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News / Carbon & Climate

China’s ‘iron fist’ against pollution is softening

In 2014, China declared a war against pollution when Premier Li Keqiang pledged to crackdown on polluters and negligent officials “with an iron fist” at the opening of the annual National People’s Con...

18 Mar 2019

China’s ‘iron fist’ against pollution is softening

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Putting a price on rainforests

...carbon dioxide, more than any other country. And Norway was able to help mitigate global carbon dioxide emissions. “ There is danger in delay. In the two years since the Paris climate agreement was a...

10 Nov 2017

Putting a price on rainforests

Trung Son Hydropower Project,Construction site, Mai Chau district, Vietnam. Photo:

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Want to build low-carbon infrastructure? Try local currency green bonds

...carbon infrastructure in developing Asia? The public sector to date provides 90 per cent of the region’s overall infrastructure investment flows, mainly sourced from tax revenues. The rest is covered ...

27 Feb 2018

Want to build low-carbon infrastructure? Try local currency green bonds

Opinion / Transport

Forging a path: Shipping must take decarbonisation into its own hands

...carbonisation ambition. However, while the IMO deliberates, forward-looking industry leaders and influencers can and must act. A business-first pathway to decarbonisation Timing is critical. Shipping ...

5 Dec 2017

Forging a path: Shipping must take decarbonisation into its own hands

Antarctica comes to Singapore at the Changing Course exhibition. Image: Eco-Business

Videos / Carbon & Climate

Changing Course: The beginning

Bringing Antarctica to Singapore, Eco-Business launched its film and photography exhibition, Changing Course, on June 4. The exhibition features a specially curated collection of about 70 photos and a...

29 Jun 2018

Changing Course: The beginning

Opinion / Manufacturing

By the numbers: The impacts of fast fashion

Think about how many sweaters, scarves and other clothes were given as gifts this holiday season. How many times will people wear them before throwing them out? Probably far fewer than you think. One ...

16 Jan 2019

By the numbers: The impacts of fast fashion

News / Food & Agriculture

World can meet growing food demands and limit warming to 1.5C

...carbon management, will be essential to help the farming industry reduce its carbon footprint without threatening the global food supply, the lead author tells Carbon Brief. The new study marks an imp...

3 Oct 2017

World can meet growing food demands and limit warming to 1.5C

News / Carbon & Climate

China’s carbon emissions drive global uptick in 2017

...carbon emission by 2030 Despite the rebound, China remains on track to peak its carbon emissions by 2030, as set out in the 13th Five-Year Plan for economic growth. However, analysts from the Nation...

15 Nov 2017

China’s carbon emissions drive global uptick in 2017

News / Policy & Finance

Coal in the Philippines—Are banks risking US$21 billion on stranded assets?

...Carbon Brief finds that the island nation has 12,141 megawatts (MW) of coal power in the pipeline, ranking it as 10th in the world for planned coal-fired capacity. IEEFA energy analyst Sara Jane Ahmed...

14 Sep 2018

Coal in the Philippines—Are banks risking US$21 billion on stranded assets?

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesian flooding disaster bears the hallmarks of agriculture and mining impacts

Muhammad Arfa says he thinks a miracle saved his home. A wave of mud that swept through this riverside village on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi when floods ravaged the area last June razed dozens ...

13 Aug 2019

Indonesian flooding disaster bears the hallmarks of agriculture and mining impacts

News / Energy

2.2m jobs by 2030: Clean energy's employment promise for Asean

Before his father entered the operating theatre for emergency heart surgery in 2008, Robin Pho promised he would join the family’s business, an Indonesian supplier of manpower for the oil and gas indu...

25 Sep 2019

2.2m jobs by 2030: Clean energy's employment promise for Asean

News / Green Buildings

5 ways green buildings are good for your health

...carbonated drinks and putting healthy snacks such as fruit and nuts in the pantry. A few have even introduced smoothie blenders to cut dependency on coffee. Better nutritional options in the workplace...

1 Oct 2018

5 ways green buildings are good for your health

News / Food & Agriculture

Grass-fed beef will not help tackle climate change, report finds

...carbon sequestration to take place]. If you overgraze the grassland, then you will get an annual loss of carbon from the soil.” Climate solution? Despite the potential impacts of soil carbon sequestra...

4 Oct 2017

Grass-fed beef will not help tackle climate change, report finds

News / Policy & Finance

Global biodiversity is collapsing, warn scientists

Of the estimated eight million species on earth, around a million face extinction, according to biodiversity specialists from around the world. Many of these are now threatened with extinction within ...

7 May 2019

Global biodiversity is collapsing, warn scientists

2012 palm oil plantation land clearing fire

News / Food & Agriculture

Can blockchain save Indonesia’s forests?

...carbon credit programme to help local people and conserve forests, though “the subsequent collapse of the carbon credit market made this unfeasible”, according to Sun. The production of commodities s...

6 Nov 2017

Can blockchain save Indonesia’s forests?

Opinion / Energy

7 climate change myths that big oil continues to perpetuate

...carbon capture and storage (CCS), a process that sucks carbon out of the air and sends it back underground. But despite being praised by big oil as a silver bullet solution for climate change, CCS is ...

23 Feb 2018

7 climate change myths that big oil continues to perpetuate

Videos / Cities

Climate change is everyone's fight: C40 Mayors

"The climate crisis is the most fundamental crisis we will face as a people, but there are real opportunities in climate responsibility.” This was the rallying cry of the world's mayors in a new vide...

19 Jan 2018

Climate change is everyone's fight: C40 Mayors

Journalists at a palm oil plantation question a corporate communications official.

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

Is the growing power of corporate communications hurting the sustainability press?

It has become obvious to the journalists in many newsrooms that our jobs are getting harder because of the increasingly bold and assertive behaviour of the communications teams of large companies. Th...

11 Dec 2019

Is the growing power of corporate communications hurting the sustainability press?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The repression of environmental activists fuels climate change

Coal enthusiast Poland hosted COP24, the annual United Nations’ climate summit, last December. The summit’s outcomes were widely criticised for being too little too late. But Poland's actions also dr...

11 Feb 2019

The repression of environmental activists fuels climate change

Chinese commuters catch up on news in metro

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Why are there no climate sceptics in the Chinese media?

...carbon intensity – that is, to release less carbon for a given amount of gross domestic product (GDP). But as China’s economy is growing rapidly, this still means more overall carbon emissions. Howeve...

2 Jan 2018

Why are there no climate sceptics in the Chinese media?

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