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Opinion / Transport

Dear Mahathir, it's time to end fuel subsidies

...the people—or the rakyat—voted the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition into power. Malaysia’s 14th general election has brought many firsts for the country. Among them is the Ministry of Energy, Science, T...

23 Jul 2018

Dear Mahathir, it's time to end fuel subsidies

News / Water

Half the world's schools lack clean water, toilets and handwashing

...the World Health Organization, a lead researcher on the project. "Children may not come to school at all if there are no toilets ... Then, when they are at school, they are not going to be at their ve...

28 Aug 2018

Half the world's schools lack clean water, toilets and handwashing

The bamboo house designed by Earl Patrick Forlales, which won the Cities of the Future competition in 2019.

News / Green Buildings

Mythbusting: How green are these green building solutions?

...their ability to get their work done. Once you factor that in, green walls are not just decorative. They are an enormous benefit to the people using the building.” The cost of installing and maintaini...

11 Oct 2019

Mythbusting: How green are these green building solutions?

News / Waste

Food and beverage industry: No plans to totally discard plastic

...the region to set up Food Industry Asia (FIA), an association that they hoped would protect their interests in the face of such major scandals. The FIA also cites the incident as a reason why the indu...

11 Feb 2020

Food and beverage industry: No plans to totally discard plastic

cooling off by Qianhai Lake in Beijing's Shichahai

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Climate change will increase deaths by suicide

...the United States and Mexico, the researchers showed that suicide rates increased by 0.7 per cent in the U.S. and by 2.1 per cent in Mexico when the average monthly temperatures rose by 1 C. The resea...

7 Sep 2018

Climate change will increase deaths by suicide

Opinion / Lifestyle

Should the United Nations pay more attention to population growth?

...they currently stand, the SDGs imply that there is no longer any need to curb the global population increase, even though it undermines most of the goals. As a result, there is a big risk that the wor...

11 Sep 2019

Should the United Nations pay more attention to population growth?

News / Policy & Finance

Why is Singapore so slow to ban ivory?

...the feedback and will announce the details of the ban soon." Singapore banned the international trade in elephant ivory in 1990, but still permits the local sale of ivory if vendors can prove that the...

8 May 2019

Why is Singapore so slow to ban ivory?

News / Policy & Finance

The coffee farmers betting on blockchain to boost business

...them women—sift, roast and package prized Arabica beans for export to Europe under the Moyee brand, founded by a Dutch social entrepreneur. The roastery, together with the innovative use of blockchain...

21 Feb 2019

The coffee farmers betting on blockchain to boost business

News / Policy & Finance

Investing for impact doubles as savers seek to do good

...the overall industry, but has grown rapidly in the last decade as a new generation of investors seek to use their capital to do good as well as make money. The latest research from the Global Impact I...

2 Apr 2019

Investing for impact doubles as savers seek to do good

Videos / Corporate Responsibility

From CSR to strategy—Malaysian firms turn to sustainability

...the country has one of the fastest-growing economies in Asia. But development does not have to come at the expense of sustainability, and this is the message that the country's stock exchange, Bursa ...

20 Nov 2018

From CSR to strategy—Malaysian firms turn to sustainability

News / Cities

Green paradise or data-stealing dystopia? Toronto smart city sparks debate

...the claim. He noted that many of the sustainability features the company is proposing already exist, so there is no need to gather reams of personal data to make them work. "They (Sidewalk Labs) are t...

12 Mar 2019

Green paradise or data-stealing dystopia? Toronto smart city sparks debate

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Climate action and business

...the agenda at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland—where every January, global leaders and the heads of the world’s largest companies gather to find ways to improve the...

20 Feb 2019

Climate action and business

Opinion / Water

We rely on water for everything we need. Why don't we manage it that way?

...the top 5. Water is up with climate change, extreme weather, infectious disease, and cyber attacks at the tip of the world risk pyramid. It’s easy to see why. Every other area of global risk—energy, c...

31 Jan 2019

We rely on water for everything we need. Why don't we manage it that way?

News / Energy

The sharing economy for energy is coming to Singapore

...When completed, consumers will have the option of paying for their electricity with regular currency or a cryptocurrency called Elec. The second option will log the transaction into the blockchain, wh...

28 Nov 2018

The sharing economy for energy is coming to Singapore

News / Carbon & Climate

Changing culture in a changing climate

...Theresa May committed the country to carbon neutrality by 2050. Members of the Labour party then backed a motion to achieve the same by 2030, and the party may well include the pledge – long advocated...

7 Oct 2019

Changing culture in a changing climate

Opinion / Waste

Five ways to unlock the value of the circular economy

...their waste hierarchies with a circularity hierarchy, which would maximise the utilization of materials by extending the life of products and extracting optimal value once they're discarded to turn th...

16 Apr 2019

Five ways to unlock the value of the circular economy

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Poor and vulnerable countries were bullied at UN climate talks

...them. The two biggest bullies are the United States and Saudi Arabia, although their tactics are quite different. In Poland, when it came to the larger and most important task of addressing the urgen...

18 Dec 2018

Poor and vulnerable countries were bullied at UN climate talks

A palm oil plantation from above in Malaysia

News / Food & Agriculture

Malaysia minister lambasts Singapore's 'sad' stance on palm oil

...the zoo had "sensationalised" the role that the palm oil trade has played in the plight of orangutans in the messaging found at the animals' exhibit. Such messaging hurts the image of palm oil prod...

2 May 2019

Malaysia minister lambasts Singapore's 'sad' stance on palm oil

The formula, here seen in pellet form, has been billed as an eco solution to degrading styrofoam waste, livestock growth, pests, baldness, bad odours, skin conditions, and a human detox treatment has been called out as green tech fraud. Image: Eco-Business

News / Food & Agriculture

‘Plastic-eating enzyme’ marketed in Southeast Asia alleged to be a scam

...their companies, they shouldn't have any issues. But if they don’t invest in science expertise, they put themselves at huge risk." Is the formula toxic? Crude glycerine can be used as an animal feed, ...

5 Feb 2020

‘Plastic-eating enzyme’ marketed in Southeast Asia alleged to be a scam

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Three things to know for designing Indonesia's next steps on climate change

...these go beyond the present: they could accelerate the climate crisis in Indonesia in the long-run. Indonesia is the world's fourth-most populous country. It's also the world's fourth-largest emitter ...

31 Oct 2019

Three things to know for designing Indonesia's next steps on climate change