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News / Carbon & Climate

How the pandemic is changing the way leaders approach climate action goals

...the value is maintained in the economy as long as possible, diminishing the ‘waste’ that re-enters the ecosystem, to close the circularity loop”. The focus of the circular bio-based economy ranges fro...

21 Aug 2020

How the pandemic is changing the way leaders approach climate action goals

News / Energy

New pricing could spell trouble for China’s coal sector

...the purchase of their output, which reduces the market for coal power.Furthermore, the NDRC has ruled out the possibility of higher coal prices this year to “ensure the average cost of power for indus...

9 Jan 2020

New pricing could spell trouble for China’s coal sector

News / Policy & Finance

Two major Japanese banks drop new coal, but loopholes in policies spark concern

...ther business interests besides coal power, as well as through shares the bank holds in such companies, said climate activism group 350.org. “Mizuho would say that if they know the money will go to th...

17 Apr 2020

Two major Japanese banks drop new coal, but loopholes in policies spark concern

News / Policy & Finance

Singapore government unveils 2021 budget with sustainability focus

...the government will lower the Additional Registration Fee (ARF) floor to zero for EVs from January 2022 to December 2023. The ARF is paid when registering a car and the rate is determined by the vehic...

17 Feb 2021

Singapore government unveils 2021 budget with sustainability focus

solar panels at Centragrid power plant in Nyabira, Zimbabwe

News / Policy & Finance

Political 'retreat' on climate action harms all nations, says UN climate chief

...the poorest half of humanity over the last quarter century. "Even children can understand the simple math of injustice," she added. Thelma Krug, vice chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Ch...

6 Oct 2020

Political 'retreat' on climate action harms all nations, says UN climate chief

Press Releases / Liter of Light

Light It Forward: Liter of Light to unveil its first milestone, a Philippine flag made from 1,000 solar lights

...the LIGHT IT FORWARD campaign have been assembled into the Philippine flag to showcase the power of Filipinos in caring for the world during this pandemic. This is the first milestone for the organisa...

4 Aug 2020

Light It Forward: Liter of Light to unveil its first milestone, a Philippine flag made from 1,000 solar lights

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Australia fires ignite need for proper disaster plan

...the health budget. There are several ways the money could be gathered. Commonwealth, state and territory governments could rethink their insistence on achieving budget surpluses, and instead spend mon...

7 Jan 2020

Australia fires ignite need for proper disaster plan

News / Food & Agriculture

Forging a more sustainable path for animal farming

...the firm will also help farmers make more efficient use of local crops for their animal feeds and other needs. “If they can do that, they won’t have to transport resources from across the world, and t...

3 Nov 2020

Forging a more sustainable path for animal farming

News / Corporate Responsibility

How to ensure sustainability remains a priority for businesses after the pandemic

...them the “awakened”. They personally experienced something. Some had lived in the countryside and moved to the city before returning to the countryside years later. They saw a difference: The rivers h...

1 Dec 2020

How to ensure sustainability remains a priority for businesses after the pandemic

Simon Bennett, The China Navigation Company

News / Transport

Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Simon Bennett, shipping decarboniser

...the euthanasia bus at the age of 60 in our industry. I was speaking to the chairman of CNCo the other day in Hong Kong and I told him that I had the best job in the world. Senior management believes w...

15 Dec 2019

Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Simon Bennett, shipping decarboniser

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

A little humour might help with climate change gloom

...the climate crisis.” He says when they find out about climate change, they “feel hopeless” and this discourages them from taking part in the political process when they reach voting age as their anxie...

11 Nov 2019

A little humour might help with climate change gloom

Opinion / Energy

Fossil fuels demonstrating their unreliability

...the month of April and, more importantly, a 32.8 per cent decrease in fuel consumption by cars and trucks around the world for the same period. Facing the sudden contraction of the market, oil compani...

3 May 2020

Fossil fuels demonstrating their unreliability

News / Carbon & Climate

Deforestation moves swiftly once ‘tipping point’ reached: scientists

...The land wants to be the same in all these patches,” he said. “And when they start to change, they don’t stop until they convert everything into another homogeneous block.” Using satellite maps from t...

10 Jan 2020

Deforestation moves swiftly once ‘tipping point’ reached: scientists

Sakai indigenous community in Riau, Indonesia

News / Policy & Finance

Indonesian lawmakers to probe pulpwood firm’s dispute with indigenous group

...the problem with the Sakai people, especially their rights,” Bambang said. “So after the arrest, the map was revised to include [the community] in the DMPA program, so that Bongku and others can work....

13 Jul 2020

Indonesian lawmakers to probe pulpwood firm’s dispute with indigenous group

News / Carbon & Climate

China and EU appetite for soy drives Brazilian deforestation

...the northern Cerrado where current rates of deforestation are especially high now, Godar explained. China, on the other hand, imports most of its Brazilian soy from the southern Cerrado, which has alr...

25 Jun 2020

China and EU appetite for soy drives Brazilian deforestation

News / Policy & Finance

Green bonds, taxes and land-use strategies to escape the ‘pandemic era’

...their lifestyles, such as by reining in overconsumption of meat, he said. Governments should integrate the economic cost of pandemics into their budgets, the experts said. When the externalities of fu...

30 Oct 2020

Green bonds, taxes and land-use strategies to escape the ‘pandemic era’

News / Policy & Finance

Myanmar's ongoing land conflict contributed to rapid forest cover loss

...the world.” The researchers write that the isolated nature of the limestone outcrops mean the geographical ranges of these geckos are limited and they are highly threatened by the area’s lack of prote...

14 Sep 2020

Myanmar's ongoing land conflict contributed to rapid forest cover loss

Inside the first wooden wind power turbine.

News / Green Buildings

The coolest sustainability innovations of 2020

...the deaf Ashley Lawrence (left) with her mother wearing masks made for the deaf. Image: Lex18.com A few weeks into the pandemic when everyone started wearing masks, the world went dark for deaf peop...

22 Dec 2020

The coolest sustainability innovations of 2020

The IKEA catalogue. Customers are starting to complain about the unsolicited mass-mailing of the paper catalogues. Image: supplied by anonymous customer

News / Waste

In the digital age, why is sustainability pioneer IKEA still mass-mailing customers printed catalogues?

...the response from customer service was: "We will acknowledge this matter to the relevant department for their further action and improvement." When he received the catalogue again in February 2020, th...

29 Feb 2020

In the digital age, why is sustainability pioneer IKEA still mass-mailing customers printed catalogues?

News / Policy & Finance

Garment workers seen losing up to US$5.8 billion in wages during coronavirus

...the buck and publicly commit to ensuring all workers in their supply chains received what they were owed. "The wage gaps caused by the crisis mean that workers are not able to feed their families prop...

13 Aug 2020

Garment workers seen losing up to US$5.8 billion in wages during coronavirus

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