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Business yet to grasp role in new UN development goals

...in Paris tasked with agreeing a new U.N. deal to limit global warming. Company executives will attend a series of meetings in South Africa, India, China, Brazil, Australia and the United States. They ...

15 Sep 2015

Business yet to grasp role in new UN development goals

Opinion / Energy

Asia can go 100 per cent renewable

...if no action is taken, is starting to see leadership from countries like Fiji and certain provinces, including Fukushima Prefecture in Japan and Palawan and Mindanao in the Philippines, which have 100...

15 Feb 2016

Asia can go 100 per cent renewable

News / Policy & Finance

Chinese, French presidents reach deal on climate change

...irmed joint efforts to push forward an ambitious and "legally binding" Paris agreement on the basis of equity and the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilitie...

3 Nov 2015

Chinese, French presidents reach deal on climate change

News / Cities

Lee Kuan Yew: The man who guided Singapore from slum to eco-city

...instruction, the Anti-Pollution Unit (APU) was set up under the Prime Minister's Office in 1971 to tackle increasing water and air pollution caused by Singapore's rapid industrialisation. It was an id...

25 Mar 2015

Lee Kuan Yew: The man who guided Singapore from slum to eco-city

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Inspiring Asean youth on climate change

...ities of and solutions to climate change, multiplying the effect. The movement views climate change as an ethical issue involving equality, human rights, collective rights and historical responsibilit...

5 Aug 2015

Inspiring Asean youth on climate change

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Mobilising finance for a renewable and sustainable future

...is needs to be placed on using public finance institutions to leverage private capital and build policy incentives for directing private finance to developing countries. International financial instit...

12 Feb 2016

Mobilising finance for a renewable and sustainable future

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Environmental funding after COP 21

...iscrimination and inequality, especially towards women and indigenous groups. This is why a social justice foundation should care about climate mitigation. Interestingly, many of the participating fou...

11 Feb 2016

Environmental funding after COP 21

News / Policy & Finance

Indonesian president pledges to accelerate long-delayed indigenous rights law

...is priority programs – infrastructure, food, energy and maritime development – overlap with indigenous territories." In Abdon's view, Jokowi understands the issues and is aware of how widespread land...

29 Jun 2015

Indonesian president pledges to accelerate long-delayed indigenous rights law

News / Green Buildings

Opportunities in China’s green building boom

...il 2015, adding an additional 28 million sq m. China's Green Building Evaluation Standard is a set of guiding principles for the design, construction, operation and rating of green buildings in China,...

3 Aug 2015

Opportunities in China’s green building boom

News / Carbon & Climate

China pledges more efforts to maintain 'Beijing Blue'

...ism of air pollution control in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Zhao Hualin from Ministry of Environmental Protection says the overall design is important to the coordinated development of Beijing-Tian-...

17 Jun 2015

China pledges more efforts to maintain 'Beijing Blue'

Press Releases / ClimateCare

GYAPA™ COOKSTOVES CUT 1.8M TONNES CO2 & IMPROVE 4.1M LIVES

...illion people in the developing world still cook food and heat their homes with traditional cookstoves or open fires. The resulting air pollution causes respiratory disease and in addition, millions o...

10 Jun 2016

GYAPA™ COOKSTOVES CUT 1.8M TONNES CO2 & IMPROVE 4.1M LIVES

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Sustainability requires that we learn to embrace change, not fight it

...ight organize our lives such that sustainability isn’t a constant struggle. Limits are unavoidable, and their recognition is requisite to sustainability, but I believe that if people and communities a...

23 Dec 2014

Sustainability requires that we learn to embrace change, not fight it

Press Releases / Greenview

New online tool for hotel makes it easy to calculate carbon footprint

...ity and tourism. As a sustainability consultancy and research firm, Greenview specializes in advising travel and tourism organizations with leading expertise and insight for the industry. In additio...

26 Oct 2015

New online tool for hotel makes it easy to calculate carbon footprint

Press Releases / Conergy Asia/ blueleaf energy

Conergy to build further 41 MWp of solar capacity

...in the fast-growing Asian market to 73 MWp. The Philippines is rapidly increasing energy generation in order to reduce electricity prices, which are the fifth highest in the world, and to improve the...

26 Nov 2014

Conergy to build further 41 MWp of solar capacity

Press Releases / EarthCheck

Korea’s KBCSD partners with Australia’s EarthCheck to grow sustainable tourism

...i) public-private policy consultation on sustainability issues, (ii) mid-, and long-term roadmap in response to sustainability megatrends, (iii) green initiatives/projects in Asia, and (iv) regional a...

31 Jul 2015

Korea’s KBCSD partners with Australia’s EarthCheck to grow sustainable tourism

News / Transport

'India must leapfrog to Euro VI as benefits outweigh costs'

...ive in reducing ultra-fine pollution particles, air toxics and black carbon. As of now, Delhi and 12 other cities in India adhere to Euro IV fuel norms while the rest of the country is on Euro III. He...

18 Mar 2015

'India must leapfrog to Euro VI as benefits outweigh costs'

News / Water

Expensive water plants won’t quench thirst in Pakistan’s Thar desert

...is water purification plants in Mithi city in Tharparkar district, Sindh province. This is just one of 750 plants in the pipeline, which the Sindh government – run by the PPP – claims will bring drink...

28 Jan 2015

Expensive water plants won’t quench thirst in Pakistan’s Thar desert

News / Policy & Finance

Philippines takes up complaint of human rights violations by oil firms

...ies are violating the human rights of its citizens by driving climate change. Holding oil, gas and coal companies responsible for deaths and financial losses in the Philippines "will be an uphill clim...

9 Dec 2015

Philippines takes up complaint of human rights violations by oil firms

News / Carbon & Climate

What’s ahead for rainforests in 2016? 10 things to watch

...ion” will likely continue given diverging criteria between two palm oil sustainability initiativew. 9. Technological advances There will continue to be advances in anti-poaching and forest monitoring ...

7 Jan 2016

What’s ahead for rainforests in 2016? 10 things to watch

News / Energy

Switching to renewables – what ASEAN can learn from Nordic nations

...is unlikely at Paris. Individual national plans to reduce emissions will spur governments to adopt policies that will reduce the carbon they produce, and it is likely that these policies will include ...

7 Dec 2015

Switching to renewables – what ASEAN can learn from Nordic nations

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