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Conversion of biowaste into biogas could power cleaner, sustainable Earth future

...carbon dioxide and combustible methane — both of which are potent greenhouse gases (GHG). But waste conversion technologies capture GHG emissions that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere, ...

2 Jul 2021

Conversion of biowaste into biogas could power cleaner, sustainable Earth future

Press Releases / Nouryon

Nouryon awarded 2021 EcoVadis Gold rating for its sustainability achievements

Nouryon, a global specialty chemicals leader, has been awarded a Gold rating by EcoVadis for its sustainability achievements. This rating places Nouryon in the top 3 per cent of more than 75,000 ...

13 Aug 2021

Nouryon awarded 2021 EcoVadis Gold rating for its sustainability achievements

Climate change-induced drought in Mongolia

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Today’s crises are different

Just as one generation gives way to the next, global challenges are superseded by a new cohort. The once-in-a-century Covid-19 pandemic – and the risk that other dangerous new viruses may emerge at an...

17 Jun 2022

Today’s crises are different

News / Cities

Death and deforestation: cocaine trade adds to Amazon's woes

In the far west of Brazil's Amazon, in Tabatinga, walls are scrawled with drug gang graffiti. At the city's jail, half the cells are occupied by members of criminal groups vying to control the cocaine...

5 Sep 2022

Death and deforestation: cocaine trade adds to Amazon's woes

News / Food & Agriculture

Anita Neville succeeds Agus Purnomo as chief sustainability officer of Golden Agri-Resources

Anita Neville has been promoted to chief sustainability and communications officer at Golden Agri-Resources, one of the world's biggest palm oil companies. She moves into the role after two years as s...

19 Nov 2021

Anita Neville succeeds Agus Purnomo as chief sustainability officer of Golden Agri-Resources

News / Energy

Clean energy is growing, but so is coal use

...carbon emissions from the power sector rose to record highs last year especially in Asia as the recovery from the pandemic boosted electricity demand and utilities burned more coal amid a gas crunch. ...

1 Apr 2022

Clean energy is growing, but so is coal use

Press Releases / Sino Land

Sino Land joins hands with Hong Kong University of Science & Technology to strive for net zero carbon by 2050

...carbon by 2050. We will also work with the team to develop science-based targets to meet the goals set in the Paris Agreement and decarbonise the built environment,’ said Professor Irene Lo, Cha...

7 Jun 2021

Sino Land joins hands with Hong Kong University of Science & Technology to strive for net zero carbon by 2050

News / Carbon & Climate

Asia to drive rapid rise in carbon emissions this year

One year after Covid-19 caused emissions to dip globally, the direction energy demand is now taking suggests that energy-related carbon dioxide emissions are headed for their second-biggest annual ris...

26 Apr 2021

Asia to drive rapid rise in carbon emissions this year

News / Green Buildings

CDL declares 2030 net zero target

...carbonise. The company says it is the first real estate firm in Singapore and Southeast Asia to sign the World Green Building Council's net zero carbon buildings commitment. CDL's commitment comes ju...

3 Feb 2021

CDL declares 2030 net zero target

News / Policy & Finance

Will landmark ruling against Shell aid typhoon survivors' case against fossil fuel firms in the Philippines?

...carbon emissions by 45 per cent by 2030 from 2019 levels, in a first of its kind case that legally obliged an oil giant to reduce its environmental footprint. Almost six years before Wednesday's ruli...

28 May 2021

Will landmark ruling against Shell aid typhoon survivors' case against fossil fuel firms in the Philippines?

News / Food & Agriculture

Former RSPO CEO Beverley Postma appointed to lead Grow Asia

Grow Asia, a platform that brings together farmers, governments, the private sector and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for more sustainable agriculture systems in Southeast Asia, has appointed ...

8 Nov 2021

Former RSPO CEO Beverley Postma appointed to lead Grow Asia

News / Policy & Finance

FSC-certified Moorim Paper linked to vast forest clearing in Indonesia’s Papua

...carbon stock (HCS) forest. They also demanded that PNMP map out any social conflicts and fulfill the FPIC process, including remedying past harm caused by its failure to carry out the latter in full. ...

29 Mar 2022

FSC-certified Moorim Paper linked to vast forest clearing in Indonesia’s Papua

News / Policy & Finance

Why climate-change 'loss and damage' will be a hot topic at COP27

As large parts of the planet struggle with climate-inflicted woes, from floods in Pakistan to forest fires in the United States, the thorny issue of how to address "loss and damage" driven by global w...

26 Sep 2022

Why climate-change 'loss and damage' will be a hot topic at COP27

News / Carbon & Climate

Will Pakistan floods spur better climate disaster planning?

A third of Pakistan is underwater, with at least 1,100 people dead - including 380 children - but monsoon rains "on steroids", likely fuelled by climate change, are not the only cause of the nation's ...

1 Sep 2022

Will Pakistan floods spur better climate disaster planning?

Petrol station attendant Naeem Satti charges an electric SUV at a charging station in Islamabad, Pakistan

News / Transport

Tax breaks kick Pakistan's electric car shift into higher gear

...carbon emissions and urban pollution. Falling taxes The general sales tax on locally manufactured electric cars - those with batteries holding less than 50-kilowatt hours (kWh) of power - has dropped...

23 Nov 2021

Tax breaks kick Pakistan's electric car shift into higher gear

China to cut energy intensity, but no consumption cap in new 5-year plan

News / Energy

China signals an end to overseas coal funding

...carbon energy, and will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad," China President Xi Jinping said in a pre-recorded speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. He gave no further...

22 Sep 2021

China signals an end to overseas coal funding

Opinion / Energy

Why citizens play a key role in Southeast Asia’s energy transition

...carbonisation of the global economy. The wave of countries committing to carbon neutrality has also arrived in Southeast Asia, home to some of the fastest-growing economies in the Asia Pacific region....

14 Jul 2021

Why citizens play a key role in Southeast Asia’s energy transition

News / Energy

Questions linger about Indonesia’s move away from coal

...carbon tax for emissions released from factories, vehicles, and carbon-intensive industries, including power generation. Daine Loh, power and renewables analyst at Fitch Solutions in Singapore, said i...

2 Jun 2021

Questions linger about Indonesia’s move away from coal

Alsons Power Group's second 105-MW coal plant in central Mindanao

News / Energy

Philippines to convert coal power stations into renewable energy plants in Mindanao

...carbon emissions, which is submitted to the United Nations (UN). The Philippines earlier pledged to reduce its harmful greenhouse gases by 75 per cent by 2030, in line with the Paris Agreement. While...

11 Jun 2021

Philippines to convert coal power stations into renewable energy plants in Mindanao

News / Cities

Sea level rise now menaces even a Viking bastion of uplifted land

About 1,000 years ago, a Viking woman named Ingrid built a wharf to load ships at a bay on the Swedish coast and commemorated the site with a looping runic inscription on a grey boulder. Today Ingrid...

18 Oct 2022

Sea level rise now menaces even a Viking bastion of uplifted land

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