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Pointing out culprits of Mekong’s problems is not our mission: MRC Secretariat CEO

The 4th Mekong River Commission Summit, held in Vientiane on 4-5 April 2023, saw heads of state and ministers from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam come together to discuss the sustainable develop...

10 Apr 2023

Pointing out culprits of Mekong’s problems is not our mission: MRC Secretariat CEO

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How can China address its EV battery-recycling challenge?

Five years ago, Liu Gong bought an electric car for just over 100,000 yuan (US$14,600) with the help of government subsidies. Its battery has now weakened to less than 70 per cent of the original capa...

14 Sep 2023

How can China address its EV battery-recycling challenge?

News / Energy

Low cost curbs of methane leaks from 'ultra-emitters' could save billions: report

Scientists have discovered 1,800 major sources of methane related to the exploitation of oil and gas. This relatively small number of super-emitters disproportionately account for a large percentage o...

7 Feb 2022

Low cost curbs of methane leaks from 'ultra-emitters' could save billions: report

News / Carbon & Climate

Kew report: Five key extinction risks facing the world’s plants and fungi

More than 90 per cent of fungi have yet to be found and formally described by scientists, according to a new report from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The “State of the World’s Plants and Fungi” rep...

17 Oct 2023

Kew report: Five key extinction risks facing the world’s plants and fungi

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Chinese provinces push for coal and clean energy

China’s provincial-level jurisdictions (hereafter “provinces”) will focus on both coal and renewable power in the year ahead, according to work reports released ahead of the national Two Sessions. The...

2 Mar 2023

Chinese provinces push for coal and clean energy

News / Energy

At Asia energy conference, oil giants defend industry expansion despite climate warnings

It was to meant be a three-day conference bringing together policymakers and industry professionals to discuss how Asia can drive the energy transition, but conversations at Energy Asia 2023 have so f...

28 Jun 2023

At Asia energy conference, oil giants defend industry expansion despite climate warnings

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Post-flood demand for firewood piles pressure on Pakistan’s forests

In July 2022, 28-year-old Haroon Jan finished storing away a carefully planned stock of firewood in his home in Mankyal village, in northern Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Jan planned to use ...

14 Feb 2023

Post-flood demand for firewood piles pressure on Pakistan’s forests

Bali, Indonesia, sustainability startup hub

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‘Silicon Bali’: Asia's paradise for sustainability startups?

The lifting of Covid-19 restrictions in June 2023 brought a tsunami of visitors back to Bali, Indonesia's "island of the Gods". Many of the more than 4 million foreign visitors to Bali in 2023 – up fr...

10 Jan 2024

‘Silicon Bali’: Asia's paradise for sustainability startups?

News / Carbon & Climate

Students for sustainability… New Zealand climate campaigner Rhiannon Mackie

At just 18 years old, Rhiannon Mackie is a prominent climate champion in her country. Since 2019, she’s organised climate protests across New Zealand, campaigned for the government to divest from foss...

24 Jun 2022

Students for sustainability… New Zealand climate campaigner Rhiannon Mackie

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Indonesia banks on dams to tackle water crisis—but at what cost?

Keen to store more irrigation water to shore up food security and protect itself from longer climate change-fuelled droughts and extreme rainfall, Indonesia has embarked on a dam-building project tha...

6 Mar 2023

Indonesia banks on dams to tackle water crisis—but at what cost?

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

How does climate change threaten global food production?

In recent years, record-breaking heatwaves, droughts, and floods are becoming increasingly common across the globe. These extreme weather events impact supply chains, built infrastructure, people’s li...

6 Feb 2023

How does climate change threaten global food production?

Sembcorp Energy India Limited (SEIL) coal plant SLBs

News / Policy & Finance

Sustainability-linked bonds and how to use them credibly

This story is part of our Decoding Sustainable Finance series, where we attempt to break down complex terminology surrounding the latest regulations and trends in sustainable finance. Doubts are start...

29 Aug 2023

Sustainability-linked bonds and how to use them credibly

News / Energy

Improvising power trade in South Asia can ease renewable energy access in the region

Despite impressive macroeconomic growth, South Asia is plagued by numerous challenges that make the transition to renewable energy difficult. High energy prices, energy deficit, lack of reliable and ...

9 Jan 2023

Improvising power trade in South Asia can ease renewable energy access in the region

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China's Mekong dams turn Thai fishing villages into 'ghost towns'

From February to April each year, Kam Thon spends most of her days knee-deep in the waters of the Mekong River by her village in northern Thailand, gathering river weed to sell and cook at home. Kam ...

21 Mar 2023

China's Mekong dams turn Thai fishing villages into 'ghost towns'

A dolphin performs at the S.E.A. Aquarium

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

It's World Oceans Day. An aquarium that keeps dolphins captive is promoting ocean conservation.

An educational campaign to entice parents and their children to visit the S.E.A. Aquarium in Singapore and learn about ocean conservation in celebration of World Oceans Day has omitted the fact that t...

8 Jun 2023

It's World Oceans Day. An aquarium that keeps dolphins captive is promoting ocean conservation.

David Chua (left) with youth delegates at the United Nations

News / Policy & Finance

Singapore youth calling for bolder climate action 'need to be patient': Youth Council CEO

The head of Singapore's national coordinating body for youth affairs has said that young people need to be patient as they push for climate action, because reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the cit...

24 Jan 2022

Singapore youth calling for bolder climate action 'need to be patient': Youth Council CEO

News / Policy & Finance

Can a new EU law stop firms selling goods linked to deforestation?

The European Union has become the first trading bloc to agree on what is being termed a "historic" law to prevent companies from selling several commodities linked to deforestation and forest degrada...

7 Dec 2022

Can a new EU law stop firms selling goods linked to deforestation?

News / Water

Cholera's return to Lebanon exposes clean water crisis

Maha El Hamed and her family can no longer afford to buy bottled water when the taps run dry - a regular occurrence in her refugee camp in northern Lebanon. "When we don't have tap water, we rely on ...

10 Nov 2022

Cholera's return to Lebanon exposes clean water crisis

News / Carbon & Climate

'Everybody is welcome, the only ask is you come with solutions': COP28’s Majid Al Suwaidi

COP28’s director general Majid Al Suwaidi has declared that the upcoming climate talks to be hosted in Dubai later this year will be inclusive and open to everyone. “Everybody will be welcome at the...

20 Jan 2023

'Everybody is welcome, the only ask is you come with solutions': COP28’s Majid Al Suwaidi

News / Carbon & Climate

‘The phase down of fossil fuels is both essential and inevitable’: COP28's Razan Al Mubarak

This year's United Nations climate summit, known as COP28, is less than two months away and never has a COP presidency attracted as much controversy as the current one hosted by the UAE. While the cho...

17 Oct 2023

‘The phase down of fossil fuels is both essential and inevitable’: COP28's Razan Al Mubarak

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