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Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Our climate future hinges on forest preservation

...counting all emissions from deforestation and other land-use change. Tropical forests, in particular, have a global cooling effect of 1°C when both carbon-locking and biophysical effects are considere...

18 Apr 2023

Our climate future hinges on forest preservation

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general, World Trade Organization

News / Policy & Finance

World needs global carbon price and tax reform for carbon-heavy trade – or will miss 2030 climate goals, warns WTO chief

...CNN on the sidelines of Davos. A shared price on carbon Okonjo-Iweala also called for a shared global price on carbon. There are currently around 70 national carbon pricing schemes worldwide, includ...

25 Jan 2023

World needs global carbon price and tax reform for carbon-heavy trade – or will miss 2030 climate goals, warns WTO chief

Surabaya has increased the focus on city greening

Opinion / Cities

Surabaya’s antidote to the rise of concrete jungles

...crime rate. Today, locals grow ornamental plants, and produce handicrafts with recycled garbage, with the proceeds providing an income or directed toward ecotourism sustainability. Given climate chang...

19 Jul 2022

Surabaya’s antidote to the rise of concrete jungles

News / Carbon & Climate

‘Intention is not enough’: Philippine firms urged to step up action on net zero

...ces like NZCA are necessary,” said EDC’s Cainglet. “Climate action is a matter of urgency as we continue to experience the ever-increasing impacts of our warming planet. NZCA aims to contribute practi...

21 Nov 2023

‘Intention is not enough’: Philippine firms urged to step up action on net zero

Ho Xiang Tian delivering a speech at a climate rally in Singapore in September 2023.

News / Carbon & Climate

Singapore can achieve net zero well before 2050, we should help our neighbours to decarbonise: Activist Ho Xiang Tian

...confrontational vibe in a politically conservative country that can be a difficult place for activists who publicly criticise government policy and rally for systemic change. Though understated, Ho ha...

6 Feb 2024

Singapore can achieve net zero well before 2050, we should help our neighbours to decarbonise: Activist Ho Xiang Tian

News / Carbon & Climate

South Pole’s regional policy director on how Asia is leveraging its growing carbon markets to raise climate ambition

...c and private sector clients relating to carbon policy, climate finance, Article 6 and compliance carbon markets in the region. South Pole – a carbon finance and corporate decarbonisation consultancy...

5 Feb 2024

South Pole’s regional policy director on how Asia is leveraging its growing carbon markets to raise climate ambition

Press Releases / Imagine H2O

The Coca-Cola Foundation, Imagine H2O launch water innovation fund to expand access to solutions

...climate resilience and disaster risk preparedness and response, circular economy, economic empowerment, and causes impacting our hometown community. Since its inception in 1984, The Coca-Cola Foundati...

8 Mar 2023

The Coca-Cola Foundation, Imagine H2O launch water innovation fund to expand access to solutions

News / Carbon & Climate

2022 shapes up among warmest years ever

...corded its wettest December on record since 1929. The rain falling on snow followed by overnight freezes wrought havoc on Alaska’s roads, covering pavement with ice the consistency of cement. Ice buil...

7 Jan 2022

2022 shapes up among warmest years ever

News / Carbon & Climate

As net-zero pressure mounts, Singapore corporates grapple with setting 2050 targets without visibility

...cludes its construction arm CapitaLand Development, which has to deal more directly with hard-to-abate sectors such as steel and cement production. Loh said such nuances come across as “a bit more gen...

14 Jun 2023

As net-zero pressure mounts, Singapore corporates grapple with setting 2050 targets without visibility

News / Lifestyle

Chief sustainability officers are burning out. Has the role become unsustainable?

...contract roles, Acres's census found. "Many professionals view contracting as a strategy to circumvent dual-hatting in sustainability, since contractors typically can focus on a single project," says ...

15 May 2024

Chief sustainability officers are burning out. Has the role become unsustainable?

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change: 'Unprecedented' economic transformation now needed

...climate change "on the back burner". Even if countries fulfil their current climate commitments, global greenhouse gas emissions will rise by 10.6 per cent by 2030 compared to 2010 levels, according t...

28 Oct 2022

Climate change: 'Unprecedented' economic transformation now needed

Donald Trump 2024 election campaign materials.

News / Carbon & Climate

From climate ‘quiet quitting’ to human rights decline, how will Trump's re-election trouble Asia?

...ctronic waste and single-use plastic, are starting to affect Asian supply chains for recycled content. "The world shouldn’t panic if he [Trump] gets back in. He won’t slow down any commitments [to tac...

20 Feb 2024

From climate ‘quiet quitting’ to human rights decline, how will Trump's re-election trouble Asia?

News / Carbon & Climate

Record-breaking 2023 heat events are ‘not rare anymore’ due to climate change

...cedented heat affecting much of the northern hemisphere, causing temperature records to tumble. China’s national temperature record was shattered on 16 July when the mercury reached 52.2C. Meanwhile, ...

28 Jul 2023

Record-breaking 2023 heat events are ‘not rare anymore’ due to climate change

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

The chief sustainability officer: To hire or not to hire?

...ce on current or incoming regulation. That’s not to say hiring a specialist CSO isn’t the right choice. A CSO well-versed in industry-specific sustainability can help identify, communicate and impleme...

15 Mar 2023

The chief sustainability officer: To hire or not to hire?

News / Food & Agriculture

Farmers left in the lurch as climate-induced lightning strikes kill sheep by hundreds in Nepal

...cs at Nepal's Amrit Science Campus says that the rate of effect due to lightning, which includes death by lightning, increases 10- to 20-fold with an increase of 1 degree Celsius in temperature. Accor...

6 Dec 2022

Farmers left in the lurch as climate-induced lightning strikes kill sheep by hundreds in Nepal

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

It’s not just climate – we’ve already breached most of the Earth’s limits. A safer, fairer future means treading lightly

...ces, we need 50 to 60 per cent of the world’s land to have largely intact natural ecosystems. Recent research puts the current figure at between 45 per cent and 50 per cent, which includes vast areas ...

6 Jun 2023

It’s not just climate – we’ve already breached most of the Earth’s limits. A safer, fairer future means treading lightly

A coal-fired power station at Lamma Island, Hong Kong, China.

News / Policy & Finance

Asia's renewable energy investments are not aggressive enough to meet global climate goals

...ction. These countries range from fossil fuel-dependent Singapore, which relies on natural gas to produce almost 97 per cent of its electricity, to Pakistan, which sources 29 per cent of electricity f...

22 Dec 2022

Asia's renewable energy investments are not aggressive enough to meet global climate goals

News / Carbon & Climate

IPCC meeting in Sofia fails to agree timeline for seventh assessment report

...cussed in Sofia. Special report on climate change and cities In 2016, the IPCC decided to produce a special report on climate change and cities. A “cities and climate change science conference” was he...

14 Aug 2024

IPCC meeting in Sofia fails to agree timeline for seventh assessment report

Jurong Island view from Jurong Hill Tower

News / Policy & Finance

‘Green is not enough’: UOB chief sustainability officer on mainstreaming transition finance

...cture isn't in place to ensure that the supply reaches the end user in an economically viable way. That complexity makes a lot of real economy clients hang back out of concern. Are real economy compan...

5 Jan 2024

‘Green is not enough’: UOB chief sustainability officer on mainstreaming transition finance

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Tax the rich to save the planet

...chronic economic insecurity. This is a recipe for deeply polarised, dysfunctional societies, democratic decay, and a dangerously unstable world. Economic inequality is reflected in climate inequality....

3 Apr 2023

Tax the rich to save the planet