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Nam Gnouang Dam on a tributary of the Nam Theun River in Laos

Opinion / Energy

The Laos disaster reminds us that local people are too often victims of dam development

On July 22, the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam under construction in Laos’ Attapeu Province collapsed. Flash flooding inundated eight villages, killing at least 29 people and leaving 131 officially ...

1 Aug 2018

The Laos disaster reminds us that local people are too often victims of dam development

News / Energy

In land-scarce Southeast Asia, solar panels float on water

Solar power companies in Southeast Asia that are competing for land with agriculture, industry and expanding populations have found an innovative alternative: placing floating panels in lakes, dams, r...

9 Feb 2019

In land-scarce Southeast Asia, solar panels float on water

News / Carbon & Climate

To meet climate goals, world urged to reuse natural resources

More of the billions of tonnes of materials the world uses each year must be recycled and reused to keep climate change in check, researchers said on Tuesday. Only about a tenth of the nearly 93 billi...

22 Jan 2019

To meet climate goals, world urged to reuse natural resources

News / Carbon & Climate

The top 10 most read stories of 2018

In a year where plastic straws were banned by the world's largest retail chains and where students skipped school to protest government inaction against climate change, the stories that resonated most...

2 Jan 2019

The top 10 most read stories of 2018

News / Energy

BP significantly upgrades its global outlook for wind and solar – again

...Renewables, nuclear and hydro account for more than 80 per cent of the increase in China’s energy demand by 2040, with renewables overtaking oil to become the country’s second largest energy source. H...

26 Feb 2018

BP significantly upgrades its global outlook for wind and solar – again

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Environment and climate change gets short shrift in India’s budget

...Renewables sector disappointed Renewable energy sector executives and experts also voiced their disappointment. “At a time when the industry is facing policy and trade regulation uncertainties, there ...

5 Feb 2018

Environment and climate change gets short shrift in India’s budget

Opinion / Energy

Meet the new 'renewable superpowers': nations that boss the materials used for wind and solar

...renewables superpowers” contains some familiar names, but also a few wild cards. The largest reserves of quartzite (for silicon production) are found in China, the US, and Russia – but also Brazil and...

19 Feb 2018

Meet the new 'renewable superpowers': nations that boss the materials used for wind and solar

News / Corporate Responsibility

Fast fashion: A passing trend?

Fast fashion is the most accessible form of clothing, available on any high street or arriving at your front door with the click of a button.Yet, low-quality garments, rapid production cycles, competi...

6 Sep 2019

Fast fashion: A passing trend?

News / Energy

Energy efficiency cuts carbon from buildings

Massive savings in carbon emissions are possible worldwide if governments adopt the highest energy efficiency standards for lighting and other household appliances such as fridges, freezers and washin...

16 Apr 2018

Energy efficiency cuts carbon from buildings

Sindicatum Solar Energy Gujarat, owns the Patan 15 MWp solar plant

News / Energy

Sindicatum is first Asian renewable energy firm to issue green bond

...renewables firm to issue a green bond, with a venture to fund clean energy projects in India. The green bond is worth INR 2.2 billion (US$34.4 million) over two periods—one for five years, a second f...

17 Jan 2018

Sindicatum is first Asian renewable energy firm to issue green bond

News / Carbon & Climate

The promise and peril of blockchain

When the financial crisis of 2008 struck, it left in its wake devastated economies and a general distrust of financial markets and the institutions meant to hold the industry to account. So when a shi...

11 Sep 2018

The promise and peril of blockchain

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Why the world needs a radically realistic climate vision

According to the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world’s main scientific authority on global warming, keeping global temperatures from rising more than 1.5°C above ...

2 Nov 2018

Why the world needs a radically realistic climate vision

News / Energy

The top 5 energy stories in 2017

...renewables, while Southeast Asia lags Renewable energy is providing record shares of electricity in countries such as the UK, Germany, and even parts of the US. In Central America, the island of Costa...

28 Dec 2017

The top 5 energy stories in 2017

News / Food & Agriculture

Not cheap or cheerful: Singapore hawker centres struggle with new business model

A social enterprise model for some of Singapore's hawker centres has been criticised over high costs and poor management, as the wealthy nation tries to revitalise its popular food stalls. The hawker ...

16 Jan 2019

Not cheap or cheerful: Singapore hawker centres struggle with new business model

News / Carbon & Climate

Clean energy investment ‘must be 50% higher’ to limit warming to 1.5C

...renewables. Accelerating clean investment will overtake declining fossil fuel investment within 10 years. Sam Frankhauser, director, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment ...

22 Jun 2018

Clean energy investment ‘must be 50% higher’ to limit warming to 1.5C

News / Energy

China’s falling emissions raise climate hopes

...renewables such as solar and wind power, have also contributed to the emissions decline. Continuing decline likely “We conclude that the decline of Chinese emissions is structural and likely to be sus...

16 Jul 2018

China’s falling emissions raise climate hopes

Opinion / Energy

Got solar? Now add batteries

A typical 100-watt solar panel retails today for about $50, one-tenth of the $500 it cost in 2000, when hardly anyone could afford the technology. Solar power was then very expensive, and people neede...

20 Sep 2018

Got solar? Now add batteries

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The latest climate science must mobilise us, not paralyse us

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations body tasked with providing scientific evidence and consensus on climate change and its implications for decision-makers and the...

10 Oct 2018

The latest climate science must mobilise us, not paralyse us

Wind turbines on a solar farm in Ningxia Province in Northern China

Opinion / Energy

The risks of a global supergrid

...renewables? Multilateral development banks seem predisposed to ideas such as GEI given their tendency to invest in mega-projects and promote transboundary infrastructure and trade. One example is the ...

24 Jul 2018

The risks of a global supergrid

Inside what could be the office of a startup perhaps

News / Policy & Finance

Can start-ups help big business become sustainable?

It’s no longer David versus Goliath in the business world; it’s David and Goliath. Large multinational companies (MNCs) teaming up with start-ups, something unheard of as recently as five years ago, i...

14 Jun 2019

Can start-ups help big business become sustainable?

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