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A ship graveyard near Moynaq city in western Uzbekistan

News / Water

World Bank experts on Central Asia’s looming water crisis

...the dried bed of the Aral Sea, falls on the surface of glaciers and decreases their reflectiveness, causing them to absorb more energy from the sun. This further accelerates the melting. The only way ...

16 Feb 2022

World Bank experts on Central Asia’s looming water crisis

News / Food & Agriculture

France eagerly awaits more detailed climate plan from China

...the decision of the US to leave the Paris Agreement – the name playing on Trump’s Make America Great Again motto. For China, it was no surprise either. “In the context of the deteriorating relationshi...

29 Jan 2021

France eagerly awaits more detailed climate plan from China

News / Energy

Fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty—a call to disarm

...the equation has proven quite difficult to overcome.” Muffett says the threat of nuclear war and the proliferation of landmines before the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty were both moments when the international...

22 Mar 2021

Fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty—a call to disarm

News / Transport

Shipping firms caught in fuel dilemma test the waters with 'green corridors'

...the world’s largest shipping companies who gathered at an ocean summit in France last week threw their weight behind the piloting of maritime green corridors. The relatively new concept, likened to t...

15 Feb 2022

Shipping firms caught in fuel dilemma test the waters with 'green corridors'

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The fight for women's rights beyond #MeToo

...the “Shefarers” in the Philippines, emerged long before the rise of #MeToo, or were overshadowed by it. A new publication by the Institute of Development Studies brings together reports on women’s rig...

19 Jan 2021

The fight for women's rights beyond #MeToo

News / Waste

Waste plastic deluge could soon prove irreversible

...there been any assessment of the potential for delayed toxic effects as the plastic polymers are altered by weathering. And if there are such effects, then they could persist, to trigger what the scie...

9 Jul 2021

Waste plastic deluge could soon prove irreversible

News / Carbon & Climate

From Ladakh to Everest, risk of floods from glacial lakes grows

...the ice. Anatomy of a GLOF in Ladakh The first of the two new studies assessed changes over time to the Gya glacier in Ladakh, in northwest India. In 2014, this was the site of a GLOF when the glacier...

9 Apr 2021

From Ladakh to Everest, risk of floods from glacial lakes grows

News / Policy & Finance

4 pressing environmental issues the next Philippine president should prioritise

...the Philippines are among the highest in Southeast Asia, thanks to the heavy reliance on imported fossil fuels which have risen in price. Although the country banned the construction of new coal-power...

21 Apr 2022

4 pressing environmental issues the next Philippine president should prioritise

Antarctica melts under its hottest days on record

News / Carbon & Climate

State of the climate: how the world warmed in 2021

...the annual average temperature for that year. The further that curve is to the right, the warmer it was. The width of each year’s curve reflects the uncertainty in the annual temperature values (cause...

18 Jan 2022

State of the climate: how the world warmed in 2021

apmdd protest rally in adb 31 august 2021

News / Policy & Finance

Civil society groups demand ADB rectify energy policy before crucial COP26 talks

...the ADB should review its energy draft policy in time for the climate conference. “The ADB must not miss the chance to make the right decisions when the finalised version is expected to be submitted ...

8 Sep 2021

Civil society groups demand ADB rectify energy policy before crucial COP26 talks

News / Policy & Finance

ESG investment funds rife with greenwashing: report

...There is very little consistency. When looking at the market as a whole, there is a lack of transparency towards investors as to how branding relates to the impact the fund is aiming to achieve," said...

8 Sep 2021

ESG investment funds rife with greenwashing: report

Press Releases / The Incubation Network

Ventures to receive growth support from The Incubation Network to tackle flexible plastic waste

...the sector evaluated the applications on geographical relevance and technical feasibility, scalability, social and environmental impact, as well as their team’s capabilities. The goal of the ch...

2 Jun 2021

Ventures to receive growth support from The Incubation Network to tackle flexible plastic waste

Singapore Sustainable Investing & Financing Conference, Ecosperity 2021

News / Policy & Finance

Sustainability-linked bonds, the next frontier in galvanising green finance

...theast Asia and the region’s largest such issuance to date. The bond was anchored by an investment of S$150 million from the IFC, the first investment of this kind from the corporation. "These are ...

6 Oct 2021

Sustainability-linked bonds, the next frontier in galvanising green finance

What are the sustainability risks ahead for business sectors in 2022?

News / Corporate Responsibility

From food to finance: expert views on sustainability risks and predictions for 2022

...the multinationals), there has not been much substance beneath the surface. The announcements were mostly thinly veiled attempts to greenwash their participation in greenwashing. The growing cohort of...

5 Jan 2022

From food to finance: expert views on sustainability risks and predictions for 2022

News / Carbon & Climate

How can finance help China’s heavy industries decarbonise?

...them the time needed to absorb the costs of the transition, and bring them more funding opportunities. Ma Jun also suggested that transition finance products could consider the idea of a “just transit...

18 Apr 2022

How can finance help China’s heavy industries decarbonise?

News / Carbon & Climate

As climate impacts surge, UN science report to examine 'black swan' events

...the University of East Anglia and an author of the upcoming assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report, compiled by the world's top scientists and signed off by gov...

21 Jul 2021

As climate impacts surge, UN science report to examine 'black swan' events

women social entrepreneurship Ted talk on plastic pollution2

News / Policy & Finance

Will Covid-19 inspire young women to become social entrepreneurs?

...they can to champion the causes they support, and they are willing to put in the hard work to achieve their goals. Today's technology and freedom enable us teenagers to go about there and learn first ...

17 Mar 2021

Will Covid-19 inspire young women to become social entrepreneurs?

News / Food & Agriculture

Back to the land: Thai forest draws young, green farmers

...ther than run to the city. "During the coronavirus, many young people who were in the city either lost their jobs or were afraid to stay on, and they moved back to the village and started farming," sa...

1 Nov 2021

Back to the land: Thai forest draws young, green farmers

Australian brands are doing what their government isn’t: addressing climate anxieties

News / Lifestyle

Australian consumers care more about environmental than social issues — and will pay more for green brands

...the news. Now, the issue of toxic chemicals remains under the top three issues they’re most concerned about, whereas the climate story hasn’t been a part of their lives for as long as it has for other...

16 Mar 2021

Australian consumers care more about environmental than social issues — and will pay more for green brands

News / Carbon & Climate

Singapore students rally against fossil fuel firms' interference in universities

...the report, and has proposed a meeting with the students to further discuss a way forward. The group has received no response from the other universities. Ang said that a goal of the campaign is to br...

17 Jan 2022

Singapore students rally against fossil fuel firms' interference in universities

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