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...carbon majors,” Ariola said. She had been part of protests against fossil fuel financing in the past week. Starkly missing at COP27, however, are the mass street protests common in the climate summits...

14 Nov 2022

...carbon tax, a very high carbon tax at source. Then you divide the returns by 8 billion people, and you hand it back to the to the ordinary people. Liang [17:20] Got you, prof. The next question is abo...

30 Aug 2022

...carbon trading. The amount Southeast Asia needs to invest to reap the full benefits of protecting nature was calculated off a 2020 science report looking into global conservation funding. Money should...

20 Jun 2022

...carbon taxes, as newer technologies mature. Blue hydrogen: the debate surrounding carbon capture Blue hydrogen uses the same chemical processes as grey hydrogen. However, with carbon capture, the carb...

3 Feb 2022

TRIREC's first close of Venture I decarbonisation fund raises US$66 million to fight climate change globally

TRIREC, a Singapore-based investment holding company, today announced the first close of US$66mn in subscriptions to its decarbonisation fund, TRIREC Venture I. With the fund’s first clos...

4 Oct 2022

...Carbon Pricing tool, firms can determine how they may be affected by existing carbon pricing schemes in over 45 jurisdictions, and potential future ones, so that they can navigate carbon pricing risks...

6 Jan 2022

On 16 July, climate activists defaced a US$300 million superyacht owned by billionaire Walmart heiress Nancy Walton Laurie on the Spanish island of Ibiza by dousing it with paint. The stunt was the la...

27 Jul 2023

Mosquito-borne dengue fever is taking a heavy toll on South Asian nations this year as Bangladesh grapples with record deaths and Nepal faces cases in new areas, with disease experts linking worsenin...

15 Sep 2023

...carbon-rich forests and people who depend on them have come under growing pressure in Indonesia in recent years – particularly groups with foreign backing. In 2019, conservation group WWF had its fore...

1 Sep 2022

...carbonisation goals. He named taxes on single-use plastic as one of his priority measures, although environmentalists say regulation that would phase out and ban single-use plastics is what is needed....

26 Jul 2023

...carbon footprint", said Ram Madhab Bhattacharjee, professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) in Dhanbad. "Now that we are talking environmental conservation, it is vital ...

27 Jul 2022

The lending policies of Asia's major banks are "falling short" of national plans to reduce carbon emissions and meet global pledges to tackle climate change, according to a study by a Singapore-based ...

30 Mar 2022

Skyrocketing energy demand and fossil fuel use in South Asia over the past two decades have contributed to rising particulate emissions in the region. Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan – where 22...

13 Sep 2023

...carbon reduction and removal projects. He takes on the position of global head of project development and co-portfolio manager. EEAM is a US-based asset manager that launched in May 2021 with a focus ...

3 Jan 2022

Eco-Business, Asia Pacific’s largest media and intelligence organisation dedicated to sustainable development and environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, will be moving its offices to ...

1 Apr 2023

...carbon offsets? Carbon offset credits represent an investment in a project that avoids, reduces, or removes carbon. Offsets have become increasingly popular as companies adopt new Environmental, Socia...

13 Dec 2021

Leaders of the G20 group of rich nations face pressure in New Delhi to adopt a unified approach to cutting climate-heating emissions by moving from fossil fuels to clean energy - but geopolitical rows...

12 Sep 2023

India’s G20 presidency: an opportunity to steer world toward inclusive, sustainable growth

...carbon-intensive energy to renewable energy would not only help combat climate change, but also help bolster energy security, raise economic productivity and create jobs, improve environmental outcome...

27 Jun 2023

...carbon-intensive sector, accounting for 2-3 per cent of global emissions, and is notoriously difficult to decarbonise. Alternatives to the highly-polluting bunker fuel are not currently available at t...

17 Jan 2022

On 6 March 2019, Negros Occidental governor Alfredo Marañon Junior walked out of the Bacolod city capitol building, with a signed Executive Order in his hand, and declared to a crowd of 2,000 people g...

27 Feb 2024

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