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A rendering of the Floating Ponds vertical fish farm conceptualised by Surbana Jurong and Apollo Aquaculture Group

News / Food & Agriculture

Could vertical fish farms be Singapore's answer to food security?

...the destruction of mangrove forests and polluting the environment. Floating Ponds is therefore one way to solve these issues, and enables Singaporeans to understand the journey of food from farm to f...

6 Sep 2017

Could vertical fish farms be Singapore's answer to food security?

News / Cities

In Jakarta, solving problems with new tech tools and people power

...the Province of Jakarta Special Capital Region. “The head of the sub-district should know the real needs of the people,” he says. “The proposals are verified by the sub-district and then the district ...

16 Oct 2017

In Jakarta, solving problems with new tech tools and people power

Opinion / Policy & Finance

If we want to solve complex social and environmental problems, we need to think in terms of systems

...the investigation area to help define the arena in which one is exploring. Inside the scope are all the elements; outside of the scope are the other systems or elements that are identified but not inc...

28 Jun 2018

If we want to solve complex social and environmental problems, we need to think in terms of systems

A water shop in Pakistan supplied by Sukoon Water, whose founder Rehan Adamjee will be attending Singapore International Water Week. Image: Sukoon Water

News / Water

Giving a voice to young water leaders

...ther the youth so that they can network and get advice from experts in the field. They also attend SIWW events such as the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize Lecture. “I’m ready to learn from the other particip...

1 Jun 2018

Giving a voice to young water leaders

News / Energy

Nuclear power firms woo Middle East

...The postponement seems not to have been caused by construction delays but by lack of trained crew to operate the first of the four reactors. When it is up and running, the UAE will become the first co...

5 Apr 2018

Nuclear power firms woo Middle East

News / Carbon & Climate

Air conditioning drains US power supply

...the supply system. “ On the hottest day of the year, when people are maxing out on that, can the grid handle it? We build the grid for the hottest hour of the year. Catherine Hausman, University of M...

13 Feb 2017

Air conditioning drains US power supply

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Big Data can transform SDG performance. Here’s how.

...the price of rice have provided an innovative way to monitor actual prices. In the Philippines, the World Bank has teamed up with ride-hailing service provider Grab to launch the Open Traffic Initiati...

25 Jun 2018

Big Data can transform SDG performance. Here’s how.

Videos / Food & Agriculture

Water-saving tech, veg gardens grow hope in Myanmar's Dry Zone

...the farmer, as Tayzar Lin plunged into the soil a boxy contraption with a dial at the top and an alloy-tipped brass rod at the bottom. The hand on the dial moved to green, showing the soil still held ...

13 Mar 2017

Water-saving tech, veg gardens grow hope in Myanmar's Dry Zone

News / Energy

From German trains to South Korean buses, hydrogen is back in the energy picture

...then they’re not relying on trucks coming in with diesel, they just need their renewables,” she says. “They could have a system where they’ve got a fuel cell and they recover the water, so it’s a self...

12 Nov 2018

From German trains to South Korean buses, hydrogen is back in the energy picture

News / Transport

Volvo’s EV push hints at China’s electric ambition

...the transport sector, said that Volvo’s statement goes further than other car companies because it is the first to state that it will not invest any further in the optimisation of the internal combust...

19 Jul 2017

Volvo’s EV push hints at China’s electric ambition

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

We need an Olympic effort on climate change

...these nations have the potential to increase their resilience to climate risks and achieve the goals outlined through the Paris Agreement and 2030 Agenda. But they won’t get there alone. The United...

14 Feb 2018

We need an Olympic effort on climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change puts Cambodians at risk of mental health disorders

...themselves experiencing more chronic concerns as they can’t grow their crops to feed their families,” says Sunbaunat. “When there are storms, poor people in the rural areas will be the most affected.”...

30 Oct 2017

Climate change puts Cambodians at risk of mental health disorders

Videos / Waste

Bread-powered beer and other delights

...the UK in 2016 and in the United States this year. The company plans to launch soon in South Africa and Iceland. “The biggest impact humans have on the environment is food production,” Stuart said. “E...

17 Jul 2017

Bread-powered beer and other delights

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Asia-Pacific sits out global March for Science

...ther's work.” Unfortunately, the march happened mostly in the West and hardly a word was heard from Asia-Pacific and the developing world in general. There was a sense that the march was driven by po...

15 May 2017

Asia-Pacific sits out global March for Science

News / Energy

China generates energy and controversy in Argentina

...the start of construction of at least the first of these plants, to avoid further indebtedness and reduce the country’s high fiscal deficit. The decision is aimed at facilitating the granting of a loa...

22 Jun 2018

China generates energy and controversy in Argentina

News / Food & Agriculture

Paradise Papers leaks take aim at Indonesian paper firm APRIL

...the help of Appleby, and went on to list one of them—also called APRIL—on the New York Stock Exchange. It was de-listed in 2001, in the aftermath of the 1997 Asian financial crisis. In 2013, a separa...

15 Nov 2017

Paradise Papers leaks take aim at Indonesian paper firm APRIL

Opinion / Policy & Finance

We need an international environmental criminal court

...their efforts (and those of a great many others) can demand. When my dear friend Berta Cáceres and I won the prize in 2015, Berta said in her acceptance speech, “I have given my life for the service o...

30 May 2017

We need an international environmental criminal court

News / Carbon & Climate

Pacific Ocean shift could see 1.5C limit breached within a decade

...The phases affect the strength of the trade winds that blow east-to-west across the tropical Pacific Ocean. These winds are themselves driven by warm air rising along the equator and the rotation of t...

9 May 2017

Pacific Ocean shift could see 1.5C limit breached within a decade

News / Water

As water shortages grow, 'Day Zero' becomes everyday in India

...the most of any country in the world, according to the UK-based charity, which aims to provide clean water and better hygeiene to people without them. Disputes with neighbours over the sharing of wate...

27 Apr 2018

As water shortages grow, 'Day Zero' becomes everyday in India

The National University of Singapore School of Design & Environment's new Net Zero Energy Building in Kent Ridge

News / Green Buildings

Are green buildings standards helping to reduce climate change?

...them if there is surplus energy in the grid. My prediction is, if renewable energy becomes 80 per cent of the energy mix, then the question is not going to be how much energy we use, but when do we u...

21 Jun 2017

Are green buildings standards helping to reduce climate change?

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