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Another poor wet season endangers Cambodia’s biggest lake and its people

...,” says Sarun, as his children pick a few fish from the net. Tonle Sap, the largest lake in Southeast Asia, was long known as one of the most productive fisheries in the world. But climate change, uns...

25 Nov 2021

Another poor wet season endangers Cambodia’s biggest lake and its people

News / Policy & Finance

Singapore MPs push for wider carbon tax coverage ahead of expected levy hike

..., echoing calls by observers and activists. Some groups put the necessary carbon price at over US$100. During the debate, Louis Ng, a member of parliament with the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP), ...

13 Jan 2022

Singapore MPs push for wider carbon tax coverage ahead of expected levy hike

News / Energy

Electricity players lack green roadmap, fear government policies: report

...climate action plans within a year. Over 100 nations also pledged to cut methane, another greenhouse gas by-product from fossil fuels, by 30 per cent. Report author Narsingh Chaudhary, who is Black &...

13 Jan 2022

Electricity players lack green roadmap, fear government policies: report

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Getting the social cost of carbon right

...climate benefits. So, it is vital to get the number right – and by right, we mean higher than it has been in the past. “ Spending money today on climate action is like buying an insurance policy, bec...

19 Feb 2021

Getting the social cost of carbon right

News / Energy

Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions hit Q1 record high after 4% rise in early 2023

..., the demand for electricity from the service sector also increased, as people spent more time in offices, public and commercial spaces. At the same time, household power demand fell, as people spent ...

16 May 2023

Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions hit Q1 record high after 4% rise in early 2023

A woman walks into dried-up Narayanapuram Lake to collect waste to be sold in the scrap market

News / Policy & Finance

Pandemic has widened gap between rich and poor nations in meeting sustainable development goals

..., and is followed by Vietnam (51), China (57), Malaysia (65), Bhutan (75), and Singapore (76). Globally, the most advanced nations on fulfilling the SDGs are Scandinavian, with Finland ranking first, ...

2 Jul 2021

Pandemic has widened gap between rich and poor nations in meeting sustainable development goals

Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use

News / Policy & Finance

7 trends that will shape sustainability in 2022

..., the infrastructure boom amounts to US$13.6 billion worth of planned import terminals, power plants, ports, regasification facilities, and pipelines. A global rehabilitation of nuclear power, which p...

29 Dec 2021

7 trends that will shape sustainability in 2022

News / Carbon & Climate

As Australia faces new fire reality, forest restoration tactics reexamined

..., the three states that comprise Australia’s eastern seaboard. Now dubbed the “Black Summer,” many of these blazes were vast. One, the Gospers Mountain fire west of Sydney, burned more than 510,000 he...

17 Feb 2022

As Australia faces new fire reality, forest restoration tactics reexamined

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News / Energy

Indonesia’s pipeline of coal plants undermines pledge to only build renewables

..., but not much energy is produced,” said Pius Ginting, executive coordinator of AEER. According to AEER’s report, readings of several air pollutants, such as SO2, NO2 and PM10, are higher near mine-mo...

27 Aug 2021

Indonesia’s pipeline of coal plants undermines pledge to only build renewables

News / Carbon & Climate

Deforestation of Cambodian wildlife sanctuary linked to crony mining operation

..., I am afraid, knows no other model than illegal extraction benefiting a few well-connected army brass, businessmen, politicians and their families,” Ida Theilade, a professor at the University of Cop...

2 Jun 2022

Deforestation of Cambodian wildlife sanctuary linked to crony mining operation

News / Policy & Finance

Company directors in Singapore urged to take climate change seriously or risk personal liability

...Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI), the main aim of the legal opinion is to examine the legal basis for directors and trustees to take account of climate change risks, and societal responses to climate...

15 Apr 2021

Company directors in Singapore urged to take climate change seriously or risk personal liability

Press Releases / The Climate Group

All states and regions must commit to net zero emissions now to fight climate change

...Climate Group, said: “If all states and regions, everywhere, target net zero emissions, this will put the world in a much stronger position on climate. Urgent action is needed at all levels to a...

29 Apr 2021

All states and regions must commit to net zero emissions now to fight climate change

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Delivering success at the Leaders’ Summit on Climate

..., including the G20 countries and 17 original members of the Major Economies Forum, nations leading on climate, climate-vulnerable countries like Bhutan and the Marshall Islands, and the Europeans who...

23 Apr 2021

Delivering success at the Leaders’ Summit on Climate

Opinion / Policy & Finance

No time to spare for the Paris Climate promise

...climate action, especially climate finance. Over a decade ago, the world’s richest countries pledged to mobilise $100 billion per year by 2020 to assist poorer countries with climate adaptation and mi...

14 Jan 2021

No time to spare for the Paris Climate promise

Opinion / Energy

A 21st-century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis

..., voluminous reports were written, and national pledges were made, but because fossil fuels were comparatively cheap, little concrete action was taken to reduce carbon emissions. Then, beginning aroun...

17 Jan 2022

A 21st-century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis

News / Transport

Delivery Hero sustainability chief: we need to decouple 'hyper' business growth from carbon emissions

..., director, sustainability and CSR, Delivery Hero Balancing bumper business growth with sustainability is not easy for a company that processes around 100 orders a second, relying mainly on petrol-po...

18 Aug 2021

Delivery Hero sustainability chief: we need to decouple 'hyper' business growth from carbon emissions

News / Corporate Responsibility

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

..., the Federal Trade Commision (FTC), have taken steps in these directions. Hopefully, with the growing traction of sustainable fashion among consumers and within the industry, climate action will be t...

2 Jul 2021

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

Podcasts / Energy

Google's moonshot quest for carbon free energy

..., investment into energy decarbonisation hit a record US$501.3 billion in 2020, according to latest figures by Bloomberg NEF. As technologies advance and public pressure for climate action mounts, the...

7 Jun 2021

Google's moonshot quest for carbon free energy

News / Energy

A game-changer? G7 climate pledge could shift Asia's coal policy

..., yet all they do year after year is pledging, committing, promises and no actual action," said Tan, 23, a convener of Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines. "None of the world leaders — not ...

15 Jun 2021

A game-changer? G7 climate pledge could shift Asia's coal policy

News / Corporate Responsibility

Firms can no longer shirk from reporting on the S in ESG

..., and 67 per cent of 5,200 companies comprising the largest 100 firms in 52 countries, use the GRI standards. The hope is that with better surveillance of human rights, there should be improvement in ...

18 Mar 2022

Firms can no longer shirk from reporting on the S in ESG

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