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Extremes of heat will hit health and wealth

Vulnerability to extremes of heat has risen in every region of the world. In 2017, an additional 157 million people were exposed to heatwave events, compared with 2000. That means that the average per...

5 Dec 2018

Extremes of heat will hit health and wealth

News / Waste

No more plastic straws at over 270 F&B outlets in Singapore from July

In a major industry-wide push to reduce the use of single-use plastic in Singapore, over 270 food and beverage (F&B) outlets will phase out plastic straws by 1 July, the World Wide Fund for Nature...

4 Jun 2019

No more plastic straws at over 270 F&B outlets in Singapore from July

News / Food & Agriculture

China’s polluted land sold off

China’s polluted land is being sold off for the construction of commercial buildings, schools and hospitals, a report by Greenpeace and Nanjing University has found.Between May 2016 and October 2018 i...

4 Jun 2019

China’s polluted land sold off

News / Transport

Carbon emissions goals at risk as 'clunker' cars flood Africa, South Asia

...carbon emissions, said CSE, a New Delhi-based think-tank. Weak environmental regulations in poorer economies and stronger emissions regulations in exporting countries are among the factors "inciting t...

25 Jul 2018

Carbon emissions goals at risk as 'clunker' cars flood Africa, South Asia

News / Transport

New regulations send shipping sector hunting for low-carbon solutions

...carbon credit that can be traded on global carbon markets. To date, AkzoNobel has awarded $1.2 million in carbon credits to companies that are cleaning up their act. Beyond coatings, Wezenbeek point...

31 May 2018

New regulations send shipping sector hunting for low-carbon solutions

Press Releases / Sindicatum Blockchain Technologies

Sindicatum Blockchain Technologies launches renewable energy investment platform Reneum

Paris, 12 November 2018. Singapore-headquartered Sindicatum Blockchain Technologies today launched its Reneum platform at the Paris Peace Forum. Reneum’s aim is to mobilise additional inve...

12 Nov 2018

Sindicatum Blockchain Technologies launches renewable energy investment platform Reneum

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Countries' climate plans miss big opportunity in reducing food loss and waste

In the run up to the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019, national leaders will be looking for ways to ratchet up their commitments—known as “Nationally Determined Contributions” (NDCs)—under t...

4 Jul 2019

Countries' climate plans miss big opportunity in reducing food loss and waste

News / Policy & Finance

'Come with a plan,' UN chief tells states ahead of climate summit

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told governments to come to a September summit with concrete plans to boost climate action, as he released a flagship report on global warming by the World Meteor...

29 Mar 2019

'Come with a plan,' UN chief tells states ahead of climate summit

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Breaking barriers to local climate finance for the triple win

...carbon into the landscape. Similarly, engaging the urban poor in the design of land use and housing, of energy and of transport services can reduce the carbon footprint of urban development while maki...

4 May 2018

Breaking barriers to local climate finance for the triple win

A lone man walks down a usually busy street in Little India, Singapore, during the coronavirus outbreak. Image: Tim Ha/Eco-Business

News / Carbon & Climate

World Environment Day 2020: How a pandemic is changing sustainability

...carbon emissions from commuting to city centres, reimagining urban land use and design. “ The pandemic has made people realise the fragility of human biology, and in turn people are realising that ou...

5 Jun 2020

World Environment Day 2020: How a pandemic is changing sustainability

News / Carbon & Climate

Deforestation leads to big hikes in local temperature, says new study

...Carbon Brief: “Decision makers who have to decide what the land should be used for – agriculture, biodiversity protection, reforestation to sequester carbon – should be aware that these decisions can ...

8 May 2018

Deforestation leads to big hikes in local temperature, says new study

News / Green Buildings

Green bonds and green buildings—the perfect match?

Imagine going to a bank to ask for your energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly building to be refinanced through a green bond, only to be told by the banker that there would be no financial return...

2 Oct 2018

Green bonds and green buildings—the perfect match?

News / Energy

Standard Chartered Bank quits coal

Standard Chartered Bank is to stop funding coal-fired power plants. Standard Chartered published a new power policy revealing the news on Tuesday, and becomes the first Asia-focused bank to rule out n...

25 Sep 2018

Standard Chartered Bank quits coal

Press Releases / Greenergy Solutions Inc.

Greenergy Solutions develops 550 MW solar project in Nepal

...carbon footprint and energy requirements. Greenergy is interested in serving and developing solar photovoltaic power projects that are committed to making solar electricity part of their long-term ele...

11 Jan 2019

Greenergy Solutions develops 550 MW solar project in Nepal

News / Waste

World’s first aerogels made from PET bottles to tackle plastic waste

...carbon and metal oxide exist, PET aerogels outperform them in terms of heat insulation and liquid absorption, said Duong. The research team began developing this technology in August 2016, in collabo...

8 Nov 2018

World’s first aerogels made from PET bottles to tackle plastic waste

A speedboat cruises down a waterway in the Marshall Islands

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

COP24: The biggest immediate opportunity for countries to step up climate action

...carbon strategies, ensuring that revised NDCs align with 2050 plans for decarbonisation. Key groups of Parties have already begun calling for the above elements. Least Development Countries, Latin ...

30 Oct 2018

COP24: The biggest immediate opportunity for countries to step up climate action

News / Energy

Cambodia to boost clean energy use—but coal plants planned too

Cambodia will push ahead with plans to use hydropower and coal to electrify the entire country by 2020, but solar energy will play some role, especially in remote areas, an energy ministry official sa...

7 Nov 2018

Cambodia to boost clean energy use—but coal plants planned too

Scavengers pick through garbage collected at a landfill site in Thailand.

Opinion / Waste

Why we're hunting for treasure—in old landfill sites

Humans are generally getting better at dealing with their mess. In the UK, for instance, 45 per cent of household waste is now recycled—yet that still means more than 12 million tonnes are buried in t...

30 Aug 2018

Why we're hunting for treasure—in old landfill sites

News / Policy & Finance

Pakistani military in charge, provinces sidelined in a revived CPEC

...carbon emissions pathway,” said Guo Hongyu, assistant programme director at Beijing-based NGO Greenovation-Hub (G-Hub) who has been analysing China’s investment in Pakistan. Coal brings other risks. C...

6 Oct 2020

Pakistani military in charge, provinces sidelined in a revived CPEC

A sunset behind an oil refinery in Scotland

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Where global warming's paper trail leads

...carbon dioxide released by fossil fuels, and forecast the planetary consequences of these emissions. In 1982, for example, Exxon predicted that by about 2090, CO2 levels would double relative to the 1...

14 Sep 2018

Where global warming's paper trail leads

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