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Plastic waste on a beach in Haiti, where Dell launched its ocean-bound plastic pilot project.

News / Corporate Responsibility

HP joins rival Dell's consortium to turn ocean-bound plastic trash into products

An ambitious project from American computer manufacturer Dell to turn plastic debris bound for the ocean into products has secured an unlikely partner—rival computer firm HP. Dell, which claims to be ...

23 Oct 2018

HP joins rival Dell's consortium to turn ocean-bound plastic trash into products

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Tech accelerators help nonprofits fast-track technology aimed at solving environmental challenges

...carbon out of the atmosphere in 10 to 11 years,” says Winston. For example, he says, “we have to beat to the punch, someone building a traditional grid or gas pipeline and we have to get to scale befo...

5 Apr 2019

Tech accelerators help nonprofits fast-track technology aimed at solving environmental challenges

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Strong institutions can nourish inclusive, sustainable green growth

...carbon dioxide, and provide aesthetic relief from concrete and glass jungles, or miles of traffic congestion. Trees show resilience because they continue to build and serve the ecosystem despite the s...

20 Feb 2019

Strong institutions can nourish inclusive, sustainable green growth

News / Energy

The EU got less electricity from coal than renewables in 2017

...carbon sources met 56 per cent of demand, a figure that is unchanged since 2014. Renewable milestone Wind, solar and biomass now supply more than a fifth of the electricity generated in the EU, at 20....

31 Jan 2018

The EU got less electricity from coal than renewables in 2017

News / Water

Parched lives on the fringe: How water scarcity has widened inequality in Chennai

Weary from long hours spent waiting for water, S. Kumari, 54, rests in the shade to escape the searing, relentless heat. An engine roars to life nearby as the tanker that just delivered water to her d...

18 Sep 2019

Parched lives on the fringe: How water scarcity has widened inequality in Chennai

Greenpeace ad used by Iceland in the United Kingdom has been banned for being political.

Videos / Food & Agriculture

This anti-palm oil ad for a British supermarket just got banned

A television commercial for a British supermarket that attacks the palm oil trade has been banned by the United Kingdom's advertising standards watchdog. The advertisement, which was originally create...

9 Nov 2018

This anti-palm oil ad for a British supermarket just got banned

woman from indigenous Peruvian Amazon community

News / Food & Agriculture

Ancient Amazonian societies managed the forest intensively but sustainably—here's what we can learn from them

...carbon and providing biodiversity benefits while still sustaining large populations and having diverse food resources.” Watling sees a similar lesson in the history written in the archaeological arc...

26 Aug 2019

Ancient Amazonian societies managed the forest intensively but sustainably—here's what we can learn from them

Research / Eco-Business

Industry Innovation in the Year of Climate Action - Eco Action Day Roundtable

As Asia pursues industrial growth, the world's fastest growing region is struggling to balance development with sustainable resource use, and ensuring that prosperity is fairly shared. Balancing the ...

11 Jul 2018

Industry Innovation in the Year of Climate Action - Eco Action Day Roundtable

Opinion / Energy

Rediscovering the promise of nuclear power

...carbon dioxide that nature captures so effectively. Nuclear energy is the one carbon-free energy source without these environmental downsides. In fact, nuclear fuel has 100,000 times the energy densit...

22 Jun 2018

Rediscovering the promise of nuclear power

News / Carbon & Climate

How can journalists effectively tell the climate story in Asia?

Until recently, climate-related stories rarely made headlines, even though climate change is a global crisis that cuts across borders and touches virtually every beat in the newsroom, said media exper...

11 Jun 2019

How can journalists effectively tell the climate story in Asia?

Solar panels on Sumba Island in Indonesia

News / Policy & Finance

Green financing in Asia: False momentum or real impact?

While green investments have been growing globally and certainly in Asia, in the wider finance universe it has been more talk than action, said panelists at the Responsible Business Forum in Singapore...

17 Oct 2018

Green financing in Asia: False momentum or real impact?

News / Carbon & Climate

Youth group says no to coal-fired power plants in Philippines island province

The Philippines took another step towards a greener future when the local officials of Negros Occidental, a province in the Visayan region, issued an executive order on March 6 declaring the province ...

19 Mar 2019

Youth group says no to coal-fired power plants in Philippines island province

cooling off by Qianhai Lake in Beijing's Shichahai

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Climate change will increase deaths by suicide

Extreme heat has gripped the northern hemisphere in recent months, and the year 2018 is on track to be among the hottest ever recorded. Higher global temperatures are expected to have detrimental effe...

7 Sep 2018

Climate change will increase deaths by suicide

A man carries firewood past the smoking stacks of brick kilns Dhaka

News / Cities

Air pollution tanks South Asia’s cities in liveability rankings

South Asian cities have fallen lower in a ranking of the world’s most liveable cities due to the deteriorating quality of air. Nepal capital Kathmandu fell two positions to 129th place while Dhaka dr...

17 Aug 2018

Air pollution tanks South Asia’s cities in liveability rankings

News / Food & Agriculture

Flies and fungi: Climate change could make food less safe, experts warn

As the planet warms, governments must pay more attention to food safety, and address the issue in their action plans to tackle climate change, officials and researchers said this week. Food contaminat...

15 Feb 2019

Flies and fungi: Climate change could make food less safe, experts warn

News / Carbon & Climate

Got a photo that could help reverse climate change?

Eco-Business has launched a photography competition to find images that capture the way climate change is changing lives and landscapes in communities around the world. Just like ‘Napalm Girl’, the ph...

18 Apr 2018

Got a photo that could help reverse climate change?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Singapore: (Not yet) a rising green finance hub

...carbon world, which is likely to come at a much cheaper cost. Thus, our best option now is to start our journey towards a smooth transition to a low-carbon and sustainable economy, which could be done...

28 Mar 2018

Singapore: (Not yet) a rising green finance hub

News / Energy

Aid agencies eye solar power to replace volatile, costly fuel

...carbon each year. Using grant money, Kanaan said he hopes to deploy electric ambulances next year, and remotely connect people in Syria with overseas doctors through online services like Skype, which ...

15 Oct 2018

Aid agencies eye solar power to replace volatile, costly fuel

News / Energy

Local NGOs push Singapore banks on coal: Stop using our money to fuel climate change

...carbon intensity 830g of carbon dioxide per kilowatt-hour. “This is in line with what the industry considers an efficient, super-critical coal-fired facility,” he said. “ We need banks to stop issuin...

12 Jul 2018

Local NGOs push Singapore banks on coal: Stop using our money to fuel climate change

News / Corporate Responsibility

5 ways Wonderfruit makes sustainable living easy and fun

...carbon positive—that is, it helped lock away more carbon than it emitted. Organisers also offset the festival's emissions by purchasing 1,500 tons of carbon credits from Cementhai Energy Conservation...

20 Feb 2018

5 ways Wonderfruit makes sustainable living easy and fun

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