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Opinion / Lifestyle

Ready, set, sow: How to use your garden to combat climate change

...the dramatic effects of climate change are being seen all across the globe. Scientists have predicted that global temperatures will keep on creeping upwards for the next several decades, with the gree...

26 Oct 2018

Ready, set, sow: How to use your garden to combat climate change

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Australia’s vote for coal won’t matter if Chinese demand falters

...the opposition Labor Party was more popular than the government. Climate change was held to be one of the main reasons, along with the instability of the government. These grievances were connected: t...

27 May 2019

Australia’s vote for coal won’t matter if Chinese demand falters

News / Cities

In Malaysia, an island is drowning in its own development

...the Malay peninsula. The state plans to finance construction with proceeds from the sale of 1,800 hectares (4,500 acres) of new land reclaimed from the sea along the island’s southern shore. The South...

27 Jul 2018

In Malaysia, an island is drowning in its own development

lady in colourful shirt planting rice in Ubud, Bali

News / Food & Agriculture

What the invisible nutrition crisis means for Asia

...The poorest regions of the world—South Asia, Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and the Middle East—will bear the brunt of the impact. Countries in South and Southeast Asia are already s...

10 Oct 2018

What the invisible nutrition crisis means for Asia

Opinion / Cities

Indonesia’s environment ministry fails to communicate risk of air pollution

...the public. Why communicate risks? People need to know what health risks they face from air pollution. They also need to know what they can do to protect their lives, their health, their families and ...

22 Jul 2019

Indonesia’s environment ministry fails to communicate risk of air pollution

News / Green Buildings

National University of Singapore welcomes its first net-zero building

...The building draws energy from the university power grid on days when there is insufficient sunlight. The building’s green infrastructure further includes a large overhanging roof, together with east ...

31 Jan 2019

National University of Singapore welcomes its first net-zero building

News / Transport

The race to develop the next generation battery

...the cathode and the anode from touching each other. If the separator breaks or erodes then the electrodes can come in contact and the battery will heat up extremely quickly. Batteries are filled with ...

25 Sep 2018

The race to develop the next generation battery

News / Carbon & Climate

One-third of world’s new vegetation in China and India, satellite data shows

...the study finds. This is equal to the greening observed in Russia, the US and Canada over the same time period. Around 42 per cent of the greening seen in China comes from the expansion of forests. Th...

13 Feb 2019

One-third of world’s new vegetation in China and India, satellite data shows

News / Carbon & Climate

Scientists call for artificial trees to fight climate change

...the world to invest in the technology, which remains too costly to be practical. Artificial photosynthesis imitates the process that fuels plants naturally. Like the real thing, the technology uses ca...

28 Jan 2019

Scientists call for artificial trees to fight climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

What happens when bad data drives sustainability policies?

...the Paris Agreement to keep the global temperature rise to under 2 degrees. “Governments assume that these numbers are authoritative, and start building policies based on them. The problem comes when ...

20 Jul 2018

What happens when bad data drives sustainability policies?

News / Carbon & Climate

Met Office: World has 10 per cent chance of ‘overshooting’ 1.5C within five years

...the decade from 2014-23 will be the hottest ever recorded, the authors say. (Analysis released today by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) finds that the past four years have been the warmest...

7 Feb 2019

Met Office: World has 10 per cent chance of ‘overshooting’ 1.5C within five years

Women in China sort through waste plastics to be sent for recycling.

News / Waste

Developing countries turn away from plastic waste imports

...ther. The island province of Hainan will ban the production, sale and use of all single-use non-biodegradable plastics by 2025.The amendment to the Basel Convention has dispelled the notion that plast...

14 Jun 2019

Developing countries turn away from plastic waste imports

News / Policy & Finance

FSC report on palm giant Korindo lists litany of violations

...the organization. The FSC argued at the time that continued engagement with Korindo was the best way to improving the company’s operations. Since then, the FSC said it had decided on a set of five act...

12 Nov 2019

FSC report on palm giant Korindo lists litany of violations

News / Energy

Waste-to-energy: A renewable opportunity for Southeast Asia?

...these innovations could have valuable applications in urbanising Southeast Asia. “There’s no single green bullet to solve China’s waste problem. Other countries should look to China and see the experi...

22 Feb 2019

Waste-to-energy: A renewable opportunity for Southeast Asia?

Press Releases / Positive Energy Ltd.

Positive Energy Ltd wins first prize at ASEAN Impact Challenge 2018 for its renewable energy finance platform

...ther finalists from 6 countries. It is the company’s third success within weeks of winning two other regional events: the Schneider Bold Idea competition and the Startcon 2018 pitching contest. ...

15 Nov 2018

Positive Energy Ltd wins first prize at ASEAN Impact Challenge 2018 for its renewable energy finance platform

News / Waste

Innovative solutions to reduce plastic waste and mitigate climate change impacts in the Philippines

...the Philippines, the key is to extend incentives to companies so they can make the products made from circular economy more accessible to the public. “The Philippines should incentivise companies rath...

12 Jun 2019

Innovative solutions to reduce plastic waste and mitigate climate change impacts in the Philippines

News / Cities

As Australia's mining boom wanes, rehabilitation of abandoned mines offers lessons for the world

...ther mine sites, because it’s entirely surrounded by the incredibly biodiverse national park. But in other areas, the choice is wait for the fauna to move into the area of their own accord — and the...

12 Oct 2018

As Australia's mining boom wanes, rehabilitation of abandoned mines offers lessons for the world