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New plane can show geoengineering works

Nobody knows for sure whether we shall ever see if geoengineering works. But now somebody knows how to do it. Engineers have designed an aircraft that could lift a cargo of sulphur dioxide to an altit...

27 Nov 2018

New plane can show geoengineering works

News / Cities

The top 5 cities stories in 2017

Mayors around the world have led the way in bold climate action and have proven that there is a lot of opportunity in cities to tackle the global climate change problem. From car emissions tracking to...

28 Dec 2017

The top 5 cities stories in 2017

News / Carbon & Climate

From Asia to Antarctica: Eco-Business joins expedition to uncover climate change threats

As Asia Pacific braces for worsening climate change threats, Eco-Business, the region’s leading news organisation for sustainable development, clean tech, and responsible business, joins an expedition...

24 Feb 2018

From Asia to Antarctica: Eco-Business joins expedition to uncover climate change threats

News / Water

Thirsty Singapore taps into innovation to secure its water future

Every day after his morning run, Adam Reutens-Tan washes under a half-full camping shower hooked on the ceiling of his bathroom. The modified shower, which uses just four litres of water, is one of se...

10 Jun 2019

Thirsty Singapore taps into innovation to secure its water future

Opinion / Water

Water stress threatens nearly half the world’s thermal power plant capacity

Many people point to renewable energy as the greatest threat facing fossil fuel power plants. New WRI research finds that the real threat may be water. When we overlaid areas of current water scarcit...

17 Apr 2018

Water stress threatens nearly half the world’s thermal power plant capacity

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The rising tide of regulations on business and human rights: Could Asia be next?

The growing movement on business and human rights is hard to miss. We’ve come a long way since 2010, when the voluntary United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) ended yea...

13 Feb 2019

The rising tide of regulations on business and human rights: Could Asia be next?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

How to build a climate resilient Asia beyond COP23

Representatives from governments, cities, the business community and civil society convened in Bonn, Germany earlier this month for the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (often referred to...

28 Nov 2017

How to build a climate resilient Asia beyond COP23

News / Waste

Are bioplastics better for the environment than conventional plastics?

Have you ever stood in front of a supermarket shelf and wondered if you should buy that product made from bioplastics rather than the conventional kind? Many people assume all bioplastics are made fro...

17 Jul 2019

Are bioplastics better for the environment than conventional plastics?

News / Energy

Record 'green' energy capacity added in 2016 as cost for renewables plunges

...renewables. [The] withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement is unfortunate. But the renewables train has already left the station and those who ignore renewables' central role in climat...

8 Jun 2017

Record 'green' energy capacity added in 2016 as cost for renewables plunges

Rabobank Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore

News / Policy & Finance

Rabobank sustainability chief: We need to weed out green bonds greenwash

...renewables. Others are not. In the short term, coal may be very profitable. But we do not think that coal is a winning game in the long run. This may be a cliché, but we want to be part of the solutio...

23 Apr 2019

Rabobank sustainability chief: We need to weed out green bonds greenwash

News / Carbon & Climate

The financial case against coal power in Indonesia

...Renewables are forcing utility policy makers and regulators around the world to rethink the way the electricity sector is structured. Yulanda Chung, author, Institute for Energy Economics and Financia...

7 Sep 2017

The financial case against coal power in Indonesia

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Green finance? Why global banks are pledging billions to fight climate change

...renewables and more carbon-intensive sectors. Simon Wilde, Research Fellow, Imperial College Business School, and Doctoral Researcher, University of Bath. This article was originally published on The ...

13 Nov 2017

Green finance? Why global banks are pledging billions to fight climate change

solar panels for kirribilli house australia

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate inaction has cost Australia 'thousands of jobs and billions of dollars'

...renewables last year alone, roughly double the money channelled into fossil fuels—Australia has paid a heavy price for its reluctance to encourage clean energy development and low-carbon growth, Hewso...

15 Sep 2017

Climate inaction has cost Australia 'thousands of jobs and billions of dollars'

News / Cities

Can Qatar's low-carbon city show a greener Middle East future?

During Doha's sweltering summers, when temperatures can hit 45 degrees Celsius and steamy humidity makes the air feel even hotter, museum manager Fahad Al-Turky tends to drive a lot and stay mainly in...

4 Mar 2019

Can Qatar's low-carbon city show a greener Middle East future?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Putting a price on rainforests

In early October, shortly after Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter that his company could, given the opportunity, rebuild the island’s electrical grid ...

10 Nov 2017

Putting a price on rainforests

Subrata Barman (far left) of International Finance Corporation fields a heated question from the audience about the criteria for awarding loans at Unlocking Solar Capital Asia. Image: Eco-Business

News / Policy & Finance

Frustration at 'opaque' development banks boils over at solar energy event

The struggles that renewable energy entrepreneurs face working with development banks became apparent at a conference in Singapore last week, when Pakistan solar company boss Shazia Khan criticised a ...

9 Oct 2017

Frustration at 'opaque' development banks boils over at solar energy event

News / Energy

Powering ahead to solve Southeast Asia’s energy challenges

...renewables in the region’s energy mix. Thailand saw its energy production decrease in 2015, forcing the country to increase energy imports to meet domestic demand. Cambodia’s electricity prices are am...

18 Jul 2017

Powering ahead to solve Southeast Asia’s energy challenges

News / Policy & Finance

Climate investment incubator branches out into cloud forests, cattle ranches

Latin American cloud forests, energy-saving street lights in Rio de Janeiro and sustainable cattle ranching in the Amazon will get a boost from new financial instruments to channel capital for tacklin...

22 Sep 2017

Climate investment incubator branches out into cloud forests, cattle ranches

News / Energy

Crowdfunded solar panels aim to supercharge business in Africa

Like many small-scale farmers in densely populated Kisii County in western Kenya, James and Janet Torori long depended on bananas, maize and a single dairy cow for food and income. "Like everyone else...

16 Oct 2018

Crowdfunded solar panels aim to supercharge business in Africa

News / Energy

Germany's transition from coal to renewable energy offers lessons for the rest of the world

...renewables by 2050. That program has transformed Germany into a global poster child for green energy. But what does the transition mean for residents of Essen and the rest of the Ruhr region — the fo...

2 Aug 2017

Germany's transition from coal to renewable energy offers lessons for the rest of the world

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