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Is this the greenest community centre in Singapore?

...15,330 kWh of energy, enough to power 1,701 four-room HDB flats for a year, and 357,193cu m of water, enough to fill 142 Olympic-size swimming pools. 5. Intelligent facilities In line with Singapore’s...

10 Feb 2017

Is this the greenest community centre in Singapore?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

3 reasons why fossil fuel companies should disclose their reserves

...11 and 2100. Failing to stay within this budget could warm the planet past key tipping points, which would bring dire consequences such as wilted croplands, bleached coral reefs, mass extinctions of a...

16 Dec 2016

3 reasons why fossil fuel companies should disclose their reserves

Opinion / Water

Clean water is a basic human right, and we can and should make it affordable to everyone

...10 and 2015, water bills rose by 41 percent in 30 U.S. cities, and in 2014, water was too expensive for almost 12 percent of American households — about 14 million. In Detroit, some families fear chil...

18 Apr 2017

Clean water is a basic human right, and we can and should make it affordable to everyone

News / Carbon & Climate

New patent boosts CO2 capture hopes

...10 times thinner than a soap bubble, it could separate carbon dioxide from nitrogen or oxygen and speed up its dissolution in water by a factor of 10 million. And its triumphant designers say that, in...

19 Sep 2016

New patent boosts CO2 capture hopes

News / Carbon & Climate

Record warming rises towards danger zone

...15 so far is around 0.73 °C above the 1961-1990 average of 14°C, and approximately 1°C above the pre-industrial 1880-1899 period. The global average sea-surface temperature, which set a record last ye...

27 Nov 2015

Record warming rises towards danger zone

Protest against ride-sharing services in Portland, US

Opinion / Policy & Finance

More sharing than caring: The problems and potential of sustainability in the sharing economy

...1 million cars off the road in New York City in 2015 as people lose the need for private vehicles. Yet the company has been plagued by scandals that seriously call into question its relationship with ...

17 Nov 2016

More sharing than caring: The problems and potential of sustainability in the sharing economy

Opinion / Lifestyle

5 vegetables you can easily grow at home

...15 and 10 per cent respectively. While technology may play a part in this, perhaps the better solution lies closer to home. In Singapore, there are large-scale organic farming projects that adhere clo...

2 Sep 2016

5 vegetables you can easily grow at home

News / Policy & Finance

SpongeBob SquarePants and the ‘last frontier’ of the Philippines

...14,249 in 1992 to more than 1 million in 2013. When the finally tally is in for 2016, visitor numbers are expected to reach 2.3 million. “The emergence of Palawan as a regional and global ecotourism d...

27 Feb 2017

SpongeBob SquarePants and the ‘last frontier’ of the Philippines

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Trumped: Ten immediate impacts on energy and climate

...10 developments you can count on in the energy and climate world. 1. With its actions, the American electorate guaranteed that global warming will exceed the 2°C threshold that all nations, including ...

14 Nov 2016

Trumped: Ten immediate impacts on energy and climate

Opinion / Energy

The 5 disruptions transforming the global utility sector

...1. The Internet of Energy The Internet of Things has spawned corresponding revolutions in every industry and energy is no exception. With the growing number of interconnected, smart devices, consumer...

22 Mar 2017

The 5 disruptions transforming the global utility sector

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Climate action is the key to Australia achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

...1st United Nations General Assembly in New York this week. Some of the discussion will focus on progressing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as agreed at the UN last year. Australia is a s...

14 Sep 2016

Climate action is the key to Australia achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

A farmer inspects his crops in a drought-stricken farm land.

News / Food & Agriculture

To fight climate change, invest in agriculture

...175 countries signed the historic accord -- agreed last December in the French capital -- at a ceremony at UN headquarters hosted by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday, 22 April. The Agreement r...

27 Apr 2016

To fight climate change, invest in agriculture

News / Food & Agriculture

Green groups raise red flags over Jokowi’s widely acclaimed haze law

...16 amends Presidential Regulation No. 71 of 2014 on the Protection and Management of Peatland Ecosystems. The move sees Indonesia’s executive following through on a pledge made at the end of 2015 to c...

9 Dec 2016

Green groups raise red flags over Jokowi’s widely acclaimed haze law

Press Releases / Greenpeace Southeast Asia

PH marine conservation groups call on Duterte to end illegal fishing

...14 [1], the poverty incidence among fisherfolk reached 39.2 in 2012, the highest among the basic sectors of society, followed by farmers at 38.3 per cent, and children at 35.2 per cent. “Cohere...

21 Jun 2016

PH marine conservation groups call on Duterte to end illegal fishing

News / Carbon & Climate

Will the new aviation deal save forests?

...1, and to force airlines to offset emissions above that threshold. The agreement came just two days after the European Commission voted to ratify the Paris Climate Agreement, ensuring that it comes in...

12 Oct 2016

Will the new aviation deal save forests?

News / Carbon & Climate

Cutting the carb: Singapore announces carbon tax for 2019

...10 to S$20 carbon tax is on the lower end of the spectrum of carbon tax prices across the world. Sweden charges the world’s highest fees at US$131 per tonne while Mexico’s fuel tax is less than US$1 p...

22 Feb 2017

Cutting the carb: Singapore announces carbon tax for 2019

News / Transport

The top 5 transport and logistics stories in 2016

...125 EVs and 250 charging points by 2017. By 2020, all housing towns in the city-state will be able to share 1,000 EVs and 2,000 charging points, positioning it as a regional hub for sustainable mobili...

2 Jan 2017

The top 5 transport and logistics stories in 2016

Opinion / Waste

3 considerations when solving the “stuff conundrum”

...16 I moderated a panel discussion in Washington, D.C. hosted by the Embassy of The Netherlands. The panelists represented companies embracing what we call the “circular economy,” or an economic model ...

21 Jul 2016

3 considerations when solving the “stuff conundrum”

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Singapore’s carbon tax – too small a step in the right direction?

...19, and will be levied on greenhouse gas emissions at between S$10 and $20 per tonne. It will be applied to power stations and other large direct emitters, rather than electricity users. The key quest...

12 Sep 2017

Singapore’s carbon tax – too small a step in the right direction?

Videos / Transport

Tesla Model 3: Here's an EV for the masses

...10 billion. Production and start of delivery for these orders are expected by late 2017. After the carmaker received massive reservation bookings, CEO and founder Elon Musk tweeted on April 1: "Defini...

21 Apr 2016

Tesla Model 3: Here's an EV for the masses

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