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Opinion / Policy & Finance

Reconciliation must drive development

In a profoundly volatile world riddled with fractures, the temptation to embrace a seemingly reassuring path of withdrawal or isolation may be strong. In fact, avoidance of potential hazards seems on...

25 Sep 2019

Reconciliation must drive development

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Japan is leading on business climate engagement. Will ambitious policies follow?

The Japanese government has announced its long-term climate and growth strategy under the Paris Agreement on climate change. The announcement comes ahead of the G20 Summit hosted by Japan this week (J...

1 Jul 2019

Japan is leading on business climate engagement. Will ambitious policies follow?

News / Energy

Tiny hydropower plant lights up a remote hill village in Bangladesh

...renewables across the country, currently we are highly focusing on implementing hydro projects in the Chittagong Hill Tracts areas using the natural water sources. Siddique Zobair, member, Sustainable...

29 Aug 2018

Tiny hydropower plant lights up a remote hill village in Bangladesh

Press Releases / Cleantech Solar

Cleantech Solar and Climate Fund Managers enter strategic partnership

Netherlands and Singapore, 11 September 2018 - Cleantech Solar, the leading pan-Asian supplier of renewable energy to corporates has received a USD 50 million equity investment from Climate Fund Manag...

11 Sep 2018

Cleantech Solar and Climate Fund Managers enter strategic partnership

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

5 strategies that help achieve both climate mitigation and adaptation

Climate actions have often fallen into one of two strategies: mitigation efforts to lower or remove greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere, and adaptation efforts to adjust systems and societies...

11 Feb 2020

5 strategies that help achieve both climate mitigation and adaptation

News / Carbon & Climate

As climate impacts hit, cities are still struggling to prepare, researchers warn

More than two in three cities around the world already are noticing the effects of climate change, from more heatwaves to worsening flooding, but few have effective plans in place to deal with the thr...

24 Oct 2019

As climate impacts hit, cities are still struggling to prepare, researchers warn

News / Energy

Coal plant deemed too polluting for China heads to Cambodia

In the seaside hills of Ou Treh, Cambodia, Peng Mom led the way to her house along a train track – the only access to her village, which is surrounded by a thicket of palms and vines. Inside, soot coa...

30 Aug 2019

Coal plant deemed too polluting for China heads to Cambodia

Brian Reilly, founder and chief executive of Revolv, talks on a panel at Unlocking Capital for Sustainability. Reilly raised US$500,000 from Hong Kong-based hedge fund Sylebra and is looking to secure more funding to aid the company’s launch in Singapore. Image: Eco-Business

News / Policy & Finance

How can Asia bridge the gap between finance and sustainability?

It is critical that low-carbon solutions in Asia are supported and scaled to enable the region to achieve sustainable development. Yet, investor funds are not being matched to bankable projects, and w...

8 Feb 2019

How can Asia bridge the gap between finance and sustainability?

News / Waste

Xiamen leads the way in tackling ocean trash

In the port city of Xiamen on China’s southeast coast, three cameras watch the Jiulong river as it wends its way to the sea. Not for the beautiful views, but to monitor litter. The images are processe...

13 Jan 2020

Xiamen leads the way in tackling ocean trash

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Why criticism over the Australian bushfires might be misplaced

Owing to the smoke from nearby wildfires, Canberra this month has had the world’s worst air-quality index, with readings 20 times above the official hazardous threshold. The city also recently experi...

13 Jan 2020

Why criticism over the Australian bushfires might be misplaced

News / Carbon & Climate

Vietnam’s new conservation plan prioritises trees and people, but not emissions

For nearly a decade now, Vietnam has made “payment for forest ecosystem services” its key strategy for protecting forests and improving the lives of poor rural communities. Now, it plans to use the sa...

13 Mar 2020

Vietnam’s new conservation plan prioritises trees and people, but not emissions

News / Energy

Communities push back against new 'clean coal' plants in the Philippines

...renewables has grown by a "paltry 3 per cent" in the decade after the introduction of the Renewable Energy Law, which aimed to spur investments in renewable energy. Installed capacity of renewable ene...

24 Jul 2018

Communities push back against new 'clean coal' plants in the Philippines

News / Carbon & Climate

The US must act now on climate or pay heavily later

The Friday after Thanksgiving is usually a day for chaotic shopping and gorging on leftover Turkey, but this year was a little different. In the early afternoon, the Trump Administration released a ma...

5 Dec 2018

The US must act now on climate or pay heavily later

News / Carbon & Climate

Tree resin could replace oil and gas in household products

The loblolly pine isn’t the first choice of Christmas tree lovers. It’s not as compact as fir or spruce, and its needles are longer, so it doesn’t hold ornaments well. But the loblolly has a storied h...

2 Jan 2019

Tree resin could replace oil and gas in household products

Singapore's Pasir Panjang Port Terminal. Image: Tim Ha, Eco-Business

News / Transport

Shaping shipping’s sustainable future: A quest beyond green fuels

...renewables, eliminates carbon and sulphur emissions when combusted or used in fuel cells. But the technology needed for hydrogen applications onboard ships has yet to come of age. Its volumetric energ...

26 May 2020

Shaping shipping’s sustainable future: A quest beyond green fuels

News / Policy & Finance

Boost for global climate fund as rich states pledge fresh billions

Five wealthy nations have promised new contributions worth almost $6 billion to the U.N.-backed Green Climate Fund, which is seeking to refill its coffers this year to ramp up efforts to help poorer c...

29 Aug 2019

Boost for global climate fund as rich states pledge fresh billions

News / Policy & Finance

Investors fight back against climate wreckers

Two strands of action are being taken by investors against the planet’s biggest and most polluting companies to try to coerce them into complying with climate targets. One group, known as the divest/i...

10 Dec 2019

Investors fight back against climate wreckers

News / Carbon & Climate

G20 heads in the wrong direction on climate action

...renewables could pay for the clean energy transition and reduce emissions significantly, the report states.Overall, around half of G20 countries are projected to meet or overachieve their climate plan...

12 Nov 2019

G20 heads in the wrong direction on climate action

Travellers board a Cathay Pacific flight

News / Manufacturing

When the circular economy meets aviation

About 400 to 600 commercial aircraft are retired and disassembled each year now, creating mountains of waste that include about 30,000 tonnes of aluminium, 1,800 tonnes of alloys, 1,000 tonnes of carb...

21 Feb 2019

When the circular economy meets aviation

News / Energy

Spoilt for choice, will Singaporeans switch to green power?

From 1 November, Singaporeans were given the power to choose their electricity provider. This is a first for Singapore residents—households have only been able to buy electricity from the national pro...

3 Nov 2018

Spoilt for choice, will Singaporeans switch to green power?

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