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Xinying Tok - Carbon Trust, Climate Conversations

...Carbon Trust was set up in 2001 by the United Kingdom government and has been running independently since 2010. It started working with Southeast Asia clients in 2015, and supports the region's Low Ca...

4 Jan 2022

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Despite being among the country’s most productive sectors – the Philippines is Southeast Asia's fourth most productive fishery – the nation's small-scale fisherfolk are rarely afforded a platform when...

18 Oct 2023

Media headlines may be saying the world could be set to face a 'super El Niño' this year, but in reality the likelihood of that is low. After a triple-dip La Niña, last week the World Meteorological O...

13 Jul 2023

...carbon pool. By modifying the composition of their internal microbial communities, they indirectly improve the chemical properties of soil. They transform soil structure, creating an environment condu...

18 Oct 2023

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International scientific studies have increasingly confirmed that heat is not just bad for the planet, but also for the human body. Climate health-related research, however, has mostly been carried o...

10 Jan 2024

"Although indigenous people represent about 5 per cent of the world’s population, we protect 80 per cent of all biodiversity. That should be enough of a statistic to underscore the influence we have,”...

7 Aug 2023

By 2050, around 145 million people in the Global South could be forced to relocate within their own countries due to the gradual impacts of worsening droughts brought on by climate change. The 2018 Wo...

16 Jun 2023

A trial for a reverse vending machine in Singapore

A speech at Singapore’s climate rally last month delivered by an activist has re-ignited speculation that there is a reason why a “polluter-pays” scheme that would make manufacturers responsible for t...

17 Oct 2023

...carbonisation drive. The emerging markets-focused company declared in October that it would be a net-zero emissions bank by 2050. Drew will report to the chief executive of StanChart's corporate, comm...

31 Jan 2022

BayWa r.e. Solar Trade partners with New Energy Academy to accelerate the Philippine solar industry

...carbon neutral, we are also committed to our own sustainability journey. Every day, we are working hard to actively shape the future of energy in a diverse, equitable and inclusive...

19 Apr 2023

Governments are increasingly focusing on health risks fuelled by global warming, with most nations now considering concerns from malaria to heart disease in their climate plans, according to data sha...

18 May 2023

...carbon than all other types of vegetation in the world combined. This is emitted when they are drained or degraded. Surveys by the Pakistan Wetlands Programme (PWP) between 2008 and 2012 found that th...

20 May 2022

...carbon than other forest types. But Asia’s mangroves are under threat. In Southeast Asia, over 100,000 hectares of mangroves were destroyed between 2000 and 2012, due to conversion for aquaculture, ag...

27 Oct 2022

With the world on track to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming in the next decade, we can expect climate hazards to intensify, driving millions more into famine, causing trillions of dollars in dama...

14 Jun 2023

...carbon in the seawater, but also provide habitats for many marine organisms. Some species of sponge can even break down and recycle the calcium carbonate from dead corals and molluscs. Given the impo...

25 May 2022

...carbon footprint of urban environments? When it comes to built assets, we are looking at how we can minimise carbon emissions across the whole lifecycle, which requires addressing both embodied carbon...

16 Dec 2021

...carbon futures, as it is less polluting than fossil-based diesel. The refinery is currently in the study phase, and is still without an environmental licence or deadline to start construction. But wit...

24 May 2022

...carbonisation – America has shored up its credibility just in time for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt. America is now well positioned to achieve its goal of halving its ...

16 Sep 2022

Oh Chu Xian's decision to launch a startup that utilises waste plastic to pave roads was born out of sheer frustration when she saw how Singapore handled its rubbish. After realising that the refuse ...

13 Feb 2024

Dozens of families used to live in this once-vibrant village in eastern Nepal, but Sarita Rai can now count the number of households that remain on one hand. The exodus has been driven by a lack of w...

12 Jun 2023

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