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Press Releases / Habitat for Humanity Asia-Pacific

Stars of urban development to tackle poverty housing at regional Hong Kong forum

...1 to 4 September 2015. There they will speak to delegates, activists and policy makers, aiming to tackle the issue of poverty housing in the region at the 5th Asia-Pacific Housing Forum. Prestigious n...

7 Aug 2015

Stars of urban development to tackle poverty housing at regional Hong Kong forum

News / Green Buildings

The future of building security is digital

...16, governments were buildings, and the people needing protection were the ones working inside of them? Could security solutions today predict a case of emergency or danger, rather than merely react t...

17 Aug 2016

The future of building security is digital

Opinion / Policy & Finance

8 tips to make a panel discussion not become a punishment

...1. The honorable challenge. If your event has more than 10 minutes of welcoming remarks, then there might be a confusion of objectives between ribbon-cutting and knowledge sharing. It can be sufficien...

20 Jul 2016

8 tips to make a panel discussion not become a punishment

Dr Andrew Steer talking at Asia Environment Lecture at National University of Singapore

News / Carbon & Climate

‘The Paris Agreement is not enough’: 10 lessons from WRI CEO Andrew Steer

...10 highlights. 1. The Paris Agreement is not enough. Dr Steer cautioned that while the Paris Agreement signed last year to tackle climate change was an "incredible achievement", the progress made is "...

16 Dec 2016

‘The Paris Agreement is not enough’: 10 lessons from WRI CEO Andrew Steer

News / Carbon & Climate

Drop in timber smuggling gives ‘breathing space’ to Myanmar’s forests

...14. This, despite Myanmar’s implementation of a ban on log exports in March, 2014. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) issued a report in 2015, finding Chinese demand for valuable hardwoods l...

14 Mar 2016

Drop in timber smuggling gives ‘breathing space’ to Myanmar’s forests

News / Food & Agriculture

Rising heat brings earlier vintage

...1600-1980. Growers have been keeping harvest records for up to 700 years, but methodical tallies and inventories across France and Switzerland date from 1600, and they tell a tale of change. Harvests ...

30 Mar 2016

Rising heat brings earlier vintage

News / Food & Agriculture

Humans tilt climate books out of balance

...1 to 2010.” Cause for alarm This doesn’t change climate science’s most immediate calculations − that global warming is a fact, and an increasing cause for alarm. In the last century, thanks to the use...

29 Mar 2016

Humans tilt climate books out of balance

News / Carbon & Climate

All the sustainable ladies: 10 women who will inspire you

...15. She leads the UNGC’s efforts to work with its 13,500 signatories from 170 countries to use UNGC’s 10 principles for business to guide their operations. A key initiative UNGC has launched under he...

6 Mar 2017

All the sustainable ladies: 10 women who will inspire you

wind turbines western australia southern ocean

News / Energy

Australia's attractive for renewables again

...16 edition of the London-headquartered consultancy’s triannual index shows that Australia now ranks as the 10th most attractive country globally for renewable energy investment, up from 13th place las...

12 May 2016

Australia's attractive for renewables again

News / Corporate Responsibility

Singtel: The link between CSR and talent development

...16, the synergies between CSR and talent development, and his priorities for the year ahead. What are the big issues to watch in 2016? Climate change will remain the key sustainability issue in 2016. ...

22 Mar 2016

Singtel: The link between CSR and talent development

Press Releases / Greenpeace Southeast Asia

For the first time fossil fuel companies face national human rights complaint on climate change

...1854-2010, Methods & Results Report, available at http://climateaccountability.org/pdf/MRR%209.1%20Apr14R.pdf [4] http://act.greenpeace.org/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1827&ea.campaign.id=3...

28 Sep 2015

For the first time fossil fuel companies face national human rights complaint on climate change

News / Water

Managing water resources key to meeting climate goals

...11 on the sidelines of Singapore International Water Week 2016. Philippe Joubert, special envoy for climate change and energy for WBCSD, a network of CEOs collaborating on solutions that drive sustain...

1 Sep 2016

Managing water resources key to meeting climate goals

News / Food & Agriculture

New study finds insufficient degraded land for further strong oil palm expansion in Kalimantan

...1.1-1.8 million hectares in 2020 (from 0.4 million hectares in 2008, BPS), following current and historical growth rates. In 2013, the area under cultivation had already nearly reached 1.1 million hec...

7 Apr 2016

New study finds insufficient degraded land for further strong oil palm expansion in Kalimantan