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Singapore retailers that charged for plastic bags saw 60% reduction in use

Retailers in Singapore that make customers pay for plastic bags have seen a 60 per cent reduction in their use, according to a study by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Eight retailers in the stu...

28 Jan 2021

Singapore retailers that charged for plastic bags saw 60% reduction in use

Palm oil farmers working with Natural Habitats

Podcasts / Food & Agriculture

Is there such a thing as sustainable palm oil?

Many people think there is no such thing as sustainably grown palm oil, an ingredient found in half of all supermarket products. Environmental campaign group Greenpeace has called eco-palm oil a “con”...

28 Sep 2020

Is there such a thing as sustainable palm oil?

Press Releases / USAID Green Invest Asia

USAID announces partnership with Rabo Foundation to sustainably invest in Asia’s future

...carbon emissions and recommending climate mitigation policies for the loans it provides to selected cooperatives and small- to medium-sized partner organisations. “Measuring carbon emissions ca...

19 Nov 2019

USAID announces partnership with Rabo Foundation to sustainably invest in Asia’s future

News / Policy & Finance

Tiger habitat endangered by Malaysian royals’ mining plans

An environmental report has revealed the Malaysian royal family is requesting permission from the Department of Environment for a new iron ore mine in the middle of one of the few remaining habitats o...

12 Jul 2021

Tiger habitat endangered by Malaysian royals’ mining plans

Deforestation for a palm oil plantation in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

News / Carbon & Climate

Hopes dim as COP25 delegates remain deadlocked over Paris rulebook negotiations

...carbon stock (sequestration capacity) and the stability of that stock in each. Treating them as identical from a carbon perspective is just nonsense.” Troubling forest definition Young suspects that t...

10 Dec 2019

Hopes dim as COP25 delegates remain deadlocked over Paris rulebook negotiations

News / Carbon & Climate

After a 40-year struggle, indigenous guardians of Indonesian forest gain rights over their land

After a 40-year struggle, indigenous guardians of Indonesian forest gain rights over their land On the morning of November 7th, 2019, Apai Janggut put on his red kelambi, a traditional Iban handwoven ...

25 Nov 2019

After a 40-year struggle, indigenous guardians of Indonesian forest gain rights over their land

News / Policy & Finance

Rich nations ‘hugely exaggerate’ climate adaptation funding for developing nations

Rich countries and institutions have over-reported funding to help developing countries adapt to the impacts of climate change, leaving vulnerable communities underfunded, a report by non-profit organ...

26 Jan 2021

Rich nations ‘hugely exaggerate’ climate adaptation funding for developing nations

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Amid the Covid-19 crisis, what does a determined path to the SDGs look like?

...carbonisation and universal access to energy, promoting sustainable urban and peri-urban development, and securing the global environmental commons. Each of these entry points has been disrupted by th...

27 Jul 2020

Amid the Covid-19 crisis, what does a determined path to the SDGs look like?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Current proposals to plant trees are misguided

...carbon to the atmosphere every year. How will planting 3.5 million square kilometers of trees reduce this annual increase? Estimates of carbon storage by planting trees are surprisingly divergent and ...

11 Nov 2019

Current proposals to plant trees are misguided

Opinion / Energy

Why we need a massive redraft of the Philippine Energy Plan

...carbon energy path will help secure our future as an economic powerhouse and create jobs, address climate change and improve public health. We need the PEP to chart the right way forward. Marlon Apana...

25 Sep 2020

Why we need a massive redraft of the Philippine Energy Plan

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Delivering success at the Leaders’ Summit on Climate

...carbonisation, ending public financing for fossil fuels and supporting green infrastructure, at home and abroad. Businesses are expected to release a plethora of new climate actions at the summit. I...

23 Apr 2021

Delivering success at the Leaders’ Summit on Climate

News / Carbon & Climate

Will 30×30 reboot conservation or entrench old problems?

When governments meet next year to finalise a global deal to halt loss of the biodiversity on which human wellbeing depends, “30 by 30” will be one phrase on everybody’s lips. The target — to protect ...

8 Oct 2021

Will 30×30 reboot conservation or entrench old problems?

News / Carbon & Climate

Banana ban and meatless menus, but how green is Davos summit?

...carbon fuel blending synthetic and conventional jet fuel was on sale at Zurich airport. "It is all about showing leadership," Cann said. But the issue has become more pressing for political and corpor...

22 Jan 2020

Banana ban and meatless menus, but how green is Davos summit?

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Rising eco-anxiety means addressing mental health alongside food security

...carbon, climate-resilient and less wasteful food systems that also support local economies and jobs. A low-carbon food future will clearly disrupt employment and jobs in industrial food systems. One w...

10 Jan 2020

Rising eco-anxiety means addressing mental health alongside food security

News / Carbon & Climate

Asia Pacific faring poorly on SDGs, marching backwards for two goals—UN

...carbon dioxide-equivalent to 21 billion tonnes in 2017. And about a-third, or 35 per cent, of its countries continue to lose their forests, driven in part by demand for key commodities like palm oil, ...

30 Mar 2020

Asia Pacific faring poorly on SDGs, marching backwards for two goals—UN

News / Cities

To avoid future pandemics, reverse the destruction of ecosystems

How is the pandemic related to biodiversity? Besides the cost in human life, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic will cost the global economy around $28 trillion, according to the International Monetary Fund. Thi...

24 Mar 2021

To avoid future pandemics, reverse the destruction of ecosystems

Opinion / Green Buildings

Buildings are an ideal but overlooked climate solution

...carbonise their buildings via the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment). Countries that sign onto Zero Carbon Buildings for All will receive technical support for developing national policy roadmaps ...

5 Nov 2019

Buildings are an ideal but overlooked climate solution

Plastic awaits recycling in Bali, Indonesia. Image: Alvaro Aguilar

News / Waste

Just 20 polymer companies are responsible for half of all single-use plastic waste: report

Efforts to tackle plastic pollution have focused on clamping down on the consumer goods firms that use and sell plastic products, such as bottled drink and snack brands, but a critical part of the pla...

18 May 2021

Just 20 polymer companies are responsible for half of all single-use plastic waste: report

News / Energy

Cyclones reduce India’s wind power generation

Although India’s windy season was longer than usual in 2020, a series of cyclones that hit the country’s coasts reduced the amount of electricity generated by wind. The storms forced operators to shut...

6 Jan 2021

Cyclones reduce India’s wind power generation

Press Releases / blueleaf energy

Blueleaf energy signs Solar PPA with Bosch Malaysia

...carbon emissions. Everyone has a role to play in contributing to climate action, and we see it as our responsibility as a company to act now,” said Simon Song, Managing Director of Bosch Malaysi...

8 Jan 2020

Blueleaf energy signs Solar PPA with Bosch Malaysia

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