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Fire season in Indonesia less severe, but Covid-19 could turn it deadly

...The confirmed total death toll in the country has surpassed 74,000, the highest in Asia, bar India. Experts say the onset of the fire season, and the smoke generated, will stretch the country’s medica...

22 Jul 2021

Fire season in Indonesia less severe, but Covid-19 could turn it deadly

News / Energy

Karachi’s green buses to be powered by dung

...the drains, untreated, into the Arabian Sea. Her hopes, though, now rest on the biogas plant that is being planned on the huge tract of land next to the abattoir which will be powered by the dung whe...

24 Jan 2020

Karachi’s green buses to be powered by dung

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Biden's return to Paris pact just a first step for US climate action

...ther and rising seas by the end of 2020—but due to delays caused by the pandemic only about 70 have done so. The rest of the plans are expected to be delivered by the time of the postponed COP26 UN cl...

21 Jan 2021

Biden's return to Paris pact just a first step for US climate action

Opinion / Energy

Super-charged: How Australia’s biggest renewables project will change the energy game

...The Asian Renewable Energy Hub will reportedly require as much as A$50 billion. The projects are also at the cutting edge of technology, in terms of the assembly of the solar array, the wind turbines ...

29 Oct 2020

Super-charged: How Australia’s biggest renewables project will change the energy game

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Hotter temperatures will lead to more deaths from injury

...the population. They indicate 84 per cent of these deaths would occur in males. Although the primary focus was on 1.5℃ warming, the researchers also looked at a rise of 2℃. The found this would result...

14 Jan 2020

Hotter temperatures will lead to more deaths from injury

Ann Moey is the new Singapore private sector partnerships manager at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

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IUCN Asia comms chief Ann Moey joins UN Refugee Agency in Singapore

...them know what we are capable of achieving on the ground together with our partners." Moey moves into the role after more than five years with International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), a ...

10 Apr 2020

IUCN Asia comms chief Ann Moey joins UN Refugee Agency in Singapore

News / Policy & Finance

As leaders make bold climate pledges, critics say it's ‘all just smoke and mirrors’

...they failed to explain their nations’ failure to meet Paris Climate Agreement targets, while their peoples have been increasingly ravaged by climate change in the years since the 2015 signing of the a...

26 Apr 2021

As leaders make bold climate pledges, critics say it's ‘all just smoke and mirrors’

YSI SEA founders Sai Surya Yarlagadda (left) and Irsyad Ramthan

News / Corporate Responsibility

Students for sustainability... Young Sustainable Impact SEA founders Sai Surya Yarlagadda and Irsyad Ramthan

...the right tools and opportunities to the people who face these issues. We need to give them a voice, and allow them to create the tools that enable them to innovate around sustainability as well. Whi...

20 Jul 2020

Students for sustainability... Young Sustainable Impact SEA founders Sai Surya Yarlagadda and Irsyad Ramthan

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China-funded water project meets stiff opposition in the Philippines

...They have warned of the project’s impact on forests and rivers in the mountainous Cordillera region of Luzon – the largest of the Philippine islands. They have also questioned the legality of the fund...

9 Mar 2021

China-funded water project meets stiff opposition in the Philippines

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How I got here... CIMB sustainability chief, Luanne Sieh

...the long term strategy of the bank. We put up a job ad for the head of sustainability but after six months, there were no suitable candidates. So I went to the CEO and the head of human resources and ...

8 Apr 2020

How I got here... CIMB sustainability chief, Luanne Sieh

A plastic bag-free shopping aisle at a Tesco Lotus supermarket in On Nut, Bangkok. Image: Eco-Business

News / Waste

Thai supermarket giant fears 'plastic bag rage' as withdrawal deadline approaches

...the company's attempts to reduce plastic bag use]," she said at the SEA of Solutions event convened by SEA circular, an initiative of the UN Environment Programme and the Coordinating Body on the Seas...

18 Nov 2019

Thai supermarket giant fears 'plastic bag rage' as withdrawal deadline approaches

News / Food & Agriculture

Are top brands failing to spot rights abuses on Indonesian oil palm plantations?

...the ancestral lands of the Dayak Hibun. As a result, the communities’ lives have been impacted by the plantation, with their sacred sites damaged and their environment degraded. The land conflict has ...

15 Jul 2021

Are top brands failing to spot rights abuses on Indonesian oil palm plantations?

Reuseable drink containers at a Starbucks outlet in Singapore, where BYO is still allowed. Starbucks has banned BYO in some countries, but not in others. Image: Eco-Business

News / Waste

Will coronavirus kill bring-your-own-container schemes?

...the virus. At the beginning of this month, Starbucks announced that it would temporarily ban BYO cups from stores in the United States. It has also withdrawn the service in the United Kingdom, Canada,...

23 Mar 2020

Will coronavirus kill bring-your-own-container schemes?

News / Food & Agriculture

The rise of Asia's urban farmers

...the supply chain and bring food to consumers in their increasingly urban settings,” the report stated. Eco-Business spoke to three urban farmers who herald the future of the industry at the Asia-Pacif...

28 Nov 2019

The rise of Asia's urban farmers

News / Food & Agriculture

Will Covid-19 balkanise the global food system?

...ther speakers at the discussion said the pandemic has made more investors realise that food is a reliable place to park their capital. The industry needs to attract the brightest talent, give a fair d...

19 Nov 2020

Will Covid-19 balkanise the global food system?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Enhanced social protection an opportunity Asia Pacific must grasp

...the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), The Protection We Want, finds that more than half the region’s popul...

20 Oct 2020

Enhanced social protection an opportunity Asia Pacific must grasp

News / Carbon & Climate

As fog clears on benefits of forest protection, excuses for failure wear thin

...the third-biggest decline since the turn of the century, with Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia the top three offenders, the forest monitoring service said. Frances Seymour of the Wor...

13 Jul 2020

As fog clears on benefits of forest protection, excuses for failure wear thin

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Carbon pricing now

...the most efficient way to reduce emissions, because it persistently alters emitters’ decision-making over time. The higher the price of carbon, the stronger the incentive to shift to low- or zero-carb...

11 Jan 2021

Carbon pricing now

News / Corporate Responsibility

Covid-hit Hilton Worldwide retrenches Asia Pacific sustainability head

...the world's biggest hotel chains, has parted ways with its Asia Pacific head of sustainability as the company responds to the brutal impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the hospitality industry. Jeanni...

31 Jul 2020

Covid-hit Hilton Worldwide retrenches Asia Pacific sustainability head

News / Carbon & Climate

Heat the Arctic to cool the Earth, scientists say

...the surface of the Arctic Ocean, freezing in the winter and capturing the warmth of the water in the ocean depths. The authors say the main factor helping to maintain the Arctic sea ice cover is the f...

20 Dec 2019

Heat the Arctic to cool the Earth, scientists say

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