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Alsons Power Group's second 105-MW coal plant in central Mindanao

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Philippines to convert coal power stations into renewable energy plants in Mindanao

...the study is still in the proposal stage by the ADB, details will not become concrete until the third quarter of this year. The project will lead to the development of a Coal Replacement fund, which,...

11 Jun 2021

Philippines to convert coal power stations into renewable energy plants in Mindanao

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Value-based intermediation: Remaking Islamic finance to parallel sustainable finance

...the face of economic challenges. They have also been able to expand more meaningfully over the years to add to their various impacts. Despite the strong business case for values-based banking, the mo...

17 Nov 2020

Value-based intermediation: Remaking Islamic finance to parallel sustainable finance

News / Energy

Planned dam in Philippine national park draws flak from activists, officials

...the SPDC had not approached him to discuss the details of the project since he assumed his post in July 2018. “What I know is the project was endorsed by the previous administration. When I checked th...

12 Aug 2021

Planned dam in Philippine national park draws flak from activists, officials

trash collected during the East Coast beach clean up

Opinion / Waste

Five facts about unsustainable waste management in Singapore

...the city-state’s sole landfill—which is projected to run out of space by 2035, or even earlier given the spike in waste generation amid the Covid-19 pandemic. This further increases the urgency to im...

11 Jan 2021

Five facts about unsustainable waste management in Singapore

News / Carbon & Climate

Are carbon markets killing conservation?

...The flow of money into carbon started in the mid-2000s, around the time the film An Inconvenient Truth woke up the world to the impending doom of climate change, says Liming Qiao, Asia head of industr...

23 Mar 2022

Are carbon markets killing conservation?

News / Corporate Responsibility

Who is the man Jeff Bezos chose to spend $10 billion as head of his Earth Fund?

...the right partnerships. This is where the Earth Fund will be helpful," he said in a statement. In a Twitter thread, he said Bezos' goal was to spend the money in the fund between now and 2030, when th...

11 Mar 2021

Who is the man Jeff Bezos chose to spend $10 billion as head of his Earth Fund?

News / Food & Agriculture

Has the spring sprung for China’s crop biodiversity?

...the approvals process and sell the results, sharing in the profits with their partner in the project — Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Farmers could also sell the seeds and use them for furt...

18 Oct 2021

Has the spring sprung for China’s crop biodiversity?

Bangui Wind Farm in Bangui, Ilocos Norte, Philippines

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Putting public finance on the right side of history

...their targets. The United Kingdom and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have both committed to making international support for the clean-energy transition a high priority. In 2019, the EIB became th...

6 Oct 2021

Putting public finance on the right side of history

News / Food & Agriculture

Singapore eateries that use sustainable palm oil asked to carry 'haze-free' signage

...ther agriculture-related issues, and "not just react when there's an emergency — a haze event". The Malaysia-based executive noted that PM.Haze is the only Singaporean organisation that is consistantl...

4 Nov 2020

Singapore eateries that use sustainable palm oil asked to carry 'haze-free' signage

News / Carbon & Climate

Zoning of rare Malaysian peat forest for property development sparks outcry

...the Kuala Langat north forest reserve (KLNFR) since at least the 1800s, using it to sustain themselves, their customs and culture. The forest has also provided a lifeline for the Temuans during the Co...

7 Sep 2021

Zoning of rare Malaysian peat forest for property development sparks outcry

Podcasts / Food & Agriculture

Food crisis: how to build resilient supply chains in Asia

...them? Because at the end of the day, they're also competing with other customers, for example, in the cold chain. So our products are integral to the success of our customers within the refrigeration ...

16 Aug 2022

Food crisis: how to build resilient supply chains in Asia

News / Energy

How stored electricity can make cleaner fuels

...these technologies take advantage of buying power at rock-bottom prices, and make their profits by storing it – until they can sell it back at much higher prices when the peak arrives. The newer techn...

23 Jul 2020

How stored electricity can make cleaner fuels

News / Energy

Food, waste, power: Ingenuity helps the climate

...the third calls on help from the microbial world. None of them is yet near commercial exploitation. But all of them are yet further examples of the astonishing ingenuity and resource at work in the wo...

8 Oct 2020

Food, waste, power: Ingenuity helps the climate

Asia’s cities are worst hit in warming world

News / Cities

Asia's cities are worst hit in a warming world

...the rest of the planet getting off more lightly. The study, by the analysis and forecasting group Verisk Maplecroft, looks primarily at the risks posed to businesses operating and investing in various...

20 May 2021

Asia's cities are worst hit in a warming world

News / Carbon & Climate

How vulnerable are Asian firms to extreme weather?

...the stewards of capital to these companies are increasingly concerned about the physical risk implications.” The recent COP26 climate conference reiterated the urgency for change as nations pledge the...

24 Nov 2021

How vulnerable are Asian firms to extreme weather?

News / Policy & Finance

Explainer: How China could offer ‘debt swaps’ to help developing nations tackle climate change

...the environment. The long-standing challenge, however, is how to identify which countries are eligible for the debt-to-nature swaps." Mapping the potential The second study, “China can help solve the...

4 Feb 2021

Explainer: How China could offer ‘debt swaps’ to help developing nations tackle climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

The COP26 climate talks saw progress on nature

...the UN COP26 climate talks in Glasgow. It was the focus of the first major announcement at the world leaders’ summit which opened the talks, when more than 130 countries committed to “halt and reverse...

11 Jan 2022

The COP26 climate talks saw progress on nature

Ivory by any other name: Illegal trade thrives on eBay, study finds

News / Policy & Finance

Ivory by any other name: New study finds that eBay is driving illegal trade

...the past couple of years, and … a lot of the action that these companies take is more reactive rather than proactive. So they do tend to take down postings once they’ve been flagged out, rather than p...

26 Jan 2021

Ivory by any other name: New study finds that eBay is driving illegal trade

worker sprays water over piles of coal as a bulldozer shifts coal at Mundra Port Coal Terminal

News / Carbon & Climate

India's engineering colleges equip students for future beyond coal

...The rest wish to join data analytics, management or information technology. But for those from the hinterland, Coal India will continue to be the employer of choice, for they have seen their fathers o...

28 Oct 2021

India's engineering colleges equip students for future beyond coal

News / Energy

Conversion of biowaste into biogas could power cleaner, sustainable Earth future

...the same technology, but we have 11 sizes,” Cruz said. “It depends on the energy demand the farmer has, the quantity of waste [they produce] and how to make this balance.” The biogas sector is improvi...

2 Jul 2021

Conversion of biowaste into biogas could power cleaner, sustainable Earth future

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