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All eyes on China’s post-lockdown Twin Sessions

...carbon footprints will have implications for global efforts to address climate change. Green legislation and planning Covid-19 has triggered a national conversation about the relationship between huma...

21 May 2020

All eyes on China’s post-lockdown Twin Sessions

News / Food & Agriculture

Will Covid-19 balkanise the global food system?

The Covid-19 pandemic poses the risk of a more politicised and balkanised global food system, but has also revealed the need for greater innovation in the agri-food sector, said agribusiness experts o...

19 Nov 2020

Will Covid-19 balkanise the global food system?

Opinion / Waste

Why the plastic crisis matters

...carbon dioxide equivalent by 2050, accounting for 10-13 per cent of the total carbon budget we can “spend” by mid-century under current emissions-reduction commitments. By the end of the century, plas...

15 Nov 2019

Why the plastic crisis matters

News / Cities

Can Asia's climate-cooked cities beat the heat?

Can Asia's climate-cooked cities beat the heat? With less than a year to go to the 2020 Olympics, Tokyo is coating close to 100 kilometres of road with cooling material and feeding weather data to ath...

24 Sep 2019

Can Asia's climate-cooked cities beat the heat?

Volunteers bringing clean water to flood-stricken communities in northern Bangladesh.

News / Carbon & Climate

Pandemic delays leave many nations facing climate action catch-up in 2021

Less than half of countries that committed to strengthening their climate action targets in 2020 did so by the end of last year, as the pandemic slowed climate diplomacy and efforts to update national...

12 Jan 2021

Pandemic delays leave many nations facing climate action catch-up in 2021

News / Carbon & Climate

Humanity at crossroads, biodiversity report cards warn

Developing countries that have been pushing for stronger ecosystems protections have been armed with a cache of evidence, released in a series of biodiversity report cards that warn the world teeters ...

18 Sep 2020

Humanity at crossroads, biodiversity report cards warn

Vietnamese climate campaigners in front of the Vinh Tan coal complex

News / Energy

HSBC exits Vinh Tan 3 coal power project in Vietnam

...carbon dioxide a year. The news emerged via a response from the bank to an opinion editorial headlined "HSBC lags as finance cleans up on Asian energy", written for Asia Times by Munira Chowdhury, an ...

24 Jan 2020

HSBC exits Vinh Tan 3 coal power project in Vietnam

Opinion / Energy

Beyond renewables: How to reduce energy-related emissions by measuring what matters

...carbon in its power supply than the rest of Europe. Reducing carbon through a broad, technology-neutral portfolio Setting goals that include renewables while specifically targeting reductions of carbo...

10 Jun 2019

Beyond renewables: How to reduce energy-related emissions by measuring what matters

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Central banks must target a green recovery after coronavirus

...carbon-intensive sectors. Ultimately, a lot of money ended up in tax havens and just sat there gathering interest for the wealthiest. Meanwhile, everyone else footed the bill with ten years of austeri...

8 Apr 2020

Central banks must target a green recovery after coronavirus

News / Policy & Finance

China still making pangolin-based treatments despite banning use of scales: Study

Pangolin scales — armor-like, keratin-based plates that cover a pangolin’s body — are still being used in medicines sold and produced by Chinese companies, a new report has found. This is being done d...

16 Oct 2020

China still making pangolin-based treatments despite banning use of scales: Study

Press Releases / National University of Singapore

NUS researchers develop new urban planning GIS tool to improve urban climate resilience

Singapore has warmed notably since the mid-1970s when rapid urbanisation took place, at a rate of 0.25 degrees Celsius per decade according to the Meteorological Service Singapore. The rate is higher ...

2 Feb 2021

NUS researchers develop new urban planning GIS tool to improve urban climate resilience

Reuseable drink containers at a Starbucks store in Singapore.

News / Waste

Reuseable containers don't increase risk of virus transmission, say scientists

Reuseable containers such as carrier bags, lunchboxes and water bottles do not pose a viral contagion risk if basic hygiene rules are followed, more than 100 health experts and scientists have said. T...

24 Jun 2020

Reuseable containers don't increase risk of virus transmission, say scientists

News / Food & Agriculture

Greenpeace warns over hidden climate cost of 'eco-friendly' chicken

...carbon sinks. A survey of 23 leading British supermarkets, fast-food restaurants and food companies found none were tracking whether soy used for animal feed in their supply chains was linked to defor...

22 Jan 2020

Greenpeace warns over hidden climate cost of 'eco-friendly' chicken

News / Transport

Can carmakers steer away from climate catastrophe?

...carbon neutral. If we want to survive, we must become carbon neutral.” Reimagining the car industry 86 million cars were sold last year, driving carbon emissions to an all-time high. In some European ...

16 Oct 2019

Can carmakers steer away from climate catastrophe?

News / Food & Agriculture

From plant-based to cell-based: sustainable seafood alternatives of the future

The orange pop of colour from the ‘sashimi’ sitting on granite slate has all the bearings of raw salmon. Wrapped in a neat coil and topped with delicate sea grapes, the waxy texture tears like ribbons...

13 Aug 2021

From plant-based to cell-based: sustainable seafood alternatives of the future

News / Carbon & Climate

As protests rock Chile, COP25 move shines a spotlight on inequality

...carbon emissions have poured onto the streets to march against their government. In early October, the removal of a 40-year-old fossil fuel subsidy in Ecuador led to massive protests as the price of g...

5 Nov 2019

As protests rock Chile, COP25 move shines a spotlight on inequality

News / Corporate Responsibility

Public faith in sustainability reports is rising globally—but more than half of people still don't trust company claims

More people think that companies are being honest with the information they publish in sustainability reports than they did two decades ago — although public faith in sustainability reporting remains ...

14 Oct 2020

Public faith in sustainability reports is rising globally—but more than half of people still don't trust company claims

News / Transport

How can China tame waste and emissions from e-commerce and freight?

...carbon emissions worldwide. Already the planet’s largest carbon emitter, China’s online retail market is set to hit US$1.99 trillion by the end of this year and, by 2020, will eclipse the e-commerce m...

25 Oct 2019

How can China tame waste and emissions from e-commerce and freight?

News / Energy

Where do renewables stand in a Covid-stricken world?

...carbonisation strategies on the back burner. However, their impact on growth will be small, as oil and gas companies only account for a tiny proportion of global investment in clean energy. IRENA’s La...

27 Mar 2020

Where do renewables stand in a Covid-stricken world?

News / Energy

Which Chinese tech firm is leading the pack in clean energy adoption?

...carbon reduction, disclosure of energy usage and emissions, and efforts to influence government and the industry. On December 27 last year, Chindata, which is backed by investment firm Bain Capital, b...

15 Jan 2020

Which Chinese tech firm is leading the pack in clean energy adoption?

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