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India wants a clean energy transition deal—and its coal too

...tween 2030 and 2035, the government said - but meantime the country needs to strengthen its renewable grid and infrastructure, for which it wants JETP funding. "We still want to negotiate with develop...

27 Feb 2023

India wants a clean energy transition deal—and its coal too

Collecting and sorting waste in Chiang Mai, Thailand

News / Waste

Coca-Cola and Unilever: We're not convinced by plastic credits

...tprint, he said. "The idea that you might not do something [collect and recycle] in one market and make up for it in another market is not incredibly attractive to us – certainly not attractive to the...

28 Nov 2022

Coca-Cola and Unilever: We're not convinced by plastic credits

A single-use plastic soup spoon in use in HK

News / Waste

Hong Kong single-use plastic ban stirs debate over affordability of alternatives

...t up to three times more than the plastic variety. Some items, such as tubes of toothpaste provided to hotel guests or leak-proof containers for takeaways, plastic alternatives are particularly hard t...

22 Apr 2024

Hong Kong single-use plastic ban stirs debate over affordability of alternatives

News / Cities

Toxic, deadly, cheap: Life for women gold miners in the Philippines

...t, she worked in the same white shirt and skirt that she wore at home. There is little separating her work from home life. "Sometimes I forget to eat breakfast, because I need to go straight to the ...

29 Aug 2024

Toxic, deadly, cheap: Life for women gold miners in the Philippines

Kate Yeo addressing Singapore's environment minister Grace Fu at the COP27 climate talks. Image: Kate Yeo

News / Carbon & Climate

'You cannot be an activist and not put yourself at risk': Singapore climate campaigner Kate Yeo

...trying to push that boundary without putting myself at risk. But the thing is, you can't be an activist and not put yourself at risk. That's part of the job. Making sure that I'm very factual in what ...

11 Apr 2023

'You cannot be an activist and not put yourself at risk': Singapore climate campaigner Kate Yeo

News / Policy & Finance

Net-zero banking group's 'pragmatic reset' would open doors for once-sceptical lenders to join: UOB's Melissa Moi

...to enter the fray. It helps them understand, conceptually, the nitty-gritty of how to think about target-setting, how to transform their organisations, how to grasp the context of net zero, how to eva...

24 Jun 2025

Net-zero banking group's 'pragmatic reset' would open doors for once-sceptical lenders to join: UOB's Melissa Moi

News / Policy & Finance

‘What we need is for mining companies to leave our town’: Brooke's Point vice-mayor Mary Jean Feliciano

...t extractive activities on their ancestral land. Such entangled interests led to exploitation of resources and the destruction of a tropical sanctuary. “ It is difficult campaigning to protect the e...

6 Mar 2023

‘What we need is for mining companies to leave our town’: Brooke's Point vice-mayor Mary Jean Feliciano

Forest being cleared to make way for the expansion of Singapore's zoo

News / Cities

For future land use, Singapore could deforest area larger than its nature reserves and parks combined: study

...tion process that considers the developments' impact on the environment," the spokesperson said. The statement added that the study did not distinguish between different vegetation types, and noted t...

4 Jul 2023

For future land use, Singapore could deforest area larger than its nature reserves and parks combined: study

Press Releases / eMobility Expo World Congress

eMobility Expo closes with 6,873 attendees, sets strategy for new era of sustainable mobility

...the slogan 'We are the future of eMobility', the global multi-specialist meeting point for the mobility industry brought together 6,873 international attendees over three days to discover th...

16 Feb 2024

eMobility Expo closes with 6,873 attendees, sets strategy for new era of sustainable mobility

News / Energy

Australia's push to put more solar panels on rental homes

...t how much tenants have to fork out for their electricity use," she told Context. Australia has the highest solar capacity installed per capita in the world, with photovoltaic panels in about one-thir...

16 Feb 2024

Australia's push to put more solar panels on rental homes

News / Policy & Finance

Flown back and forgotten: Filipino migrants face tough homecoming

...ty dormitory with students after a local NGO heard they had nowhere else to stay. "Authorities told us to return to our local government units ... but they don't know who we are, and there was nothing...

15 Feb 2024

Flown back and forgotten: Filipino migrants face tough homecoming

News / Policy & Finance

COP28 outlook soured by climate finance blame game at UN talks

...try representatives participating at the climate talks also applauded the adoption of the first-ever requirements for all participants to disclose their affiliation beforehand. But they lamented that ...

19 Jun 2023

COP28 outlook soured by climate finance blame game at UN talks

News / Policy & Finance

Are biodiversity credits doomed to repeat the voluntary carbon market’s flaws?

...tity has first tried to minimise its environmental impact. He clarified that TNC is nonetheless in favour of a voluntary biodiversity “certificate”, as opposed to an offset, but it has to contribute t...

22 Oct 2024

Are biodiversity credits doomed to repeat the voluntary carbon market’s flaws?

Times when sustainability wasn't very funny this year

News / Carbon & Climate

11 times sustainability wasn't very funny in 2022

...two trucks to crash after one protester tried to climb a gantry on the M25 motorway that orbits London. A picture in the story is captioned to suggest a protester hanging from the gantry is taking a s...

30 Dec 2022

11 times sustainability wasn't very funny in 2022

News / Water

Tuvalu preserves history online as rising seas threaten existence

...to the United Nations climate conference standing knee-deep in seawater to highlight the threat to the nation of Tuvalu, minister Simon Kofe said they were on their way to becoming a digital nation. T...

6 Mar 2024

Tuvalu preserves history online as rising seas threaten existence

Women working on a palm oil plantation in Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia.

News / Food & Agriculture

The skipped chapter of the sustainable palm oil story: Women smallholders

...tations] are more concerned with taking care of oil palm trees rather than their own health. Family is more important to them than anything," said Dr Fotarisman, who also consults on a health and nutr...

4 Mar 2024

The skipped chapter of the sustainable palm oil story: Women smallholders

News / Water

Monsoons in India become unpredictable as pollution wreaks havoc

...ts that, in 2020, farmers in the state of Madhya Pradesh told Indian media that they planned to file a lawsuit against the state meteorological department for incorrect predictions. To better predict ...

26 May 2023

Monsoons in India become unpredictable as pollution wreaks havoc

News / Food & Agriculture

Bangladesh tea workers struggle as heat and drought scorch fields

...tific officer at the Bangladesh Tea Research Institute, said tea grows best at temperatures between 15C and 25C, but that plants can typically continue producing sufficient leaves up to about 29C. How...

13 Jun 2023

Bangladesh tea workers struggle as heat and drought scorch fields

News / Corporate Responsibility

Communications in a climate crisis: why Asian PR firm Vero cut ties with fossil fuel firms

...t of NGOs have caught up to the conversation about fossil fuel communications, and want to push it forward with agencies. But it hasn't caught up to the corporate brand sector yet. Recently Southeast ...

8 Aug 2022

Communications in a climate crisis: why Asian PR firm Vero cut ties with fossil fuel firms

News / Waste

Trash to treasure: Indonesian firm turns plastic into bricks

...tensive machinery, with plastic waste donations often outstripping demand for bricks. The startup - which uses social media to appeal for plastic waste - is in talks with the government to supply mate...

21 Aug 2023

Trash to treasure: Indonesian firm turns plastic into bricks

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