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News / Transport

Sturdier, safer, cheaper: India urged to build more roads with plastic waste

...iting difficulties in segregating the plastic and bringing contractors on board. The new infrastructure commitment gives fresh impetus, Vasudevan said. This story was published with permission from Th...

30 Oct 2017

Sturdier, safer, cheaper: India urged to build more roads with plastic waste

News / Food & Agriculture

Singapore and Malaysia: Do your favourite foods contain unsustainable palm oil?

...ich awarded points not just for RSPO membership and certification but also for commitments to buy certified palm oil, overall sustainability plans, and memberships of palm oil sustainability initiativ...

21 Sep 2017

Singapore and Malaysia: Do your favourite foods contain unsustainable palm oil?

Speakers at the launch of The Liveability Challenge

News / Cities

The innovation that will save our cities

...ives his presentation on the various principles of sustainability. Image: Eco-Business For instance, spatial considerations are increasingly important in the face of rapid urbanisation. While the glo...

23 May 2018

The innovation that will save our cities

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Towards safe, orderly and regular migration in Asia Pacific

...ife for themselves and their families. Their remittances - $276 million dollars in Asia-Pacific in 2017 alone - provide welcome support to communities in their countries of origin. Put simply, remitta...

18 Dec 2017

Towards safe, orderly and regular migration in Asia Pacific

News / Green Buildings

How can buildings be adapted to the era of dangerous climate change?

...ing criteria into green building standards. The India Green Building Council has a green building rating tool and is developing a health rating tool; the Building & Construction Authority is tyin...

21 Sep 2017

How can buildings be adapted to the era of dangerous climate change?

Edmontonians on climate and sustainable cities

News / Cities

Meet the Edmonton official leading next year’s landmark conference on climate and cities

...ion. In the end, adaptation and mitigation efforts happen on the ground, in cities and communities, and the risks of climate change play out in cities in a big way. This is very real to cities and per...

8 May 2017

Meet the Edmonton official leading next year’s landmark conference on climate and cities

Press Releases / Green Is The New Black

The Conscious Festival by Green Is The New Black is back for its 4th year as a carbon neutral and zero waste festival

...ia, DBS understands the intricacies of doing business in the region’s most dynamic markets. DBS is committed to building lasting relationships with customers, and positively impacting communitie...

23 Oct 2018

The Conscious Festival by Green Is The New Black is back for its 4th year as a carbon neutral and zero waste festival

Opinion / Transport

Which traffic policies work best for megacities?

...ical capabilities and infrastructure are often lacking. That is why developing countries typically seek more basic policies to improve traffic flows. For example, in India, Delhi’s suffocating air pol...

30 Jan 2018

Which traffic policies work best for megacities?

News / Policy & Finance

No, really. There is one Philippines city where Duterte is a sustainability hero

...ities fighting climate change, said doing so will provide opportunities to address the over-all well being of communities and citizens. "This is crucial given limited resources and complex priorities,...

22 Feb 2018

No, really. There is one Philippines city where Duterte is a sustainability hero

Opinion / Energy

5 predictions for clean energy in 2017

...ise of clean energy is irreversible, and this is crucial for the fight against climate change. Fossils fuels should be left underground, where they belong. Sohail Hasnie is Principal Energy Specialist...

16 Feb 2017

5 predictions for clean energy in 2017

Press Releases / Olam International

Italian scientist brings ‘pasta power’ climate adaptation solution to West Africa

...itania and Mali, potentially boosting the income for 1 million farming families, and therefore winning the 2017 Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security. The genome fingerprinting research project ...

21 Nov 2017

Italian scientist brings ‘pasta power’ climate adaptation solution to West Africa

News / Water

The slippery path to sustainable irrigation

...ity is an age-old issue that ancient civilisations have faced throughout time. These civilisations may hold some insights into sustainable irrigation. The iconic terraced rice fields in Banaue, Philip...

11 May 2018

The slippery path to sustainable irrigation

News / Policy & Finance

Is nudging or policy the better way to a more sustainable society?

...itics works, he said. “Politicians likes big, shiny solutions. Big solutions are more appealing to politicians than implementing many small solutions to a big problem.” But tackling sustainability iss...

27 Sep 2017

Is nudging or policy the better way to a more sustainable society?

Trump budget cut on clean energy research

News / Energy

Trump wants to cut funding for clean energy research in half

...and Innovation Policy at George Mason University. The cost of research into emerging technologies, he said, is often prohibitive, “and the risk is really intimidating for private companies.” Policymak...

19 Feb 2018

Trump wants to cut funding for clean energy research in half

News / Carbon & Climate

Activists in Indonesia protest China-funded dam in orangutan habitat

...inese Premier Li Keqiang, where he was welcomed by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to discuss a slew of bilateral partnerships that have flourished since China introduced its Belt and Road initiative i...

10 May 2018

Activists in Indonesia protest China-funded dam in orangutan habitat