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How green are Asia’s post-Covid economic recovery plans?

...carbon tax. The seventh biggest national carbon emitter also announced a goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2050, with shorter-term goals of increasing the share of renewables from 4 to 20 per cen...

26 Jun 2020

How green are Asia’s post-Covid economic recovery plans?

News / Carbon & Climate

Could sediment plumes from deep-sea mining pollute vast swaths of the ocean?

...carbon, and supports the pelagic food web through nutrient regeneration. But deep-sea mining, a new activity intended to extract minerals from the seafloor, could seriously threaten the midwater ecosy...

24 Jul 2020

Could sediment plumes from deep-sea mining pollute vast swaths of the ocean?

Press Releases / Charge+

Charge+ partners OCBC Bank to offer holistic package for buyers of Tesla electric vehicles

Tesla buyers are eligible for up to 18 months of free charging and low-interest EV loans of 1.68 per cent Charge+, in partnership with OCBC Bank, has unveiled a holistic charging solution and financi...

4 Jun 2021

Charge+ partners OCBC Bank to offer holistic package for buyers of Tesla electric vehicles

News / Food & Agriculture

Combatting soil erosion enriches farmers in Meghalaya

The state of Meghalaya, in northeast India, has an acute soil erosion problem. One of the rainiest places on Earth, and with a mountainous geography, it faces some natural challenges, but a growing po...

22 Oct 2021

Combatting soil erosion enriches farmers in Meghalaya

News / Corporate Responsibility

How corporations gave politicians permission to deny reality

At the 2018 UN climate conference in Poland, visitors could watch a virtual forest degrade on a set of screens – and donate, a display said, to help save it. The installation was sponsored by Visa, a ...

22 Feb 2021

How corporations gave politicians permission to deny reality

News / Carbon & Climate

Hospital waste, not masks, are plastic threat of pandemic: study

The disposable face mask has become the poster child for Covid-19-related waste since the start of the pandemic, showing up on beaches and in waterways all over the world. Hong Kong is no exception. J...

15 Nov 2021

Hospital waste, not masks, are plastic threat of pandemic: study

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Transparent data is the key to Asia’s green recovery in a post-Covid world

...carbon transition. For example, opportunities related to development of new low-carbon products and services and improving resource efficiency are the most commonly cited opportunities identified by t...

13 May 2020

Transparent data is the key to Asia’s green recovery in a post-Covid world

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Revolutionising agriculture: Bio-fertilisers from palm oil empty fruit bunches

...carbon emissions. A specific use of bio-fertilisers is in relation to leguminous cover crops such as groundnut (Arachis hypogaea). These were used not only to enhance soil fertility and crop yields, b...

12 Jan 2021

Revolutionising agriculture: Bio-fertilisers from palm oil empty fruit bunches

Maggie Lee, United Nations Environment Programme

News / Waste

UNEP Southeast Asia plastics project lead Maggie Lee returns to WWF

Maggie Lee has left United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) after a year working on the organisation's plastic and marine litter programme for Southeast Asia. She has moved to World Wide Fund for ...

4 Jan 2021

UNEP Southeast Asia plastics project lead Maggie Lee returns to WWF

News / Corporate Responsibility

Almost 60 per cent of sustainability claims by fashion giants are greenwash

From luxury brand Gucci to athleisure brand Lululemon, fashion’s “addiction” to synthetic fibres — which are derived from fossil fuels — has rendered 59 per cent of its sustainability claims invalid o...

2 Jul 2021

Almost 60 per cent of sustainability claims by fashion giants are greenwash

News / Policy & Finance

New finance initiative aims to mobilise US$10 billion for nature-based solutions

An alliance of capital investors backed by Britain's Prince Charles aims to raise US$10 billion by 2022 to fund natural solutions to climate change. Called the Natural Capital Investment Alliance, the...

13 Jan 2021

New finance initiative aims to mobilise US$10 billion for nature-based solutions

News / Green Buildings

Keppel Land CEO Tan Swee Yiow appointed World Green Building Council treasurer

...carbon reduction, and also to promote climate-friendly real estate investing. In a statement, Tan said that as a Singaporean and part of a Singapore company that is committed to sustainable urbanisati...

1 Jul 2020

Keppel Land CEO Tan Swee Yiow appointed World Green Building Council treasurer

News / Policy & Finance

Twin threats: climate migrants said to face greater risk of modern slavery

Salamatu, 22, from northern Ghana, has worked as a porter in Accra for seven years after repeated flooding on her family's farm forced her to seek a living in the capital. But she doesn't get to keep ...

23 Sep 2021

Twin threats: climate migrants said to face greater risk of modern slavery

News / Carbon & Climate

In fast-warming world, Tokyo is barometer for future Olympics

The muggy heat swaddling Tokyo may be a forerunner of Olympic life to come, experts say, urging a rethink to make the world's oldest sporting spectacular fit for a fast-warming planet. The Olympics ki...

30 Jul 2021

In fast-warming world, Tokyo is barometer for future Olympics

News / Carbon & Climate

Floods and heatwaves: Can we tell if extreme weather is linked to climate change?

Mudslides and flooding triggered by torrential rains hit towns surrounding Lake Como in northern Italy this week, blocking roads and trapping dozens of people inside their homes. While there were no ...

30 Jul 2021

Floods and heatwaves: Can we tell if extreme weather is linked to climate change?

News / Carbon & Climate

In East Asian first, South Korea announces ambitions to reach net zero by 2050

...carbon tax, a phase-out of domestic and overseas coal project financing, and large-scale investment in renewable energy. “Reaching net-zero carbon emissions is very ambitious in a highly industrialise...

17 Mar 2020

In East Asian first, South Korea announces ambitions to reach net zero by 2050

south korean civil society marching for climate change

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The substance of a Korean Green New Deal is still being defined

...carbon economy and to realise a “carbon zero society” in 2050. The PPL announced it would reduce the amount of fine dust and greenhouse gas pollution by 50per cent, through a “10-Year Green Economy Ne...

9 Jul 2020

The substance of a Korean Green New Deal is still being defined

News / Corporate Responsibility

As Microsoft pledges to go 'carbon negative' by 2030, forest conservation is required

...carbon storage capacity. But problems with corrupt landowners, lack of transparency in carbon accounting and meager carbon pricing have kept carbon offsetting — and its broad potential to incentivise ...

4 Feb 2020

As Microsoft pledges to go 'carbon negative' by 2030, forest conservation is required

News / Policy & Finance

Malaysia’s Indigenous Penan block roads to end logging in Borneo

Indigenous Penan tribespeople have set up road blocks to stop a timber company from logging on land in Malaysian Borneo that they consider part of their ancestral heritage. The Penan erected their fir...

15 Oct 2021

Malaysia’s Indigenous Penan block roads to end logging in Borneo

Podcasts / Food & Agriculture

Dimsum from microbes, anyone?: How alternative proteins are cheaper, tastier and going local

...carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions per dollar for mitigation solutions, alternative proteins has the highest emissions savings of any dollar of invested capital, in any sector. Three times greater th...

19 Jan 2023

Dimsum from microbes, anyone?: How alternative proteins are cheaper, tastier and going local

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