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A ‘life and death matter’: Singapore could spend US$72b on climate adaptation over next century

...carbon emissions. Singapore is one of the signatories of the Paris Agreement and has pledged to reduce emissions intensity by 36 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030, with the aim of peaking around that ...

20 Aug 2019

A ‘life and death matter’: Singapore could spend US$72b on climate adaptation over next century

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

News / Waste

Are big brands failing in their commitments to use recycled plastic?

Consumer goods companies with commitments to use more recycled plastic need to do more to support a recycling sector that is in danger of collapsing amid perilous market conditions, expert have warned...

30 Oct 2020

Are big brands failing in their commitments to use recycled plastic?

A Pepsi model lies amid other debris. Could plastic-using brands save the circular economy? Image: Eco-Business

News / Waste

As Covid-era recycling industry wilts, investments in Asia show how plastic polluters can save circular economy

Record-low Covid-era oil prices have made virgin plastic much cheaper than recycled plastic, forcing many recycling plants around the world to close. But some of the worst-ever market conditions for r...

2 May 2020

As Covid-era recycling industry wilts, investments in Asia show how plastic polluters can save circular economy

News / Transport

Wheels in motion: Singapore joins global movement to phase out fossil fuel vehicles

...carbonisation of power generation systems. Singapore relies on natural gas to generate 95 per cent of its electricity and is looking to increase its solar capacity to at least 2 gigawatt-peak by 2030....

21 Feb 2020

Wheels in motion: Singapore joins global movement to phase out fossil fuel vehicles

News / Manufacturing

What's holding back China's bamboo furniture makers?

...carbon storage project and has promoted such schemes for inclusion in global carbon markets. In 2013, the national forestry authorities issued new plans calling for one million hectares of bamboo plan...

21 Feb 2020

What's holding back China's bamboo furniture makers?

Podcasts / Transport

Do mariners dream of electric ships?

...carbonisation? What technologies are needed to cut the carb? Are electric ships a distant dream? For more insights into the decarbonisation of the maritime industry, join us for an in-depth conversat...

12 Mar 2019

Do mariners dream of electric ships?

Sophie's Kitchen, The Liveability Challenge 2019 winners. Image: Eco-Business

News / Food & Agriculture

Sustainable plant protein wins The Liveability Challenge 2019

...carbon emissions saved, its inventors claimed. Neuto was awarded a six-month mentorship with GoImpact. Also awarded a six-month mentorship programme was Chitonous, a company that 3D prints furniture f...

7 Jun 2019

Sustainable plant protein wins The Liveability Challenge 2019

Opinion / Cities

How can cities adapt to climate hazards?

The building blocks of a city extend from the trains we catch to work, to the healthcare services we use, to the homes we live in. All are impacted by climate change. In fact, the vast majority of cit...

25 Oct 2019

How can cities adapt to climate hazards?

Smallholder cooperatives are breaking new ground

Videos / Food & Agriculture

How do smallholder farmers benefit from sustainable agriculture?

A group of smallholder farmers from Tegal Mulyo village, South Sumatra, made history when it entered Indonesia's national book of records for the second time in a row last year. The cooperative, KUD B...

16 Oct 2019

How do smallholder farmers benefit from sustainable agriculture?

News / Policy & Finance

Oil tanker fire in Sri Lanka’s rich waters underscores need for preparedness

Authorities in Sri Lanka are seeking millions of dollars in damages after a weeklong firefighting operation to put out a blaze on board an oil tanker in its waters. Some of the fuel oil from the MT Ne...

2 Oct 2020

Oil tanker fire in Sri Lanka’s rich waters underscores need for preparedness

News / Waste

'Infinitely recyclable' packaged water brand launches in Singapore to take out single-use plastic bottles

...carbon footprint of CanO Water, which is imported from Europe. The water in the cans is sourced from European water bodies, then shipped to Asia. "It’s not a perfect world. In a year’s time, we hope t...

5 Dec 2019

'Infinitely recyclable' packaged water brand launches in Singapore to take out single-use plastic bottles

News / Transport

Singapore allows future rail line to cut beneath its largest nature reserve

...carbon emissions and fight global warming.

5 Dec 2019

Singapore allows future rail line to cut beneath its largest nature reserve

News / Food & Agriculture

Big brands sourcing illegal palm oil from habitat of orangutans, rhinos, elephants and tigers: study

...carbon-rich land has left the area vulnerable to haze-causing fires that bedevil Indonesia almost every dry season. Over the past decade, 18,000 hectares of forests within Singkil-Bengkung have been c...

1 Oct 2019

Big brands sourcing illegal palm oil from habitat of orangutans, rhinos, elephants and tigers: study

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Why the fight against climate change will never be won with capitalism

...carbon footprint. For instance, research by the Global Carbon Project (GCP) shows that rich countries in Europe and the United States outsource a significant amount of their climate pollution to deve...

6 Aug 2019

Why the fight against climate change will never be won with capitalism

News / Carbon & Climate

China can't wean itself off overseas coal

Even as China has slashed its domestic carbon emissions faster than other countries, the absence of a strategy to divest from coal projects abroad and the lack of a clear definition on what constitute...

12 Jun 2019

China can't wean itself off overseas coal

News / Carbon & Climate

The melting Arctic is fertile ground for businesses. But continued oil exploration poses an ethical dilemma

...carbon-dioxide than the global average per barrel of oil it produces, the burning of this oil for energy could generate emissions elsewhere that vastly exceed the Nordic nation’s own emissions. Enviro...

15 Oct 2019

The melting Arctic is fertile ground for businesses. But continued oil exploration poses an ethical dilemma

Videos / Carbon & Climate

Eco-Business releases Arctic Awakening

Following its premiere on 4 October in Singapore, the Eco-Business documentary exploring the link between melting ice sheets in the northern polar region and Asia is now online. Arctic Awakening, the ...

25 Oct 2019

Eco-Business releases Arctic Awakening

News / Food & Agriculture

How food systems can tackle malnutrition while healing the planet

...carbon footprint. “Humans can eat 300,000 crops but nearly 60 per cent of our calories come from just three: wheat, maize and rice. Others, like pulses, are very nutritious and can reduce carbon dioxi...

26 Nov 2019

How food systems can tackle malnutrition while healing the planet

Opinion / Transport

Safer, more sustainable transport in a post-Covid-19 world

...carbon emissions, making roads safer and improving people’s access to jobs and other opportunities. Public transport can create and maintain jobs more quickly than other transportation investments. A ...

24 Apr 2020

Safer, more sustainable transport in a post-Covid-19 world

News / Carbon & Climate

Airlines lack clear flight path to lower carbon emissions: researchers

...carbon offsetting", which can include things like paying to plant carbon-absorbing forests or build clean energy systems elsewhere to compensate for airline emissions, Dietz said. Delta Airlines, for ...

6 Mar 2019

Airlines lack clear flight path to lower carbon emissions: researchers

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