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Combating climate change could boost G20 economies, OECD says

Tackling climate change could boost the world's 20 biggest economies by nearly 5 per cent in 2050, compared to a continuation of current policies, the Paris-based OECD said on Tuesday. Investing $6.9 ...

24 May 2017

Combating climate change could boost G20 economies, OECD says

News / Cities

Cities best armed to fight climate change: UN climate chief

Cities are places where action on climate change can have most impact because they are engines for innovation and also highly vulnerable to a warming planet, the head of the U.N. climate programme sai...

5 May 2017

Cities best armed to fight climate change: UN climate chief

Leadership plenary at the International Green Building Conference 2017 held in Singapore

News / Green Buildings

When sustainability saved the city

Making a city more sustainable is not just about protecting the environment. It's also about transforming the local economy so that it's more resilient, said city leaders yesterday at a conference on ...

13 Sep 2017

When sustainability saved the city

Opinion / Transport

Forging a path: Shipping must take decarbonisation into its own hands

The global shipping industry is the engine of global trade. With 90 per cent of goods travelling by sea, it remains the fundamental mode of transportation from a macroeconomic perspective. Shipping ac...

5 Dec 2017

Forging a path: Shipping must take decarbonisation into its own hands

Singapore Central Business District with joggers

News / Energy

Smart fabric creates renewable energy

And now, fashion’s latest take on the idea of smart clothes: a fabric that manages its own energy needs. Just the thing for that run in the sun, a T-shirt that harvests the energy from solar radiation...

15 Nov 2016

Smart fabric creates renewable energy

News / Energy

The new green grid: Utilities deploy ‘virtual power plants’

The tens of thousands of tonnes of natural gas that surged into the southern California sky late last year were supposed to have fueled the region’s power plants and heated its homes. Instead, the mas...

12 Aug 2016

The new green grid: Utilities deploy ‘virtual power plants’

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate summit opens in year of record disasters

The year 2017 is set to beat all records due to losses from natural disasters. US President Donald Trump has decided to pull his government out of the Paris agreement. These are the two overarching pi...

7 Nov 2017

Climate summit opens in year of record disasters

News / Carbon & Climate

10 things you need to know about the Better Business, Better World report

By growing their enterprises in ways that support the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the private sector could unlock US$5 trillion in business opportunities and create 230 million new jobs i...

5 Jun 2017

10 things you need to know about the Better Business, Better World report

Opinion / Transport

A world without exhaust pipes

The efficient movement of people is crucial for any society. When transportation networks function well, they drive economic development and literally bring people together. But in many parts of the w...

10 Oct 2017

A world without exhaust pipes

News / Policy & Finance

Green Climate Fund needs ideas with low-carbon wow factor - ex-head

...renewables in its new government on Friday, urged the $10.3-billion fund to provide clearer guidelines on what it is seeking to finance in areas such as water, urban development, energy and transport....

1 Sep 2016

Green Climate Fund needs ideas with low-carbon wow factor - ex-head

Opinion / Energy

Adani should bow out gracefully from its Carmichael coal mine

...renewables, most notably solar PV. Adani Enterprises, from which Adani Mining was spun off last year, is among the major investors in renewables. And, a little later than in China, the Indian governme...

1 Sep 2016

Adani should bow out gracefully from its Carmichael coal mine

Press Releases / Spintelligent

African Utility Week to showcase community scale power projects in May

...renewables, future technology, energy efficiency, micro/off-grid and energy storage will be showcased”. More side events as part of the African Utility Week platform include: ·African P...

24 Jan 2017

African Utility Week to showcase community scale power projects in May

Press Releases / Spintelligent

Flagship African events EAPIC and WAPIC transition to Future Energy

“The industry is changing and so is the role of the traditional utility” Some of Africa’s most iconic regional power events in East, West and Central Africa, including EAPIC and WAP...

27 Feb 2017

Flagship African events EAPIC and WAPIC transition to Future Energy

Press Releases / Hydro Tasmania

Water management system takes top environmental engineering award

Specialist power and water consulting firm Entura, Tasmanian Irrigation and Water Solutions Pty Ltd won the Environmental Engineering Excellence Award for the Meander Dam integrated water management s...

24 Nov 2016

Water management system takes top environmental engineering award

News / Carbon & Climate

Paris climate targets to cost Asia $300 billion a year, but will help save lives - research

Developing economies in Asia will have to spend $300 billion a year until 2050 to meet targets set by the Paris climate deal, but can expect to save thousands of lives and avoid worsening poverty if t...

28 Sep 2016

Paris climate targets to cost Asia $300 billion a year, but will help save lives - research

News / Energy

39 Italian municipalities are now 100 per cent renewable

...renewables. They have achieved their results thanks to increasingly innovative and integrated solutions, smart grids, electric mobility, storage and a desire for reduced energy bills. The full results...

19 May 2016

39 Italian municipalities are now 100 per cent renewable

Press Releases / Upsolar

Upsolar wins contract for their next, largest solar PV project in Turkey

Upsolar, a leading provider of solar PV modules, today announced a new milestone after being awarded a contract by Hilvan Enerji to supply solar panels for a 23.6MW solar farm in Hilvan, Sanliurfa, Tu...

10 Mar 2017

Upsolar wins contract for their next, largest solar PV project in Turkey

News / Energy

Hydropower in the Mekong: an alternative approach

A report published in September by the Stimson Center, a Washington D.C.-based think-tank, challenges prevailing notions about the future of hydropower in the Mekong subregion, an area including Vietn...

12 Dec 2016

Hydropower in the Mekong: an alternative approach

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Paris Agreement enters into force – celebration and reality check

Humanity will look back on November 4, 2016, as the day that countries of the world shut the door on inevitable climate disaster and set off with determination towards a sustainable future. The Paris ...

4 Nov 2016

Paris Agreement enters into force – celebration and reality check

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Finance and renewables: The key to a sustainable future

...renewables have now overtaken investments in fossil fuel and renewable investments in developing countries have significantly overtaken those in industrialized countries – all of which is positive. Bu...

5 Jul 2016

Finance and renewables: The key to a sustainable future

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