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...carbon emissions by 2050 amid the crisis,” she said. Goh said when the decision was discussed, the pathways to meet such a target weren’t clear though the company knew what short-term actions it coul...

19 Oct 2023

With several Asian cities hitting their hottest day on record last month, questions have been raised about the preparedness of one of the world's most climate-vulnerable regions to climate-induced ext...

29 May 2024

China’s mineral resources law serves as the legal cornerstone of the sustainable development of its mining sectors. Since it came into effect in 1986, the law has been revised twice, in 1996 and 2009....

3 May 2024

...carbonise quickly, we must remove carbon dioxide from the air – with one 1.5°C scenario requiring over 1,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide removal by 2100. But the IPCC also warned that carbon removal meth...

25 Nov 2022

...carbon economy and leverage environmental sustainability trends to spur growth. Part of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, EDB positions Singapore as a regional sustainability hub to attract internat...

26 Jan 2023

...carbon cost curve so we know what our own carbon economics look like. Based on these insights, we were able to reduce 25 per cent of our operational carbon emissions between 2008 and 2012. Based on th...

18 Jan 2023

World Wetlands Day 2024: Securing the health and wellbeing of Asean communities

...carbon stores. They serve as buffers against storm surges, flooding, and sea level rise. Wetlands are essential for food security, they support ecotourism, and provide alternative livelihood sour...

8 Feb 2024

Last October, at the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund in Marrakesh, member countries emphasised the urgency of scaling up development finance. In recen...

7 Feb 2024

...carbonisation is the fact that much of its energy comes from coal, and the coal plants are relatively young. The other challenge is that the region is not as interconnected as it should be for getting...

31 Oct 2023

Technology will save us! No, it won’t! Whenever the climate-policy debate addresses specific economic sectors, potential carbon-abatement technologies, or energy strategy, the same fundamental questio...

27 Jan 2023

...carbon dioxide on average, up from just 0.9 metric tons in 2016. Assuming each metric ton of carbon dioxide causes $100 of environmental damage — a figure similar to those used by other researchers — ...

7 Dec 2022

Singapore's Extended Producer Responsibility scheme will require all importers and manufacturers of beverage containers in Singapore to collect most of the products they sell to consumers. Industry players led by Coca-Cola have opposed the scheme, citing cost and other concerns.

The launch of a much-anticipated system to increase Singapore's low recycling rate for plastic packaging has been postponed. Sources have pointed to industry delay tactics holding back an initiative t...

29 Apr 2024

Compared to mature markets like Europe and the United States where over 90 per cent of total palm oil imports are certified sustainable, bolstering the uptake of sustainable palm oil among Chinese fir...

9 Jul 2025

...carbon. The summit re-launched the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), whose member states met for the first time in 14 years, establishing an Indigenous mechanism within the body intended ...

16 Aug 2023

Indonesian courts have seen a steady increase in climate litigation over the past decade. Last year alone, the indigenous Knasaimos peoples in Southwest Papua won a long fight for legal land rights, w...

7 Jan 2025

...carbon credits are robust. At COP27 this week, a new Africa Carbon Markets Initiative was launched with the aim of developing the continent's voluntary carbon markets for projects like biodiversity pr...

14 Nov 2022

...Carbon Market (ICVCM), a coalition of climate and finance experts set up earlier this year. The council is tasked to discipline the booming private carbon offsetting market, where heavily polluting fi...

29 Sep 2022

Palm oil estate owned by Golden Agri-Resources in West Kalimantan

...Carbon Stock Approach (HCSA), bringing the tally of palm oil companies quitting HCSA to four in three years. Wilmar International, the world's biggest palm oil firm, resigned citing governance issue...

27 Feb 2023

...carbon capture, carbon sequestering bio additives, regenerative materials, new fuels and green steel hold huge promise in the fight against climate change. They are also bold developments that require...

20 Mar 2023

As the era of "global boiling" spawns ever deadlier heatwaves, a handful of heat tsars are working with officials in cities from Miami to Melbourne in a race against time to cool urban heat traps and...

22 May 2024

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