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Our dying soils: The invisible crisis under our feet

...carbon.” Essentially, this is the sum of biologically diverse organisms found in the soil including microbes, fungi, invertebrates such as worms, slugs and insects, root matter, and decomposing vegeta...

19 Mar 2018

Our dying soils: The invisible crisis under our feet

Research / Solidiance

Electric Vehicles in Indonesia: The Road Towards Sustainable Transportation

In the past few years, Indonesia has heavily relied on fossil fuel as the main energy source in all economic sectors, ranging from transportation, power plant, to household. The high dependency on fo...

17 Jul 2018

Electric Vehicles in Indonesia: The Road Towards Sustainable Transportation

News / Food & Agriculture

What is sustainable rubber?

Bouncy, elastic, compressible and moldable—the unique properties of natural rubber make it one of the most widely used materials, found in products from pencil erasers and birthday balloons to condoms...

21 May 2019

What is sustainable rubber?

News / Cities

Of the world's 100 most polluted cities, 99 are in Asia

Of the 100 most polluted cities in the world in 2018, 99 were in Asia, according to a global report on annual air pollution levels by Beijing-based monitoring firm AirVisual and environmental group Gr...

7 Mar 2019

Of the world's 100 most polluted cities, 99 are in Asia

News / Carbon & Climate

The mining sector's US$16 billion emissions cost

...carbon price of $7-per-tonne were applied, said a new report by climate research organisation CDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project. The true carbon exposure of mining companies, the r...

2 Aug 2017

The mining sector's US$16 billion emissions cost

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesia unveils plan to halve forest fires by 2019

...carbon dioxide as a result of the burning exceeded those from all U.S. economic activity. In the wake of the disaster, the government has taken steps to prevent peat fires, including ordering the cons...

2 Jan 2018

Indonesia unveils plan to halve forest fires by 2019

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

How a small community in the northeastern corner of India became the country's first green village

“I’ve not hunted since 1998,” says Cayievi Zhünyü. Now in his late-70s, Zhünyü lives in Khonoma village, in the Indian state of Nagaland, near the Indo-Myanmar border. In December 1998, hunting was ...

1 Apr 2019

How a small community in the northeastern corner of India became the country's first green village

A PET bottle being recycled at a recycling plant. Image: EVRYTHNG

News / Waste

Could a digital barcode on consumer products enable the circular economy?

One of the main reasons why global recycling rates are so low—just 20 per cent of the world’s plastic is recycled—is because people simply do not know how to recycle. Too often, people throw non-recy...

6 Mar 2019

Could a digital barcode on consumer products enable the circular economy?

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

The future of fish farming

...carbon electricity grids, like France, but it would be in a place like Nova Scotia, which relies heavily on coal. Likewise, offshore operations require diesel fuel for transport and maintenance, and t...

27 Feb 2018

The future of fish farming

News / Energy

Refugees ready to go green and become 'innovation hubs'

...carbon stoves and lights but poor access in camps and a lack of funding is forcing them to rely on "dirty and expensive" fuels, a report said on Tuesday. Millions of refugees worldwide struggle to acc...

31 Jan 2018

Refugees ready to go green and become 'innovation hubs'

Press Releases / Eco-Business

Inefficient use of air-conditioning leaves Asean freezing in the tropics

...carbon emissions by 2040. At the same time, the International Energy Agency estimates that improving energy efficiency could provide almost 40 per cent of the emissions reductions needed to stay with...

29 Jan 2018

Inefficient use of air-conditioning leaves Asean freezing in the tropics

News / Policy & Finance

Fossil fuel tax proposed to cover rising costs of wild weather

...carbon-heavy energy, green groups said on Monday. A "climate damages tax" levied on oil, gas and coal companies could raise $300 billion a year by 2030 to bail out communities bearing the brunt of glo...

11 Dec 2018

Fossil fuel tax proposed to cover rising costs of wild weather

worker burns slipper at brick kiln factory in Pakistan

News / Carbon & Climate

As Lahore chokes on winter smog, Pakistan moves to cut air pollution

At his house on busy Mall Road in Lahore, environmental lawyer Rafay Alam runs three air purifiers around the clock, keeps his windows shut and stuffs towels into the gaps under his doors. Some winter...

8 Jan 2019

As Lahore chokes on winter smog, Pakistan moves to cut air pollution

News / Carbon & Climate

Earth likely to warm more than two degrees by 2100 – experts

...carbon – for example by introducing a carbon tax – and encourage innovation that would improve energy efficiency," he said. "We should be learning more from countries that are particularly carbon-effi...

1 Aug 2017

Earth likely to warm more than two degrees by 2100 – experts

News / Food & Agriculture

Olam introduces new tool for more transparent supply chains

...carbon neutrality, but are seldom close enough to farmers to make changes on the ground, which is where Olam can help. Verghese explained that the different tiers were meant to cater to its clients - ...

19 Apr 2018

Olam introduces new tool for more transparent supply chains

News / Carbon & Climate

Despite Trump, international climate action is accelerating

...carbon pricing initiatives. “ The Paris Agreement remains irreversible and will be implemented by all the other nations. We will succeed. Emmanuel Macron, president, France In October, Chinese Presi...

7 Nov 2017

Despite Trump, international climate action is accelerating

News / Corporate Responsibility

Singapore F&B retailers show slow progress in reducing plastic consumption

Attempts by food and beverage retailers in Singapore to reduce the amount of single-use plastic they use are paltry, a recent audit conducted by local non-profit Zero Waste SG has revealed. Of the 100...

8 Nov 2018

Singapore F&B retailers show slow progress in reducing plastic consumption

News / Cities

Indians demand a say as construction chokes cities

...carbon dioxide emissions. India is forecast to overtake China by 2024 as the world's most populous country, with tens of millions of citizens cramming into already crowded cities. “ Large constructio...

16 Aug 2018

Indians demand a say as construction chokes cities

News / Carbon & Climate

As winter bites, air pollution in India and Pakistan gets ‘crazy bad’

Since the start of the year, air pollution in major cities in India and Pakistan has reached levels well beyond what is considered hazardous to human health. On 2 January, the air pollution in Lahore ...

4 Jan 2019

As winter bites, air pollution in India and Pakistan gets ‘crazy bad’

News / Carbon & Climate

South and Southeast Asia most at risk by climate change

A risk index released at the annual climate summit in the Polish city of Katowice shows that countries in South Asia are among the most vulnerable globally to the impacts of climate change. India has ...

6 Dec 2018

South and Southeast Asia most at risk by climate change

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