miss local priorities and struggle to respond to new opportunities, IIED said. A significant share of money also goes on administration costs, diverting it from helping communiti...

15 Mar 2019

Africa needs cash, science for new model of green development

Press Releases / SABIC

SABIC holds the 2019 'Lights of Our Future' competition in Singapore, encouraging youths to contemplate future sustainability

...irst initiated in Singapore in 2014. It has been widely adopted throughout the Asia Pacific region in locations including, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and even SABIC’s home turf of Saudi...

29 May 2019

SABIC holds the 2019 'Lights of Our Future' competition in Singapore, encouraging youths to contemplate future sustainability

News / Cities

A river restored breathes new life into Kuala Lumpur

...itan region into a competitor to Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore as an efficient, inviting and ecologically sensitive place to live and do business. Najib included the River of Life in national budg...

13 Aug 2018

A river restored breathes new life into Kuala Lumpur

News / Carbon & Climate

Elvis, aliens and solar power

...is showing real leadership around this issue,” said Fiona Ivits, media advisor for Australian climate nonprofit the Climate Council, which oversees the Climate Power Partnership. “Other towns and citi...

15 May 2018

Elvis, aliens and solar power

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his spouse Peng Liyuan.

News / Policy & Finance

China plays down fears of debt, political risk linked to Belt and Road

...including Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, Aung San Suu Kyi, state councilor of Myanmar, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, whose country is the first G...

29 Apr 2019

China plays down fears of debt, political risk linked to Belt and Road

News / Carbon & Climate

Colombia takes 'unprecedented' step to stop farms gobbling forests

...in Colombia to nearly 40 million hectares, Santos said in a speech in the Amazon town of Leticia, flanked by indigenous tribes and Norway's prime minister and environment minister. Norway, a key finan...

13 Apr 2018

Colombia takes 'unprecedented' step to stop farms gobbling forests

News / Carbon & Climate

The US must act now on climate or pay heavily later

...imate change will dramatically impact and alter America. Releasing it at this time should have hidden the report from press and public scrutiny, as its results stand in stark contrast to the policies ...

5 Dec 2018

The US must act now on climate or pay heavily later

Plastic trash piles on top of a rubbish bin in downtown Singapore.

News / Waste

Singapore MP calls on government to curb single-use plastic and introduce 'selective' charge for carrier bags

...ion such as Malaysia, China, Hong Kong and India, Singapore's government has not introduced any legislation to tackle plastic pollution, instead relying on retailers to design their own initiatives to...

29 Sep 2018

Singapore MP calls on government to curb single-use plastic and introduce 'selective' charge for carrier bags

A soy "chicken" sandwich with vegan barbecue sauce

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Climate change on the menu

...in Scandinavia, apparently to rave reviews. A recent study published by the Economist Intelligence Unit and the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition Foundation (BCFN) found that official policies tow...

3 Dec 2018

Climate change on the menu

News / Carbon & Climate

The drones that plant trees and deliver profits

...iliser and spray herbicide. And UK startup Aerial Forestation is doing the same thing, but instead of deploying drones, they are relying on military transport aircrafts. These and other firms are resp...

23 Jan 2018

The drones that plant trees and deliver profits

News / Policy & Finance

Despite fiery campaign rhetoric, Chinese-backed projects in Malaysia steam ahead

...is election victory, Mahathir put his stamp on the new administration and on Malaysia’s relationship with China by canceling two Chinese-financed pipelines and suspending the ECRL. While Mahathir didn...

1 Jul 2019

Despite fiery campaign rhetoric, Chinese-backed projects in Malaysia steam ahead

News / Carbon & Climate

Fish are losing their sense of smell

...involved in finding food — amino acids — and in recognizing fish of the same or other species, including bile acids, bile, intestinal fluid, etc., at different concentrations, and at levels they would...

1 Aug 2018

Fish are losing their sense of smell

News / Waste

What will we do with all those solar panels when their useful life is over?

...IEA Publishing. License: www.iea.org/t&c. Click to expand. The solution many are looking to is recycling. But the ability to handle the coming flow of PV modules is not yet sufficient. “There’s s...

18 Apr 2018

What will we do with all those solar panels when their useful life is over?

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesia’s sustainable districts bet on corporate deforestation pledges

...ince is well on the way to becoming a sustainable jurisdiction, and IDH is working with several other provinces across Indonesia, while Brazil’s Green Municipalities are striving to attract internatio...

12 Nov 2018

Indonesia’s sustainable districts bet on corporate deforestation pledges

News / Policy & Finance

Blockchain, AI hailed as new tools to protect high seas

...id. Groups of countries have negotiated specific regulations for sections of international waters, like rules governing tuna fishing in the Pacific or fish stocks in the Atlantic between Greenland and...

29 Nov 2018

Blockchain, AI hailed as new tools to protect high seas

News / Lifestyle

Fun, food, freeganism: EarthFest returns to Singapore

...ing and using unwanted food and products. Carbon emissions generated during the festival—including visitor transportation—will be offset, says Broadhead. To minimise the festival's carbon footprint, ...

9 Jan 2018

Fun, food, freeganism: EarthFest returns to Singapore

workers in oil palm plantation in Malaysia

News / Food & Agriculture

Buy green palm oil or forests will suffer, industry warns

...ion of palm oil (but) where is the similar action in transforming the buying of sustainable palm oil?" said Simon Lord, chief sustainability officer at Malaysia's Sime Darby Plantation. "It isn't ther...

27 Nov 2018

Buy green palm oil or forests will suffer, industry warns

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

Could the crypto-rich be the next wave of billionaire philanthropists?

...ideration in the United Kingdom, which would place a tiny tariff on financial transactions to help pay for poverty-alleviation programs and climate-change initiatives. “ Cryptocurrency billionaires o...

7 May 2018

Could the crypto-rich be the next wave of billionaire philanthropists?

News / Food & Agriculture

Agreement bans commercial fishing across much of the Arctic, for now

...ings, it is important that a joint program of scientific research and monitoring will be established in order to secure a solid scientific basis for sustainable fisheries.” This story was published wi...

8 Oct 2018

Agreement bans commercial fishing across much of the Arctic, for now

News / Lifestyle

Coming to Australia: Tiny holiday homes big on sustainability

...if Big Tiny was looking to bring its profit-sharing model to developing countries within Asia, Chia said the company would look into corporate social responsibility once the business was up and runnin...

24 Jan 2018

Coming to Australia: Tiny holiday homes big on sustainability

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