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Running out of excuses: Where does Southeast Asia's energy transition stand in 2020?

A few years ago, Southeast Asia’s energy transition got off to a bumpy start, and that’s putting it mildly. While endowed with an extraordinary supply of wind and ample sunshine, governments across th...

1 Oct 2020

Running out of excuses: Where does Southeast Asia's energy transition stand in 2020?

News / Carbon & Climate

2019 could see second lowest Arctic sea ice extent record

Arctic sea ice volume plunged to new lows last month with a July average of just 8,800 cubic kilometers (2,111 cubic miles) of ice remaining atop the Arctic Ocean. According to Arctic experts, that’s ...

20 Aug 2019

2019 could see second lowest Arctic sea ice extent record

News / Food & Agriculture

Death by diet: The race to transform the world's food habits

...carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the main greenhouse gas that is heating up the planet, according to scientists. Agriculture, forestry and other uses of land account for nearly a quarter of greenhouse ...

6 May 2019

Death by diet: The race to transform the world's food habits

News / Carbon & Climate

Half a degree may make heat impact far worse

Japanese scientists have found new evidence that a global average temperature rise as small as half a degree could have a drastic effect. They conclude that the world cannot afford to delay action to ...

5 Apr 2019

Half a degree may make heat impact far worse

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Climate change: the insidious threat to our mental health

...carbon emissions have been rising for more than three years now. We don’t have a comprehensive policy to shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy, let alone a transformative plan that acknowledges ...

10 Oct 2018

Climate change: the insidious threat to our mental health

News / Carbon & Climate

The IPCC leak: What do Chinese experts think?

...carbon capture and storage (BECCS), in which biomass is burned and the carbon emissions captured, could be used to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. However, BECCS poses a number of risks to ...

28 Mar 2018

The IPCC leak: What do Chinese experts think?

Press Releases / City Developments Limited

CDL Integrated Sustainability Report 2018: On track to achieve sustainability goals

...carbon, energy-efficient and renewable energy strategy With Singapore’s impending carbon tax in 2019 and the increase in water tariff since July 2017, prudent businesses must map out their reso...

9 May 2018

CDL Integrated Sustainability Report 2018: On track to achieve sustainability goals

News / Food & Agriculture

US demand for Chinese furniture linked to deforestation in Africa

...carbon and biodiversity they contain, intact. This story was published with permission from Mongabay.com. Read the full story.

6 Aug 2018

US demand for Chinese furniture linked to deforestation in Africa

News / Food & Agriculture

Deforestation surges 43 per cent despite global pledge to cut it by half

...carbon-absorbing and weather-regulating capabilities. We must restore forests in addition to protecting them. Progress in both is necessary—and, in fact, complementary.” Forest loss rages on According...

13 Sep 2019

Deforestation surges 43 per cent despite global pledge to cut it by half

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

It's time for action on climate-driven displacement

According to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, in 2017 more than 18.8 million people were displaced by disasters, 95 per cent of them by weather-related disasters. Storms and floods were r...

21 Jun 2019

It's time for action on climate-driven displacement

Opinion / Cities

There’s an easy way for national governments to help cities act on climate change—give them data

Thousands of cities have committed to act on climate change, but few have yet turned their goals into tangible results. One of the important items that can help them begin is data from national gover...

12 Jun 2018

There’s an easy way for national governments to help cities act on climate change—give them data

News / Transport

In-depth: Will countries finally agree a climate deal for shipping?

...carbon (BC)—often called soot—which currently makes the second-biggest contribution to shipping’s climate impact, after CO2. According to the ICCT, warming due to black carbon is equivalent to 7 per c...

12 Apr 2018

In-depth: Will countries finally agree a climate deal for shipping?

Videos / Waste

With this new website, rent don't buy to cut waste

...carbon footprint while saving cash or earning some on the side.” To rent out items, lenders can post them for free on the website, choosing from a wide range of categories like camping, photography, a...

21 Jan 2019

With this new website, rent don't buy to cut waste

A stack of printers at e-waste recycling facility Virogreen. SMEs find it hard to recycle bulky used electronics, so they are either stored in offices or dumped. Image: Eco-Business

News / Waste

Could this app ease Singapore's e-waste problem?

The key to solving Singapore's growing e-waste problem lies not only with consumers and big corporates, but the country's small-to-medium sized entreprises (SMEs), which dominate the local business se...

2 Apr 2019

Could this app ease Singapore's e-waste problem?

News / Energy

Southeast Asia on energy path for 650,000 premature deaths from air pollution by 2040: IEA

Southeast Asia is on an energy path that suggests little change from today’s congested roads and urban air pollution, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). The region’s...

1 Nov 2019

Southeast Asia on energy path for 650,000 premature deaths from air pollution by 2040: IEA

News / Carbon & Climate

Saving two birds with one stone: A carbon credit product that also preserves biodiversity

...carbon emissions and support the protection of Australian biodiversity at the same time. The product, called EcoAustralia, combines internationally verified carbon credits with “biodiversity credits”...

6 Feb 2018

Saving two birds with one stone: A carbon credit product that also preserves biodiversity

News / Carbon & Climate

Extreme heat is growing threat to harvests

Ever-higher average global temperatures mean more intense extreme heat over ever-wider regions. When the planet becomes on average 1.5°C warmer than it was for most of human history, then for two out ...

18 Apr 2019

Extreme heat is growing threat to harvests

Firefighters battle the blaze in Sweden in the summer of 2018

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The climate crisis is here - and time to act is running out

With prolonged drought and rising temperatures exacerbating events like the recent wildfires in California, British Columbia, Greece and the Arctic, the days of believing the effects of climate change...

5 Sep 2018

The climate crisis is here - and time to act is running out

News / Food & Agriculture

Citizen science helps farmers adapt to climate change

The selection of seed varieties adapted to a particular climate could be refined if farmers themselves assess their performance, using their plots as small, experimental laboratories. This was the fin...

15 Mar 2019

Citizen science helps farmers adapt to climate change

News / Water

One year after the drought: Has Chennai learned from its water crisis?

One year ago, Chennai suffered a historic drought. For nearly 200 days, the metropolis of 7 million people facing the Bay of Bengal in eastern India went without a drop of rain, pushing it to breaking...

27 Jul 2020

One year after the drought: Has Chennai learned from its water crisis?

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