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Vast majority of world – 6.76 billion people – living with excessive air pollution

With some 6.5 million people dying annually from air pollution and 92 per cent of the world’s population living in places where levels exceed recommended limits, the United Nations on 27 September rol...

29 Sep 2016

Vast majority of world – 6.76 billion people – living with excessive air pollution

News / Energy

Science opens routes to energy recycling

Molecular biology has been used by scientists in the US to make a catalyst that can split water into hydrogen and oxygen. It means that a truly renewable biotechnological material could be used to hel...

15 Jan 2016

Science opens routes to energy recycling

Opinion / Policy & Finance

How green are your bonds?

The interest in green bonds has been growing with $694 billion in labeled and unlabeled green bonds outstanding in 2016. Since the European Investment Bank issued the first green bonds in 2007, much o...

27 Jan 2017

How green are your bonds?

News / Energy

‘India’s ambitious renewable energy target now seems achievable’

...renewables by 175 gigawatts (GW) and increase in production of domestic coal by 2021-22, allowing the country to end its reliance on coal imports. “The target to install 175 GW of renewable by 2021-22...

20 Aug 2015

‘India’s ambitious renewable energy target now seems achievable’

Press Releases / World Ocean Council

WOC engages investors in the Ocean Investment Platform

World Ocean Council (WOC) CEO, Paul Holthus, described for institutional investors the opportunities for investing in responsible ocean economic development. Holthus provided an overview of the ocean...

11 May 2016

WOC engages investors in the Ocean Investment Platform

Press Releases / Clenergy International

Clenergy provides mounting system for Australia Hybrid powered mine

Clenergy, the leading solar solution provider, supplied a 1.7MWdc PV-ezRack SolarTerrace V ground mount system for the diesel displacement solar plant project at Rio Tinto’s Weipa bauxite mine i...

22 Oct 2015

Clenergy provides mounting system for Australia Hybrid powered mine

News / Energy

China pulls emergency stop on coal power construction

...renewables, a transformation that will depend on China’s grid giving greater priority to solar, wind on the grid to displace coal, and augment hydro’s share of non-fossil fuel generation. This article...

7 Apr 2016

China pulls emergency stop on coal power construction

News / Carbon & Climate

Fossil fuel industry must halt expansion

...renewables quickly enough to meet our energy needs and climate goals. “Perhaps more importantly, we can do so in a way that protects workers, communities and the climate.” The Paris Agreement accepts ...

11 Oct 2016

Fossil fuel industry must halt expansion

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Asian judges should unite to fight climate change

Does it really matter that our judges are talking about the 1.5°C rise in global mean temperature, melting glaciers, increased and stronger typhoons, dying ecosystems? What about poor people, who are ...

26 Oct 2016

Asian judges should unite to fight climate change

Opinion / Energy

After Paris, the future of Australian coal is downhill

...renewables. Coal has rapidly ceded ground to gas, wind, hydro and solar in key markets such as the US and China. The long-term outlook for coal for electricity then, is shaky at best. Australia is com...

15 Dec 2015

After Paris, the future of Australian coal is downhill

Opinion / Green Buildings

Can Asia achieve zero emissions despite explosive urban growth?

A rapid expansion of the construction industry in the Asia-Pacific region has focused attention on the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings. Buildings are large consumers of energy, ...

14 Mar 2017

Can Asia achieve zero emissions despite explosive urban growth?

News / Policy & Finance

Large ivory seizures in Singapore make it a smuggling hub of "primary concern"

Large-scale seizures of ivory in Singapore over the last three years make the south-east Asian city-state one of the world’s premier ivory smuggling hubs for organised crime, say conservation watchdog...

21 Sep 2016

Large ivory seizures in Singapore make it a smuggling hub of "primary concern"

News / Energy

ARENA to fund virtual solar power plant study

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency is funding Queensland’s Ergon Energy to see if groups of homes with solar PV and battery storage can work together to become a “virtual power plant”. ARENA chief...

6 Aug 2015

ARENA to fund virtual solar power plant study

Press Releases / Malaysian Green Technology Corporation

Malaysian government doubles green tech financing limit to RM100 million

As part of its continuing target of pursuing green growth for sustainability and resilience in accordance with the 11th Malaysia Plan and Budget 2016, the Government of Malaysia has increased the fina...

3 Sep 2016

Malaysian government doubles green tech financing limit to RM100 million

Opinion / Transport

Tesla v LTA debate throws up some hard questions

...renewables fare much better than, say, in a country powered mainly by coal. For instance, a 2013 study on “wells to wheels” emissions by a research group Shrink That Footprint found that Paraguay is t...

23 Mar 2016

Tesla v LTA debate throws up some hard questions

News / Energy

Sea change in renewables market forces

...renewables. The latest group to claim a breakthrough is the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain. Its developers have designed and...

11 Nov 2015

Sea change in renewables market forces

News / Energy

Renewables outpace nuclear in economies making up 45 pct of world population: report

...renewables than nuclear, it said. In Britain, output from renewables, including hydro, surpassed atomic generation "for the first time in decades", while in the United States the share of renewables w...

16 Jul 2015

Renewables outpace nuclear in economies making up 45 pct of world population: report

News / Energy

Homegrown solar firm Sunseap rides on global energy revolution

...renewables. Clean power—such as from the sun, wind, and waves—is set to become a key part of the global economy, and capital markets are already reflecting this. Clean energy company stocks have been ...

29 Jan 2016

Homegrown solar firm Sunseap rides on global energy revolution

News / Energy

China tops world in PV installation capacity

China has built the world's largest solar photovoltaic (PV) energy capacity, official data showed on Friday. The country's PV installation capacity amounted to 43.18 gigawatt by the end of last year, ...

15 Feb 2016

China tops world in PV installation capacity

News / Energy

India and France invite countries to join International Solar Alliance

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande, together invited over 100 countries to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA). The initiative would be launched by them...

30 Nov 2015

India and France invite countries to join International Solar Alliance

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