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Deadly air pollution shortens lives by nearly 2 years—researchers

Air pollution, caused largely by burning fossil fuels, is cutting global life expectancy by an average of 1.8 years per person, making it the world's top killer, researchers said on Monday. The tiny p...

20 Nov 2018

Deadly air pollution shortens lives by nearly 2 years—researchers

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Australia has two decades to avoid the most damaging impacts of climate change

The long-awaited special report on the science underpinning the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5℃ has been released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It tel...

10 Oct 2018

Australia has two decades to avoid the most damaging impacts of climate change

News / Energy

NGOs to Singapore banks: Act on climate change and stop funding coal

...renewables," he commented. While private equity is pouring into funding renewables, there are not enough "good projects" to fund, he noted, adding that while there is a lot of rhetoric from government...

8 Feb 2018

NGOs to Singapore banks: Act on climate change and stop funding coal

Opinion / Policy & Finance

More ambition is what we need when it comes to climate goals

...Renewables 2018 Global Status Report. Moreover, as part of the Under2 Coalition, over 200 states, regions, and local authorities have committed to cut their greenhouse-gas emissions by at least 80 per...

29 Aug 2018

More ambition is what we need when it comes to climate goals

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

How can China's Belt and Road be low carbon?

Discussions about climate action nowadays often focus on the largest past and current emitters. But, if one looks to the future, the biggest climate risks and opportunities lie in the more than 60 cou...

29 Mar 2019

How can China's Belt and Road be low carbon?

Press Releases / Energy Market Authority

Registration opens for the 11th Singapore International Energy Week

Registration for the Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW) 2018 is now open. Global energy policymakers, investors and industry leaders will gather in Singapore to discuss SIEW’s theme, &ld...

27 Jul 2018

Registration opens for the 11th Singapore International Energy Week

Press Releases / City Developments Limited

CDL Integrated Sustainability Report 2018: On track to achieve sustainability goals

32.8 per cent reduction in carbon emissions intensity[1] from 2007 levels, on track to meet its 38 per cent target for 2030 27.3 per cent reduction in energy use intensity[2] from 2007 levels, ...

9 May 2018

CDL Integrated Sustainability Report 2018: On track to achieve sustainability goals

Opinion / Cities

How the urban nexus will make your city more resource efficient

Great cities are not always practical or efficient; they can be romantic, grandiose, multi-layered and poetic places. However, in the light of climate change, population growth, resource depletion and...

17 Sep 2018

How the urban nexus will make your city more resource efficient

News / Energy

US solar industry is clouded by uncertainty

The US solar industry is losing its shine. Although solar power is seen as a key way to avoid the use of climate-changing fossil fuels, US solar companies are cutting investments and laying off worker...

6 Mar 2018

US solar industry is clouded by uncertainty

News / Energy

Energy markets are not changing fast enough to avert climate change

...renewables every year, and has become the world's largest investor in renewable energy overseas, strengthening its position among the leading countries in renewable energy supply chains. However, Chin...

28 Mar 2018

Energy markets are not changing fast enough to avert climate change

News / Energy

Southeast Asia's largest wind project gets $1.1 billion funding injection

Thai renewables developer Wind Energy Holdings Co. Ltd (WEH) has raised US$1.1 billion to finance five new onshore wind farms in what is billed as Southeast Asia's biggest wind energy project yet. Loc...

13 Dec 2017

Southeast Asia's largest wind project gets $1.1 billion funding injection

Girls in a village in India read books after dark with the help of solar lamps

Opinion / Energy

Are mini-grids the solution to the big problem of energy poverty?

...renewables and diesel—is slowly increasing. In India, two mini-grid developers, Husk Power Systems and OMC Power, recently secured a total of $30 million in new investments, while Yoma Micro Power net...

27 Jun 2018

Are mini-grids the solution to the big problem of energy poverty?

News / Cities

Ellen van Bueren: Why Asian cities need to include their people in urban planning

...renewables as it has a long pay-back period, and it is costly and highly disruptive to shift away from this system when a city has come to depend on it. "Interconnecting systems, allowing efficient us...

19 Mar 2018

Ellen van Bueren: Why Asian cities need to include their people in urban planning

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

4 ways companies can price carbon: Lessons from India that can work anywhere

The Indian government has adopted some of the world’s most ambitious renewable energy targets, which are a centerpiece of its strategy to address climate change. Now, 40 Indian companies are joining t...

6 Apr 2018

4 ways companies can price carbon: Lessons from India that can work anywhere

News / Energy

Nuclear power firms woo Middle East

...renewables are half the price of nuclear power – because the sun shines for longer and with greater intensity than almost anywhere else in the world – building new nuclear plants may seem strange. Sau...

5 Apr 2018

Nuclear power firms woo Middle East

News / Green Buildings

Why hospitals in Asia need to be 'climate-smart'

When Typhoon Haiyan ripped through the island of Leyte in the Philippines in 2013, it destroyed the local power grid and left 300 towns and millions of residents without electricity for months, includ...

24 May 2018

Why hospitals in Asia need to be 'climate-smart'

News / Energy

The EU got less electricity from coal than renewables in 2017

...renewables has been matched by falling coal output, down 25 per cent in five years. There was a particularly steep fall in 2016, as a “huge” coal-to-gas switch across the bloc helped push EU power sec...

31 Jan 2018

The EU got less electricity from coal than renewables in 2017

News / Energy

Girl power! India's 'solar gal pals' light up rural homes

Buffalo trampled over it? Rain drenched it? Child dropped it? No problem! This solar flashlight can endure it all, said Bassi in a pitch to her neighbours in rural India to convince them to power thei...

22 Nov 2018

Girl power! India's 'solar gal pals' light up rural homes

News / Carbon & Climate

Record-high supply and demand on voluntary carbon markets in 2017, says study

As governments, companies, and individuals the world over are increasingly seeking to address their contributions to global warming, the use of voluntary carbon markets is starting to accelerate after...

17 Aug 2018

Record-high supply and demand on voluntary carbon markets in 2017, says study

Opinion / Energy

Boosting renewable energy bankability in Southeast Asia

Advances in renewable energy technology have been at the forefront of efforts to address and tackle global climate change. But this does not mean that the spread of wind and solar farms around the wor...

8 Dec 2017

Boosting renewable energy bankability in Southeast Asia

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