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Is nuclear needed to decarbonise Indonesia?

...t development is to fulfill the interests of certain groups, particularly industry, rather than serving the public good,” says Adam. “If the government truly wants to provide equal access to electrici...

1 Sep 2024

Is nuclear needed to decarbonise Indonesia?

News / Energy

For mineral-rich Philippines, green metals rush is a balancing act

...t had split the community between those opposed to the mine and those who saw it as a welcome economic boost. Despite the perceived economic benefits, "most of the taxes from mining goes to the nation...

28 Mar 2024

For mineral-rich Philippines, green metals rush is a balancing act

News / Carbon & Climate

From gold to green: Can the Paris 2024 Olympics slash emissions?

...tated between a few host cities. Environmentalists have also called for the creation of an independent body to monitor sustainability standards and have suggested that sports federations that are not...

23 Apr 2024

From gold to green: Can the Paris 2024 Olympics slash emissions?

Sustainability professional should not be prescriptive with their solutions, says Aun Abdullah of real estate company Lodha.

Podcasts / Green Buildings

Inaction is not an option for companies in climate-vulnerable nations like India: Lodha ESG chief Aun Abdullah

...ty and digital integration as part of the job. It is not an add-on. It is just a characteristic that needs to be integrated within whatever they are doing. What other risks is India's real estate sect...

30 May 2025

Inaction is not an option for companies in climate-vulnerable nations like India: Lodha ESG chief Aun Abdullah

Podcasts / Policy & Finance

Is Asia slower to tackle greenwashing because it is conflict avoidant?

...that either the company did not think that it had what it takes to properly innovate, or they're just late to the game and did not think that it can catch up. As it turns out, it was the latter. So th...

17 May 2023

Is Asia slower to tackle greenwashing because it is conflict avoidant?

A steel manufacturing plants in Indonesia

News / Policy & Finance

Is transition finance the key to Asia's energy transition?

...tability. "We do not expect this category to exist forever as we do not want to incentivise the status quo. Our framework is expected to become stricter over time with the expectations that companies ...

29 Oct 2024

Is transition finance the key to Asia's energy transition?

News / Energy

‘The technologies are there’: How oil and gas companies must go beyond pledges to abate methane and cut emissions

...try proving that they are a constructive partner in the energy transition. “While it sounds like it's an impossible task, the fact is that the technologies are there. It is just about applying them no...

28 Feb 2024

‘The technologies are there’: How oil and gas companies must go beyond pledges to abate methane and cut emissions

News / Policy & Finance

Don't forget women in new UN climate fund, policymakers urged

...that adds to her domestic workload. "I have to try my best to get food for the family as we float on water, and attend to my children who get sick during these disasters," the 32-year-old told Context...

9 Apr 2024

Don't forget women in new UN climate fund, policymakers urged

News / Policy & Finance

Odd jobs, digital cards help Rohingya refugees navigate aid cut

...tion about the Rohingya people's future - while the world's attention keeps shifting to other contexts like Ukraine and Palestine," he said. "Ultimately there needs to be a long-term solution that e...

24 Jun 2024

Odd jobs, digital cards help Rohingya refugees navigate aid cut

News / Water

Filipino conservationists fear new law rubs salt in mangrove wound

...t to their natural state as mangrove forests, allowing them to form a natural barrier against erosion, floods and storm surges. But they fear a new law to boost the struggling salt industry - the Phil...

3 Apr 2024

Filipino conservationists fear new law rubs salt in mangrove wound

News / Policy & Finance

Early 'loss and damage' funding puts communities in driver's seat

...t in destination communities. Christopher Bartlett, climate diplomacy manager for the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, said that at the international level it is essential that new, predictable and t...

27 Nov 2023

Early 'loss and damage' funding puts communities in driver's seat

Opinion / Transport

Rising costs can encourage a better kind of tourism

...tage to the world. Gui Lohmann is a Professor in Air Transport and Tourism Management at Griffith University and the leader of the research cluster “The Future of Aviation” at the Griffith Institute f...

30 Apr 2024

Rising costs can encourage a better kind of tourism

News / Policy & Finance

Rohingya refugees face soaring hunger and crime after aid cuts

...t. But last month his shopping list was reduced to three items - rice, oil and salt. He could not even stretch to a little turmeric to add flavour to the family's monotonous diet. The WFP said the lat...

23 Jun 2023

Rohingya refugees face soaring hunger and crime after aid cuts

Mountain top wind turbines on China's Jintang Island in Zhejiang Province

News / Energy

China’s clean energy outpaced electricity demand growth in May, forcing coal power share to new lows

...to grid constraints – a view that Myllyvirta's analysis has debunked. "First of all, the reports confused utilisation rates and curtailment rates [the extent to which electricity output is deliberatel...

13 Jul 2024

China’s clean energy outpaced electricity demand growth in May, forcing coal power share to new lows

News / Cities

Overworked and underpaid, Nepal's nurses quit jobs to head abroad

...ttracted by better salaries to take up health and care jobs in countries such as Britain, Australia, Canada and the United States. In Nepal, more than one-third of the 115,900 nurses registered with t...

1 Mar 2024

Overworked and underpaid, Nepal's nurses quit jobs to head abroad

News / Carbon & Climate

Health impact of air pollution missing from two-thirds of national climate plans

...t, Mali, Togo and Ghana among the leading countries that have included air quality concerns in their climate action plans submitted to the United Nations, known as nationally determined contributions ...

19 Oct 2023

Health impact of air pollution missing from two-thirds of national climate plans

News / Policy & Finance

As India votes, young workers hope for jobs and better pay

...t's top policy think-tank. At work on the streets of Delhi, Shikher said he hoped the next government would ramp up worker protections in the sector - from prohibiting involuntary targets that hit ri...

26 Apr 2024

As India votes, young workers hope for jobs and better pay

News / Food & Agriculture

India's farmers wrestle with shift to eco-friendly agriculture

...ts and protecting them from climate extremes. Shiraz Wajih, president of the nonprofit Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group, urged farmers and agricultural scientists to work together to create soluti...

22 Nov 2023

India's farmers wrestle with shift to eco-friendly agriculture

Lunch break at a sustainability event at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.

News / Transport

The climate cost of post-Covid revenge event-going

...Travelling light So, how to reduce the travel impact of event-goers? The climate cost of transport does not just come from international jet-setting – although that is the biggest part, particularly l...

27 Mar 2023

The climate cost of post-Covid revenge event-going

Podcasts / Green Buildings

'Sustainability must be accessible': Arthaland's CSO on making sustainable real estate in the Philippines a norm

...ts. That is the most challenging aspect of sustainable building projects – getting others to accept that sustainability will benefit them in the long run. When people start thinking about how sustaina...

20 Nov 2023

'Sustainability must be accessible': Arthaland's CSO on making sustainable real estate in the Philippines a norm

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