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Environmental impact assessments aren't protecting the environment

...ife with inaccuracies and misrepresentations that 24 other scientists from around the world and I wrote directly to Indonesian President Joko Widodo, decrying its blatant distortions. Today, this pro...

19 Dec 2018

Environmental impact assessments aren't protecting the environment

News / Policy & Finance

New report exposes labour abuses on RSPO-certified Indofood plantations

...iferated in Indonesia, fueling deforestation and land grabbing as politically connected companies operate with impunity. Bambang’s story highlights a different issue: the miserable working conditions ...

11 Dec 2017

New report exposes labour abuses on RSPO-certified Indofood plantations

News / Green Buildings

In climate-stressed Singapore, the future is super low energy buildings

...inister for National Development and Second Minister of Finance “This will recognise developers and owners for achieving high SLE building standards. I hope that this will incentivise more building o...

7 Sep 2018

In climate-stressed Singapore, the future is super low energy buildings

News / Policy & Finance

Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil

...ip issues in Indonesia. Widodo said his administration had never given out massive concessions to big companies, and had instead returned control of millions of hectares of land to the people, includi...

22 Feb 2019

Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Keeping faith in forests

...and the United Kingdom in 2015. And just like in my youth, religious communities are now mobilizing the faithful, helping world leaders include forest conservation—and the rights of indigenous peoples...

3 Aug 2017

Keeping faith in forests

News / Waste

Binning the bag: Queensland gets tough on waste

...islation... leaves NSW and Victoria the only remaining states failing to implement bans." "We believe it is now time for Premiers (Gladys) Berejiklian and (Daniel) Andrews to listen to their constitue...

8 Sep 2017

Binning the bag: Queensland gets tough on waste

News / Policy & Finance

Investors bet on bad weather

...ing statistics of climate to be effective.’ David Titley, prrofessor of meteorology, Penn State Shipping firms are looking to vanishing sea ice to open up Arctic passageways, and mining companies ar...

19 Jul 2017

Investors bet on bad weather

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Unsustainable coffee? In the near future, it won’t be an option

...ink. Bambi Semroc is the senior strategic advisor in Conservation International’s Center for Environmental Leadership in Business. This piece was published with permission from Conservation Internatio...

2 Oct 2017

Unsustainable coffee? In the near future, it won’t be an option

News / Energy

Windows that keep the sun out and the power in

...ications will have to maximise the transmission of blue and red light. This is feasible through new material design and optical engineering.” The scientists estimate that installing windows with dual ...

6 Aug 2018

Windows that keep the sun out and the power in

Students strike a winning pose for the camera before leaving to participate in a science competition.

News / Corporate Responsibility

How this palm oil company is changing education in rural Indonesia

...ing, Faiz Rizki Maarif from Manis Mata village in Kalimantan, Indonesia gets up before the sun rises. He prays, washes up and has his breakfast. He climbs into his father’s car and rides with him to s...

20 Nov 2017

How this palm oil company is changing education in rural Indonesia

The National University of Singapore School of Design & Environment's new Net Zero Energy Building in Kent Ridge

News / Green Buildings

Are green buildings standards helping to reduce climate change?

...ildings as a sustainability issue]. The West is already built, so the biggest question is dealing with existing building stock. But if we look at developments in Southeast Asia and China, growth is g...

21 Jun 2017

Are green buildings standards helping to reduce climate change?

Ogilvy & Mather celebrate winning agency of the year at Cannes Lion, the Oscars of adland. Gender equality is a contentious issue for the male-dominated industry, and is also one of the SDGs. Image: Cannes Lions

News / Policy & Finance

Advertising that promotes SDGs to be awarded at Oscars of adland

...itive impact if it encourages more clients and agencies to think about how they can communicate the value of sustainability, commented Scott McClelland, the former Asia Pacific chief creative officer ...

18 Sep 2017

Advertising that promotes SDGs to be awarded at Oscars of adland

Videos / Water

Nepal’s fertile but forgotten wetlands

...ink of life without this water source as it irrigates our fields, provides water to drink,” said Krishna Chaudhary, drinking untreated water from the source of Ghodaghodi lake in Kailali district. “We...

26 Mar 2018

Nepal’s fertile but forgotten wetlands

News / Policy & Finance

IUCN, other global NGOs, UN likely to see major budget cuts under Trump

...ing that despite this, the two countries retain strong ties. Still, his concern is clear: “Diminished funding to climate initiatives will inevitably impact island developing states such as Palau, as i...

9 Jan 2018

IUCN, other global NGOs, UN likely to see major budget cuts under Trump

women maternal health training bangladesh

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Supporting the developing world's health innovators

...ished in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. We are also using the insectarium to test insecticide resistance and susceptibility in captive sandflies – research that will support the optimizatio...

29 Jun 2017

Supporting the developing world's health innovators

News / Waste

Singapore's new online grocer wants to prove sustainability and e-commerce can go hand in hand

...ining traction in Singapore, while incumbent grocers such as Fairprice and Sheng Siong are also increasing their online presence. “ Twentyoff wants to prove that sustainability can be a good busines...

28 May 2018

Singapore's new online grocer wants to prove sustainability and e-commerce can go hand in hand

News / Water

As groundwater runs short, water battles grow in parched Chennai

...ise. In its decision, judges called groundwater the "backbone of India's drinking water and irrigation system" and ruled that companies extracting it for profit without permission were engaged in crim...

9 Nov 2018

As groundwater runs short, water battles grow in parched Chennai

News / Carbon & Climate

How has Trump's Paris pull-out plan affected climate negotiations in Bonn?

...istoric accord, which is a key outcome from this negotiations round, is starting to take shape, Lenaerts said. “I am optimistic the rulebook will be finalised at COP24 in Katowice,” he said, referring...

11 May 2018

How has Trump's Paris pull-out plan affected climate negotiations in Bonn?

News / Corporate Responsibility

The 9 women helping to shape Southeast Asia's future

...iness' important work, in purposeful journalism and reporting on critical issues of the day in this era of fake news." Chris Wei, executive chairman, Aviva Asia & FPI and Global Chairman, Aviva Di...

21 Mar 2018

The 9 women helping to shape Southeast Asia's future

News / Cities

How Anne Hidalgo plans to get cities to adopt climate action plans by 2020

...ieve their goals, projects and activities that help fighting climate change and air pollution. Another one of my key priorities is the Reinventing Cities initiative. We will launch a competition, base...

12 Jun 2017

How Anne Hidalgo plans to get cities to adopt climate action plans by 2020

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