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Drilling for oil. Over two-thirds of public finance for new fossil fuels production is to come from China, Japan, Canada, and South Korea. This included US$12 billion per year for the exploration and extraction of new fossil fuel reserves. Image: Flickr/Sasin Tipchai

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Moving beyond net zero: How Asia can exhibit climate leadership

...them in Asia. These countries, including Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Philippines, have done little to cause the climate crisis — but will suffer the most. There is simply no proof that these technol...

14 Jan 2021

Moving beyond net zero: How Asia can exhibit climate leadership

News / Carbon & Climate

State of the climate: 2022 on track for a summer of extreme heat

...the climate report. The most recent report from the IPCC’s sixth assessment report (AR6) has changed the way that the ensemble of models is used. Rather than simply taking the average of all the model...

2 Aug 2022

State of the climate: 2022 on track for a summer of extreme heat

News / Policy & Finance

Asia's aspiring 'green-collar' workers hope for jobs in Covid recovery

...the world pledging to a so-called green recovery, with stimulus measures aimed at revitalising their coronavirus-hit economies and fighting climate change at the same time. Before the pandemic, the Un...

29 Oct 2020

Asia's aspiring 'green-collar' workers hope for jobs in Covid recovery

News / Carbon & Climate

Explainer: Will global warming ‘stop’ as soon as net-zero emissions are reached?

...the future. These “constant concentration” scenarios showed that there was additional warming “in the pipeline” as the oceans slowly warmed up to reach the same temperature as the atmosphere and broug...

4 May 2021

Explainer: Will global warming ‘stop’ as soon as net-zero emissions are reached?

Solar power station and wind farm in Poyang Lake Jiangxi Province, China

News / Energy

‘Without a carbon cap, you can’t provide strong support for a carbon peak’

...their provinces by the central government, to serve the needs of the whole country, then the energy use of those “national-interest” projects should not occupy their provincial quotas. The big energy ...

18 Mar 2021

‘Without a carbon cap, you can’t provide strong support for a carbon peak’

News / Policy & Finance

Advocates raise fears over proposal to reopen DRC forests to loggers

...the government, and the meeting was held by the president,” said Irène Wabiwa Betoko, Congo Basin forest campaign leader with Greenpeace Africa. The proposal comes on the heels of the US-hosted Leader...

17 Aug 2021

Advocates raise fears over proposal to reopen DRC forests to loggers

News / Policy & Finance

Dirty money: What is the environmental cost of bitcoin?

...the time. Bitcoin enthusiasts, for their part, believe a decentralised digital currency is worth the energy cost — which they say is relatively low, compared to other key sectors of the economy. What ...

18 Jun 2021

Dirty money: What is the environmental cost of bitcoin?

News / Waste

Australian recycler turns old tyres into oil, hydrogen

...the firm has ventured further into developing their products by turning the carbon raw material into hydrogen. Through their recycling process, “one hundred per cent of the tyre is converted into eith...

18 Sep 2020

Australian recycler turns old tyres into oil, hydrogen

News / Policy & Finance

Women can add US$280 billion to e-commerce in Southeast Asia

...the barriers to entry traditionally faced by women and given them the opportunity to compete in new sectors. Women now comprise half of all active e-commerce vendors in Southeast Asia, but they are l...

1 Jun 2021

Women can add US$280 billion to e-commerce in Southeast Asia

Press Releases / Eco-Business

What are the pathways to achieving net zero cities in Asia?

...the key role of cities. “I want to highlight the role that cities and states play in demonstrating the huge momentum behind achieving the Paris goals. The task is not just for national governmen...

4 Nov 2021

What are the pathways to achieving net zero cities in Asia?

News / Corporate Responsibility

What do youths really want in their fight for climate action?

...the environment in Singapore, said that in the heartlands, the residential parts of Singapore on the outskirts of the city, she didn’t think youths were concerned with eco-anxiety. "In the heartlands,...

25 Nov 2020

What do youths really want in their fight for climate action?

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Singapore

News / Policy & Finance

India pushes back against strengthening climate pledge

...the US presidency. Altogether, it has led to shriller demands from rich countries that India – the world’s fourth-highest GHG polluter after China, the US and the EU – should announce the strengthenin...

15 Dec 2020

India pushes back against strengthening climate pledge

Press Releases / Ricoh Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

Ricoh launches 15th Eco Action Day, answering United Nations’ call for green recovery

...themed around caring for the planet. WED has grown to become one of the main vehicles through which the UN encourages positive action for the environment. Through WED, the UN Environment Programme en...

9 Apr 2021

Ricoh launches 15th Eco Action Day, answering United Nations’ call for green recovery

News / Carbon & Climate

China doubles the number of its protected animals

...the ecosystem. According to the writer Li You, wolves’ adaptability helped them to spread through China. But the sheer size of their range and their tendency to prey on livestock brought them into con...

4 Mar 2021

China doubles the number of its protected animals

News / Cities

Anti-environmental values revealed in Singapore’s history textbooks

...the two most important values that drive individuals to protect the environment, and the ideal textbook should include these narratives,” said Neo. The moralistic value posits that there is an ethical...

10 Sep 2021

Anti-environmental values revealed in Singapore’s history textbooks

News / Waste

Fashion and textile firms still blind to water pollution risks, says new report

...the risk is present throughout the value chain—from the production of cotton and the use of harmful detergents to wash clothes, to when garments are disposed of. Therefore, the seven companies demonst...

14 Sep 2020

Fashion and textile firms still blind to water pollution risks, says new report

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

Asking journalists to see the story before it's published is not fair process

...ther because they want coverage, they want to impart important knowledge, or they want to vent), the journalist crafts the story and publishes the information. The content of any story written by jou...

21 Jan 2021

Asking journalists to see the story before it's published is not fair process

The Arctic sea as seen from Troms, a former county in Norway

News / Carbon & Climate

Arctic sea ice shrinks to second-lowest summer minimum on record

...the lowest on record for the time of year. The Northern Sea route – a shipping passage along Russia’s northern coastline – was “nearly open” at the time, the NSIDC says. The route being ice-free in th...

23 Sep 2020

Arctic sea ice shrinks to second-lowest summer minimum on record

News / Carbon & Climate

Which countries in Asia Pacific are doing most to protect the environment in 2021?

...the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement, when millions protested against the negative impacts of industrial development in the United States and around the world 51 years ago...

22 Apr 2021

Which countries in Asia Pacific are doing most to protect the environment in 2021?

News / Policy & Finance

SASB and IIRC merge to establish 'legitimacy' in sustainability reporting

...the IIRC announced their merger last November after committing in September to working with other ESG standard-setters like the Global Reporting Initiative, which is the most widely-used framework, th...

11 Jun 2021

SASB and IIRC merge to establish 'legitimacy' in sustainability reporting

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