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News / Cities

Future or fantasy: Are floating cities the next stage of Singapore's urban development?

...carbon dioxide entering the ocean, he said. Both could affect marine biodiversity and habitats. He added: “If the floating island is constructed with sufficient gaps allowing sunlight to penetrate thr...

2 Oct 2019

Future or fantasy: Are floating cities the next stage of Singapore's urban development?

News / Food & Agriculture

'Perfect storm' awaits farming and fisheries if world doesn't curb emissions

The world needs to urgently cut its planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to avoid a "perfect storm" that will lead to simultaneous falls in food production from both farming and marine fisheries, r...

29 Nov 2019

'Perfect storm' awaits farming and fisheries if world doesn't curb emissions

Opinion / Lifestyle

Should the United Nations pay more attention to population growth?

On September 24-25, world leaders will gather at the United Nations in New York to review progress toward the UN’s 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The SDGs, which aim “to end pov...

11 Sep 2019

Should the United Nations pay more attention to population growth?

News / Carbon & Climate

Southeast Asia will be hardest hit by melting ice; governments urged to speed up change

Southeast Asia is around 11,000 km from the Arctic and 9,000km from Antarctica, but it will be hardest hit by rising sea levels caused by melting and collapsing ice sheets if carbon emissions remain a...

22 Jul 2019

Southeast Asia will be hardest hit by melting ice; governments urged to speed up change

Commuters on a train in Singapore, some wearing disposable surgical masks as a protection measure from the Coronavirus. Image: Eco-Business

News / Lifestyle

Guarding against the coronavirus, sustainably: Are reuseable face masks the answer?

As people all over Asia scramble to protect themselves from the spreading Covid-19 coronavirus by panic-buying surgical face masks, antiseptic wipes and other medical disposables, how can their consum...

18 Feb 2020

Guarding against the coronavirus, sustainably: Are reuseable face masks the answer?

News / Policy & Finance

Land rights to forest communities a must to control climate change

...carbon per year. Transforming agriculture and adding agroforestry can reduce farming emissions from 11 gigatonnes of carbon per year now to 3.5 gigatonnes by 2050, the scientists calculated. This stor...

13 Dec 2018

Land rights to forest communities a must to control climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

Speeding sea level rise threatens nuclear plants

The latest science shows how the pace of sea level rise is speeding up, fuelling fears that not only millions of homes will be under threat, but that vulnerable installations like docks and power plan...

17 Feb 2020

Speeding sea level rise threatens nuclear plants

News / Energy

Politicians not markets slow new energy dawn

...Carbon Action Tracker, says that as a result the so-called Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) that each government is supposed to produce to show how they will cut greenhouse gas emissions und...

13 Dec 2019

Politicians not markets slow new energy dawn

The Eco-Business A-List features executives who have done the most to push sustainability within their organisations over the last year. Image: Eco-Business

News / Corporate Responsibility

Who are the most influential corporate sustainability leaders in Asia Pacific? The Eco-Business A-List revealed...

...carbonisation of the industry, leading his company's investment in low-carbon ships. He sits on the board of trustees of the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI). He is also a founding member of the ...

30 Nov 2019

Who are the most influential corporate sustainability leaders in Asia Pacific? The Eco-Business A-List revealed...

Opinion / Transport

With the right measures, Southeast Asia could see a post-pandemic EV revolution

The Covid-19 crisis has caused a global economic slowdown, wiped value off stock markets and led to job layoffs. With mobility restrictions urgently imposed to limit the transmission of the coronaviru...

28 Jul 2020

With the right measures, Southeast Asia could see a post-pandemic EV revolution

News / Carbon & Climate

Can Indonesia build a ‘green’ capital in a biodiversity hotspot?

Last year, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo announced that Indonesia would move its government from Jakarta to a new capital city that will be built in East Kalimantan province, on the island of Borneo,...

8 Jun 2020

Can Indonesia build a ‘green’ capital in a biodiversity hotspot?