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A coal-fired power station on Lamma Island, Hong Kong. Image: Robin Hicks/Eco-Business

News / Policy & Finance

What's holding sustainable finance back in Asia?

...renewable energy, for instance, the project off-taker (who buys the electricity) is typically a government-owned entity, which may not be of investment-grade. The risk is further compounded by issues ...

6 Mar 2020

What's holding sustainable finance back in Asia?

News / Carbon & Climate

Africa needs cash, science for new model of green development

...renewable energy to local people, he said. Africa cannot repeat the mistakes of the past made by industrialised nations that grew rich using power produced by burning dirty fossil fuels, such as oil a...

15 Mar 2019

Africa needs cash, science for new model of green development

News / Policy & Finance

Coal in the Philippines—Are banks risking US$21 billion on stranded assets?

...renewable energy. Through the DOE’s National Renewable Energy Program, the country aims to generate 15,304 MW of clean energy by 2030, and at least 20,000 MW by 2040. Renewable energy is getting chea...

14 Sep 2018

Coal in the Philippines—Are banks risking US$21 billion on stranded assets?

News / Energy

Trump says America needs coal for grid security. The military proves otherwise.

...renewable power, not coal, promises the most resilience in the face of a catastrophe. That’s why the military has embraced clean energy—for the sake of national security. A new report from the Associa...

20 Nov 2018

Trump says America needs coal for grid security. The military proves otherwise.

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

World at a crossroad on climate action

...renewable energy. In the financial sector, more than 500 companies and organizations with combined market capitalization of more than $7.9 trillion have publicly committed to support recommendations o...

29 Nov 2018

World at a crossroad on climate action

News / Energy

Could snow be the next source of clean energy?

...renewable energy, the talk almost always is about sun and wind. No one ever brings up another natural power source, as yet untapped — snow. Incredible as it may sound, falling snow carries an electric...

31 May 2019

Could snow be the next source of clean energy?

Protesting the Shen Ao coal-fired power plant in Taiwan

Opinion / Energy

Why in a post-IPCC world we need more from our energy wins

...renewable energy penetration into the electricity system and deploy grid-scale storage technologies to improve grid flexibility. But there was no mention of how renewables or improvements to the grid ...

26 Oct 2018

Why in a post-IPCC world we need more from our energy wins

News / Energy

As investment giant BlackRock pulls back from coal, activists urge the same for biomass energy

...renewable energy source in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on par with zero-emissions wind and solar energy, countries that burn wood pellets do not have to count the emissions. This gives an on-paper-only im...

20 Apr 2020

As investment giant BlackRock pulls back from coal, activists urge the same for biomass energy

Press Releases / Sindicatum

GuarantCo guarantees US$60 million local currency green bonds for Sindicatum Renewables' India, Philippines projects

...Renewable Energy Company Pte Ltd (“Sindicatum Renewables”), a Singapore-based developer, owner and operator of renewable energy projects, for US$60 million green bonds (“Green Bonds&...

21 Aug 2018

GuarantCo guarantees US$60 million local currency green bonds for Sindicatum Renewables' India, Philippines projects

Coal miners at Lao Ye Temple Mine in Shanxi, China

News / Carbon & Climate

Scientists concerned by ‘record high’ global methane emissions

Worldwide emissions of methane have hit the “highest levels on record”, according to an international team of scientists. The finding comes from the latest update to the Global Methane Budget, an inte...

16 Jul 2020

Scientists concerned by ‘record high’ global methane emissions

Opinion / Policy & Finance

What’s at stake for women’s rights in 2020?

From US Republicans’ effort to get the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that established a woman’s right to an abortion, to Poland’s increased restrictions on access to emergenc...

31 Jan 2020

What’s at stake for women’s rights in 2020?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Geoengineering is a dangerous distraction

...renewable energy into gas. “ Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage would mean clearing large stretches of intact forest, displacing food crops, or both, to produce more burnable fuels. The other...

19 Feb 2019

Geoengineering is a dangerous distraction

News / Energy

Tropical dams devastating to fish the world over: Study

...renewable energy. But old dams have been having, and new dams are likely to have, disastrous impacts on river fish, according to a new global assessment by researchers at Radboud University, the PBL N...

24 Feb 2020

Tropical dams devastating to fish the world over: Study

Press Releases / Energy Efficiency Expo

Reed Exhibitions Australia announces launch of Energy Efficiency Expo 2019

...renewable energy and sustainable solutions. Energy Efficiency Expo will provide specialists with a professional or commercial interest in the energy sector with a unique opportunity to discover pract...

11 Oct 2018

Reed Exhibitions Australia announces launch of Energy Efficiency Expo 2019

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Three ways businesses can lead the transition to a low carbon economy

...renewable energy purchasing can give governments the confidence they need to establish more ambitious NDCs and national policies to combat climate change. A good example of an ambition loop in action ...

22 May 2019

Three ways businesses can lead the transition to a low carbon economy

News / Green Buildings

Universities worldwide are setting zero-carbon targets—are Asia's varsities stepping up?

...renewable sources by 7.5 per cent each year, SMU said. Meanwhile, reports by NTU and the SIT outline their plans to reduce carbon emissions. NTU aims to cut energy intensity by 50 per cent by 2025 (f...

6 Aug 2019

Universities worldwide are setting zero-carbon targets—are Asia's varsities stepping up?

News / Carbon & Climate

Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Ayala's Vickie Tan, SDG advocator

Heading sustainability at the largest and oldest conglomerate in the Philippines is not easy, but Vickie Tan, who has steered Ayala’s journey in support of the United Nations' Sustainable Development ...

27 Dec 2019

Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Ayala's Vickie Tan, SDG advocator

Opinion / Cities

Could the coronavirus outbreak be sustainability’s big break?

...renewable energy and poverty alleviation, China’s developmental path has been riddled with challenges. The country may be famed for 'China speed,' but when it comes to realising its ambitious sustaina...

19 Feb 2020

Could the coronavirus outbreak be sustainability’s big break?

Opinion / Energy

Solar and battery storage: A clean solution to a dirty problem

You can hear—and smell—them everywhere you go in the world’s poorest countries. Diesel-burning back-up generators wail through neighborhoods at all hours, cough noxious pollutants into the air, and ac...

27 Nov 2019

Solar and battery storage: A clean solution to a dirty problem

Research / Eden Strategy Institute, LLP

Mitigating social impact in a low-carbon Singapore

...renewable sources approach minimum efficient scale, or if carbon taxes on energy producers are passed onto consumers. Utility bills take up a higher proportion of monthly expenses among individuals a...

18 Feb 2020

Mitigating social impact in a low-carbon Singapore

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