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The way we power our lives is undergoing a huge transition. How can we minimise the pain and maximise the gain?

Whether it’s using plants to power muscles, ancient buried carbon to transport ourselves, or nuclear reactions to light up the dark, humans always have—and always will—depend on energy to meet the bas...

26 Jul 2018

The way we power our lives is undergoing a huge transition. How can we minimise the pain and maximise the gain?

News / Cities

Philippine resort city chooses 'morally correct' low-carbon path

When Theresa Walgraeve and her husband set up their 15-room resort in Puerto Princesa, a city on the Philippine island of Palawan, they worried about mosquitoes and monsoon damp - and the high cost of...

8 Oct 2018

Philippine resort city chooses 'morally correct' low-carbon path

News / Energy

Activists stop coal operations in protest of planned US$1 billion Australian mine

For nearly 24 hours on March 1, coal did not reach a Queensland mine owned by Indian energy giant Adani. A 39-year-old anti-coal activist from Bundaberg locked himself to a coal train blocking it fro...

5 Mar 2019

Activists stop coal operations in protest of planned US$1 billion Australian mine

Houston, you have a problem. Flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey

News / Carbon & Climate

Be afraid—11 scary facts, stats and lies about our planet this Halloween

There's nothing like a bit of terror to wake people up to what's going on in the world. The most frightening piece of news of the year (so far) was the recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel o...

31 Oct 2018

Be afraid—11 scary facts, stats and lies about our planet this Halloween

News / Food & Agriculture

As fires burn, can Indonesia avoid repeat of 2015 haze crisis?

As another outbreak of forest fires in Indonesia sends harmful smoke drifting across parts of Southeast Asia, researchers and environmental activists have urged Jakarta to step up efforts to prevent a...

6 Aug 2019

As fires burn, can Indonesia avoid repeat of 2015 haze crisis?

News / Energy

Waste-to-energy: A renewable opportunity for Southeast Asia?

Southeast Asia’s urban population is projected to rise to nearly 400 million by 2030, requiring significant investment in waste management to cope with the increase in garbage. The growth in electrici...

22 Feb 2019

Waste-to-energy: A renewable opportunity for Southeast Asia?

News / Policy & Finance

Australian islanders to lodge landmark UN complaint on climate change

A group of indigenous people will file an unprecedented legal complaint against Australia on Monday, lawyers involved in the action said, accusing the government of breaching their human rights by fal...

14 May 2019

Australian islanders to lodge landmark UN complaint on climate change

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Here's what could go wrong with the circular economy—and how to keep it on track

The circular economy—one that breaks the link between economic growth and use of limited resources and also cuts waste from the system—is on the minds of corporate sustainability professionals, govern...

30 Aug 2019

Here's what could go wrong with the circular economy—and how to keep it on track

News / Policy & Finance

Global warming is exacerbating global economic inequality

New research finds that global warming has exacerbated global economic inequality, making already-wealthy nations even richer while slowing economic growth in poorer countries. According to the study,...

13 May 2019

Global warming is exacerbating global economic inequality

News / Energy

'Consistently cheaper' clean energy set to connect world's poor—power experts

With the costs of creating electricity from solar power and wind continuing to fall, electricity from renewable energy will soon be "consistently cheaper" than electricity from fossil fuels, according...

29 Jan 2018

'Consistently cheaper' clean energy set to connect world's poor—power experts

News / Waste

Tackling Southeast Asia's plastic waste crisis

The world’s oceans are awash with plastic, and Southeast Asia is a major culprit. In a 2015 report, the non-profit Ocean Conservancy noted that 55 to 60 percent of plastic waste entering the oceans co...

28 Aug 2019

Tackling Southeast Asia's plastic waste crisis

News / Policy & Finance

UN agency seeks to marry 'social good and profit making'

A United Nations body is offering $40,000 for the best designed affordable housing for low-income workers at an industrial zone in Cambodia's capital, as part of its strategy to encourage investment i...

24 May 2018

UN agency seeks to marry 'social good and profit making'

Plastic litter washed up on the coasts of Sabah, Malaysia. Image: WWF-Malaysia

News / Waste

Plastic polluters launch US$1.5bn waste collection and recycling fund

A coalition of the world's biggest plastic producers and users has set up a new US$1.5 billion fund to improve waste collection and recycling in developing countries. The fund will focus its spending ...

16 Jan 2019

Plastic polluters launch US$1.5bn waste collection and recycling fund

News / Water

Exploitation of the Earth’s last frontier will leave the world in deep water

The world's largest ecosystem is at risk of toxic pollution, habitat disruption and species extinction as more countries and companies eye the ocean floor for metals and minerals, according to a new r...

5 Jul 2019

Exploitation of the Earth’s last frontier will leave the world in deep water

News / Energy

Hydrogen could see off fossil fuels

...renewables and have become the focus of many governments with targets for switching away from petrol and diesel, particularly in cities with air pollution problems. But hydrogen has even greater poten...

13 Feb 2018

Hydrogen could see off fossil fuels

News / Carbon & Climate

Focus on cities could cut China's emissions by 30%

China could slash its climate-changing emissions by 30 per cent if all its cities cleaned up pollution from their dirtiest power plants and factories, researchers said on Wednesday. The world's bigges...

29 Jun 2018

Focus on cities could cut China's emissions by 30%

News / Waste

Consumer goods giants test reusable packaging with new Loop service

In a joint attempt to phase out plastic packaging, the world’s largest companies have partnered with global recycling firm TerraCycle to introduce a new zero-waste scheme that could change the way peo...

30 Jan 2019

Consumer goods giants test reusable packaging with new Loop service

Simon Bennett, The China Navigation Company

News / Transport

Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Simon Bennett, shipping decarboniser

Simon Bennett's job is complex, but it is also the easiest job in the world, he says. He is general manager of sustainable development for The China Navigation Company (CNCo), the deep sea shipping a...

15 Dec 2019

Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Simon Bennett, shipping decarboniser

Opinion / Energy

Electricity in the Philippines does not need to be so expensive—or dirty

It’s time to redesign the Philippine electricity sector. Electricity rates in the country are among the highest in Southeast Asia, due in large part to our dependence on expensive imported diesel, oil...

16 May 2018

Electricity in the Philippines does not need to be so expensive—or dirty

Videos / Waste

A circular economy could save China five trillion dollars

China could see big improvements in air quality, a reduction in carbon emissions and huge savings for business and households worth 32 trillion yuan (US$5.1 trillion) by 2030 if it moved to a circular...

5 Nov 2018

A circular economy could save China five trillion dollars

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