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Standard Chartered Bank pulls out of three coal projects in Southeast Asia

...carbon technologies." "Our footprint and expertise mean we are uniquely well-positioned to support this transition," he said. Commenting on the news, Bernadette Maheandiran, legal analyst for Market F...

17 Dec 2019

Standard Chartered Bank pulls out of three coal projects in Southeast Asia

News / Cities

Can Qatar's low-carbon city show a greener Middle East future?

...carbon dioxide emissions," said Ali Saleh Al-Yafei, the project manager at Msheireb Properties, which is developing the district. Gas-rich Qatar emits more carbon dioxide per person than any country i...

4 Mar 2019

Can Qatar's low-carbon city show a greener Middle East future?

Press Releases / SP Group

SP Group partners with new landlords, increasing its EV charging points to 200

...carbon economy, the transition to EVs is accelerating. We hope that our partnership with SP will help to further propel the EV movement in Singapore. Through this timely and innovative initiative, CDL...

9 Sep 2019

SP Group partners with new landlords, increasing its EV charging points to 200

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Climate change is degrading the liveability of developing Asia's cities

...carbon emissions by 70 per cent and source half of its electricity from renewables by 2030. Solar panels on the roof of the Victoria Park Pool complex in Sydney, Australia. The city is offering inves...

9 Sep 2019

Climate change is degrading the liveability of developing Asia's cities

News / Energy

BP’s outlook for fossil fuels could be undermined by slowing energy demand

...Carbon Brief analysis. Chart by Carbon Brief using Highcharts. Rising energy demand would mean a larger space for continued fossil fuel use – and CO2 emissions – even if there is a rapid rollout of r...

19 Feb 2019

BP’s outlook for fossil fuels could be undermined by slowing energy demand

News / Carbon & Climate

No more fires in Indonesia? Blazes on Sumatran peatland say otherwise

...carbon-rich peatlands. These perennially moist areas are typically razed and drained by plantation companies to make way for monocultures of rubber, acacia, and oil palms, the most ubiquitous crop in ...

1 Apr 2019

No more fires in Indonesia? Blazes on Sumatran peatland say otherwise

News / Policy & Finance

Indigenous lands hold more than one third of remaining intact forest landscapes

More than one-third of the world’s remaining pristine forests, known as intact forest landscapes, exist within land that’s either managed or owned by indigenous peoples, a new study has found. The stu...

17 Jan 2020

Indigenous lands hold more than one third of remaining intact forest landscapes

News / Carbon & Climate

World's forests 'in emergency room' after years of losses

...carbon and are harder to replace. The rate of destruction in 2018 was lower than in the two previous years. It peaked in 2016 when about 17 million hectares of tropical forest were lost due partly to ...

26 Apr 2019

World's forests 'in emergency room' after years of losses

News / Policy & Finance

Financial flows study reveals how Asia's banks are funding social and environmental harm

...carbon infrastructure to waste management and clean water solutions. The Asian Development Bank estimated in 2017 that the Asia Pacific region will require US$1.7 trillion annually until 2030 to fund ...

10 Sep 2020

Financial flows study reveals how Asia's banks are funding social and environmental harm

Press Releases / City Developments Limited

CDL leads in top sustainability benchmarks

...carbon economy. CDL is honoured to be recognised as a global leader for corporate climate action. We have been steadfast in our climate and carbon management strategies to reduce our carbon emissions ...

23 Jan 2019

CDL leads in top sustainability benchmarks

News / Carbon & Climate

Humans cause Antarctic ice melt, study finds

A team of British and American scientists has found what it says is unequivocal evidence that humans are responsible for significant Antarctic ice melt. They say their study provides the first evidenc...

14 Aug 2019

Humans cause Antarctic ice melt, study finds

News / Policy & Finance

Climate summit pledges fall short, as big emitters skip 'honest appraisal'

...carbon than it emits. Pakistan, which has planted a billion trees in the last five years, pledged to add 10 billion in the next five, and Greece said it would ban single-use plastics by 2021 and phase...

24 Sep 2019

Climate summit pledges fall short, as big emitters skip 'honest appraisal'

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Covid-19 stimulus measures must save lives, protect livelihoods, and safeguard nature to reduce the risk of future pandemics

There is a single species that is responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic—us. As with the climate and biodiversity crises, recent pandemics are a direct consequence of human activity—particularly our gl...

1 May 2020

Covid-19 stimulus measures must save lives, protect livelihoods, and safeguard nature to reduce the risk of future pandemics

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News / Policy & Finance

Can sustainable business really save the world?

...carbon emissions show no signs of falling, global temperatures continue to set records, and the very existence of life on Earth is under threat as ecosystems wane under pressure from a human populatio...

20 Aug 2019

Can sustainable business really save the world?

News / Carbon & Climate

Spain brings fresh impetus to climate fight after lost decade

...carbon emissions would create jobs in renewable power generation and other sectors, and result in cities "where we can move and breathe". "It is crystal clear that this transition to the zero-carbon e...

21 Jan 2019

Spain brings fresh impetus to climate fight after lost decade

News / Policy & Finance

Indigenous and women's rights can boost climate fight—UN

...carbon into the atmosphere." The IPCC met this week in Geneva, Switzerland, to finalise the report, intended to guide governments tasked with implementing the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit climate cha...

9 Aug 2019

Indigenous and women's rights can boost climate fight—UN

News / Waste

Students for sustainability... University of Indonesia’s Muchtazar

Born and raised in Desa Palasah, a small village in West Java, Muchtazar has long been interested in finding solutions to Indonesia's growing waste problem. "I would see people burn their waste every ...

22 Jun 2020

Students for sustainability... University of Indonesia’s Muchtazar

Widespread land clearing in a Korindo-owned PT Papua Agro Lestari concession in Papua

News / Food & Agriculture

Delayed investigations raise questions about FSC mandate

A non-government organisation has complained that sustainable forestry certifier Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has continually delayed investigating a company owned by one of Indonesia's wealthiest...

17 Jul 2020

Delayed investigations raise questions about FSC mandate

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesia in joint bid with Malaysia to shield palm oil

...carbon emissions reduction commitment, which is 325,000 hectares [803,000 acres].” Tainted with conflict Enabling the environmental and social problems associated with oil palm plantations is the glob...

4 Mar 2021

Indonesia in joint bid with Malaysia to shield palm oil

News / Carbon & Climate

Deforestation moves swiftly once ‘tipping point’ reached: scientists

Scientists believe they’ve uncovered a tipping point in the deforestation of landscapes across Earth: Once an area loses half its forest, the rest of the forest is often swift to fall. Deforestation o...

10 Jan 2020

Deforestation moves swiftly once ‘tipping point’ reached: scientists

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