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As climate costs rocket, Vanuatu seeks allies to sue for damages

As costs soar from fiercer storms and rising seas, the Pacific island state of Vanuatu is forming a coalition of vulnerable nations prepared to sue fossil fuel companies to pay for damage linked to cl...

12 Dec 2018

As climate costs rocket, Vanuatu seeks allies to sue for damages

Opinion / Energy

Renewables in Southeast Asia: Subsidies not required, thanks

...carbon fuel in its power mix from 30-40 per cent in 2036 to a staggering 53 per cent in 2037, while at the same time delaying investments in new renewables until 2025 or later. Over in Indonesia, inst...

18 Mar 2019

Renewables in Southeast Asia: Subsidies not required, thanks

UOB Bank, Singapore's third largest lender

News / Policy & Finance

UOB is Singapore's third bank to quit coal power lending in a month

Singapore's United Overseas Bank (UOB) is to stop funding coal power projects in response to growing concern over the role finance groups play in lending to energy sources linked to climate change. Th...

10 May 2019

UOB is Singapore's third bank to quit coal power lending in a month

News / Food & Agriculture

How committed are companies to sustainable palm oil?

Evasion of reporting commitments by members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is hindering progress towards making sustainable palm oil the norm, a report from World Wide Fund for Natur...

10 May 2019

How committed are companies to sustainable palm oil?

Brian Reilly, founder and chief executive of Revolv, talks on a panel at Unlocking Capital for Sustainability. Reilly raised US$500,000 from Hong Kong-based hedge fund Sylebra and is looking to secure more funding to aid the company’s launch in Singapore. Image: Eco-Business

News / Policy & Finance

How can Asia bridge the gap between finance and sustainability?

...carbon solutions in Asia are supported and scaled to enable the region to achieve sustainable development. Yet, investor funds are not being matched to bankable projects, and where there is activity, ...

8 Feb 2019

How can Asia bridge the gap between finance and sustainability?

Panelists at the 2019 Asian Sustainability Reporting Summit

News / Policy & Finance

As businesses call for harmony in sustainability reporting, standards body bosses clash in Singapore

...Carbon Disclosure Project) and Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) are crowded into the reporting picture, said Milburn. "The current landscape is confusing and can be very burd...

6 Sep 2019

As businesses call for harmony in sustainability reporting, standards body bosses clash in Singapore

News / Cities

As tourists flock to Malaysian historic city, officials step up climate action

...carbon emissions in Melaka are caused by road transport, affecting people's health and the environment. Saurabh Gaidhani, associate director of 100RC Asia Pacific, told Eco-Business that city wants to...

10 Jul 2019

As tourists flock to Malaysian historic city, officials step up climate action

News / Carbon & Climate

Carbon credit prices should be increased to protect forests from rubber

...carbon credit is a way of paying landholders to keep their forests in the ground and the carbon they contain out of the atmosphere. These credits are administered through carbon finance schemes and ar...

9 Mar 2018

Carbon credit prices should be increased to protect forests from rubber

News / Carbon & Climate

Polluted air to shorten lives by 20 months, researchers say

The life expectancy of a child born today could be reduced by an average of 20 months due to health damage caused by air pollution, researchers said on Wednesday. In South Asia, where air pollution le...

4 Apr 2019

Polluted air to shorten lives by 20 months, researchers say

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Leave ‘em laughing instead of crying: Climate humour can break down barriers and find common ground

Climate change is not inherently funny. Typically, the messengers are serious scientists describing how rising greenhouse gas emissions are harming the planet on land and at sea, or assessing what rol...

1 Oct 2019

Leave ‘em laughing instead of crying: Climate humour can break down barriers and find common ground

News / Energy

Energy efficiency cuts carbon from buildings

Massive savings in carbon emissions are possible worldwide if governments adopt the highest energy efficiency standards for lighting and other household appliances such as fridges, freezers and washin...

16 Apr 2018

Energy efficiency cuts carbon from buildings

Opinion / Energy

Renewables revolution still needs public funding push

...carbon energy in developing countries, which present an opportunity to avoid entrenching fossil fuel-based power production in industrial and infrastructure expansion. “The rapid growth of populations...

20 Jul 2018

Renewables revolution still needs public funding push

News / Carbon & Climate

What happens when bad data drives sustainability policies?

Data allows cities to track their progress, highlight areas for improvement, and set ambitious targets for the future, said panellists at the 2018 Asia-Pacific Carbon Forum in Singapore last week. Bu...

20 Jul 2018

What happens when bad data drives sustainability policies?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Forests: the Cinderella of climate solutions

...carbon emissions released to the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned. In light of slow progress realising industrial processes for pulling carbon out of the air—despite substantial attention and i...

23 Apr 2018

Forests: the Cinderella of climate solutions

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Climate action key to ensuring safe migration

...carbon dioxide now exceeds 410 parts per million should serve as a wake-up call. We urgently need to become more resource-efficient, by adopting sustainable consumption and production methods, and by ...

23 Aug 2018

Climate action key to ensuring safe migration

News / Lifestyle

Wonderfruit 2018 to inspire sustainability through architecture

...carbon-neutral festival while the materials used for building and serving food are biodegradable. “This year the line is blurred between art and architecture, and the built structures serve as both,” ...

16 Nov 2018

Wonderfruit 2018 to inspire sustainability through architecture

News / Carbon & Climate

Mosquito risk to health may double by 2100

Within 80 years the health of twice as many people as today could face a serious mosquito risk − and not only in the tropics. One billion people are already in danger of mosquito-borne disease. As the...

1 Apr 2019

Mosquito risk to health may double by 2100

News / Carbon & Climate

Conservation groups urge world leaders to protect 30 per cent of the planet

Thirteen conservation organisations have banded together to ask policymakers to protect the world’s last wilderness areas by setting aside nearly one-third of the Earth for conservation. “The planet i...

5 Feb 2019

Conservation groups urge world leaders to protect 30 per cent of the planet

Press Releases / Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification

Demonstrating the legality and sustainability of tropical hardwood is a must

...carbon when at the end of its use; but also one in which certification can demonstrate how we look after our forests, how we cooperate with indigenous people, how we protect worker’s rights, and...

23 Oct 2018

Demonstrating the legality and sustainability of tropical hardwood is a must

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The world is counting on banks to deliver climate finance. Counting their progress is no easy feat.

...carbon economy Banks—like any other financial institutions and businesses—are interested in taking advantage of the new business opportunities afforded by the low-carbon transition, through financing ...

31 May 2018

The world is counting on banks to deliver climate finance. Counting their progress is no easy feat.

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