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Greening wood energy is key to mitigate climate change and improve rural livelihoods

...renewable energy technologies, particularly for forest biomass in order to ensure that developing countries are making use of these technologies and keep pace with growing energy demands in a sustaina...

22 Mar 2017

Greening wood energy is key to mitigate climate change and improve rural livelihoods

News / Carbon & Climate

Philippine palm oil plan ‘equals corruption and land-grabbing,’ according to critics

If the street Pedro Arnado was looking down was on the Philippine government’s roadmap for future palm oil development, critics say it would be one highly dangerous to navigate, lined with the haz...

6 Sep 2017

Philippine palm oil plan ‘equals corruption and land-grabbing,’ according to critics

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Why business is greener than Trump

...renewable-energy user, deriving about 25 per cent of its global energy consumption from renewable sources. (The company’s goal, set by Scott, is to rely entirely on renewables.) By increasing the effi...

3 Apr 2017

Why business is greener than Trump

News / Energy

Chinese involvement in Brazilian coal power sector causes concern

While China moves forward with its national policy to reduce coal consumption and increase generation of electricity from renewable sources, Chinese banks and contractors specialising in coal-fired po...

12 Jul 2017

Chinese involvement in Brazilian coal power sector causes concern

News / Carbon & Climate

Indonesia’s last stand for a coal industry in peril

...renewables, combined with the environmental stigma around coal, have encouraged even rapidly developing Asian countries to cut back on coal use for power generation. These trends have called into ques...

15 Feb 2017

Indonesia’s last stand for a coal industry in peril

News / Energy

Exxon predicts 25 per cent rise in energy demand

...renewable energy sources, it says, will meet almost as much demand as natural gas, “approaching” 25 per cent of the total. It is striking that Exxon distinguishes between nuclear and renewable energy ...

6 Jan 2017

Exxon predicts 25 per cent rise in energy demand

Dave Chen, chairman and founder of Equilibrium Capital, talks at Ecosperity. "Sustainability is oftentimes about the little things," says Chen. Image: Temasek

News / Policy & Finance

Green finance: The hunt for pennies on the pavement

...renewable energy to 25 per cent of the energy mix in 15 years. The progress has been so rapid, that the state is now aiming for 100 per cent renewable energy by 2040. “The capital markets are swift. T...

27 Jun 2017

Green finance: The hunt for pennies on the pavement

Spectators on the floating platform at Marina Bay are cooled by 'recycled' cold air from a district cooling system. Image: SP Group

News / Carbon & Climate

3 firms winning in Singapore's sustainable business space

...Renewables account for just a fraction of the world's 26th biggest carbon emitter per capita. But that is changing, and a Norwegian firm named REC Solar is primed to take advantage of the trend toward...

8 Aug 2017

3 firms winning in Singapore's sustainable business space

Solar panel in a once-isolated region in Southwest China

Opinion / Energy

3 lessons from China's effort to bring electricity to 1.4 billion people

...renewable energy fund. It collects 1.5 cents RMB (yuan) per kilowatt hour, rising to 1.9 cents RMB per kWh in 2016 to close the funding gap created by soaring renewable generation. In areas that were ...

25 Jul 2017

3 lessons from China's effort to bring electricity to 1.4 billion people

News / Food & Agriculture

Palm oil must not get wider access to EU under Indonesia trade talks, say activists

...renewable energy policy, has sparked outrage from officials in Indonesia and Malaysia, which together produce nearly 90 per cent of the world’s palm oil. “Indonesia regrets the European Parliament’s d...

23 Feb 2018

Palm oil must not get wider access to EU under Indonesia trade talks, say activists

News / Energy

Hydrogen fuel reaches lift-off

...renewable energy that can then be used as fuel for vehicles is good economic sense, according to the Norwegian research group SINTEF. Fuel cells are much lighter than batteries and with hydrogen fuel...

3 Jul 2017

Hydrogen fuel reaches lift-off

News / Waste

Evian joins big brands in race to bin plastics

...renewable, recycled or certified sources by 2025, with a preference for products from responsibly managed forests. The company will also make recycling available in all restaurants by 2025, up from ab...

22 Jan 2018

Evian joins big brands in race to bin plastics

Woman reaching for seedling on tree planting day in Australia

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Who do you trust when you can't rely on anybody?

...renewable energy target programme, and now to an emissions energy target system. Three words alone (Paris Climate Accord) showcase our global indecisiveness, as we look back over 2017 and turn to face...

21 Sep 2017

Who do you trust when you can't rely on anybody?

News / Carbon & Climate

Cutting the carb: Singapore announces carbon tax for 2019

...renewable and non-renewable energy resources. This makes renewable energy more appealing. “But in Singapore's case, as we are a renewable energy deficient country, our solution is to become more energ...

22 Feb 2017

Cutting the carb: Singapore announces carbon tax for 2019

News / Carbon & Climate

Biofuels could cut transport emissions – but food may be at risk

...Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). With "the right selection of the right raw material" about 12 per cent of transport fuel could come from renewable sources by 2030, said Francisco Boshell, a technolog...

3 Mar 2017

Biofuels could cut transport emissions – but food may be at risk

German lady and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Opinion / Policy & Finance

SDGs versus Trump: Who will triumph?

Back in 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were launched –17 goals and 169 targets paving the way to a more equitable, healthy and prosperous world for all by 2030. Fast forward two years ...

19 Dec 2017

SDGs versus Trump: Who will triumph?

Mountain of e-waste somewhere in the world

News / Waste

Singtel and SingPost join Singapore’s fight against e-waste

In celebration of World Environment Day, Singaporean telecommunications giant Singtel and postal services firm Singpost on Monday launched a nationwide electronic waste recycling programme that aims t...

8 Jun 2017

Singtel and SingPost join Singapore’s fight against e-waste

News / Cities

Smarter together: The France-Singapore cleantech connection

...Renewable Energy Integration Demonstrator Singapore (REIDS) project, said Dhellemmes. One of 10 agreements signed during the Singapore-France Innovation Forum, the project is a collaboration between S...

15 May 2017

Smarter together: The France-Singapore cleantech connection

Press Releases / Singapore Telecommunications Limited

Singtel Group first in Asia ex-Japan to have carbon reduction targets approved by Science Based Targets initiative

...renewable energy, we will work hard towards our targets,” he added. Mr Alexander Liedke, Manager of Sustainable Business & Markets at WWF and member of the Science Based Targets initiative ...

14 Nov 2017

Singtel Group first in Asia ex-Japan to have carbon reduction targets approved by Science Based Targets initiative

News / Carbon & Climate

How the poorest of the poor champion sustainability

...renewable energy and generating revenues for the national economy, can infringe upon the rights of indigenous peoples, disrupting the ecological balance in their communities and affecting their way of...

16 Apr 2018

How the poorest of the poor champion sustainability

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