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Press Releases / ADB-DutchCham

ADB-DutchCham announces Winners Winsemius Awards 2019 at annual Gala

SINGAPORE, 31 MAY 2019—ADB-DutchCham is proud to announce the winners of the Winsemius Awards 2019, unveiled on Thursday, May 30th 2019 at the Ritz-Carlton Millenia hotel in Singapore over a fes...

4 Jun 2019

ADB-DutchCham announces Winners Winsemius Awards 2019 at annual Gala

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Digital solutions for climate finance

...carbon futures. By incorporating carbon futures, Ven is able to support environmental protection, with over 25,000 acres of Amazon rainforest protected already. Crowdfunding In 2015, Goldman Sachs cal...

16 Jan 2018

Digital solutions for climate finance

News / Carbon & Climate

To avoid climate catastrophe, we'll need to remove CO2 from the air. Here's how.

...carbonise our economy, or we won’t meet our carbon goal,” says Noah Deich, co-founder and executive director with the Center for Carbon Removal in Oakland, California. “We have to go beyond to clean u...

31 Jul 2017

To avoid climate catastrophe, we'll need to remove CO2 from the air. Here's how.

News / Policy & Finance

Indonesian mine watchdog sues government for concession maps

Environmental activists are suing the Indonesian government for the release of records of mining licenses and concessions, in a move seen as crucial to bringing greater transparency to the extractives...

17 Sep 2018

Indonesian mine watchdog sues government for concession maps

News / Energy

The way we power our lives is undergoing a huge transition. How can we minimise the pain and maximise the gain?

...carbon to transport ourselves, or nuclear reactions to light up the dark, humans always have—and always will—depend on energy to meet the basic needs of life. Exactly how we do that, though, is underg...

26 Jul 2018

The way we power our lives is undergoing a huge transition. How can we minimise the pain and maximise the gain?

The Banten Suralaya coal complex in Banten, Java. The station will use ultra-supercritical technology, and is mainly funded by state utility PLN with financial advice from DBS Bank. Image: Greenpeace

News / Energy

NGOs urge DBS: Pull out of 'risky' Indonesian coal power deal

...Carbon Tracker Initiative estimates could happen for solar in Indonesia in less than 10 years. The group also pointed to corruption allegations made against PLN's boss last year regarding a power plan...

26 Feb 2019

NGOs urge DBS: Pull out of 'risky' Indonesian coal power deal

News / Policy & Finance

World Bank ups funds to tackle 'existential threat' of climate change

The World Bank will give equal weight to curbing emissions and helping poor countries deal with the "disastrous effects" of a warming world as it steps up investments to tackle climate change in the f...

4 Dec 2018

World Bank ups funds to tackle 'existential threat' of climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

Tree resin could replace oil and gas in household products

The loblolly pine isn’t the first choice of Christmas tree lovers. It’s not as compact as fir or spruce, and its needles are longer, so it doesn’t hold ornaments well. But the loblolly has a storied h...

2 Jan 2019

Tree resin could replace oil and gas in household products

News / Manufacturing

Why doesn't Nespresso close the loop on aluminium?

...carbon emissions than the latter. Coffee capsule crisis While recycling aluminium should be the logical—and greener—step forward for Nespresso, coffee capsules are notoriously hard to recycle. Made ...

2 Jan 2019

Why doesn't Nespresso close the loop on aluminium?

News / Cities

London laces up to become world's most 'walkable' city

Londoners were urged to reach for their walking shoes on Thursday as the government launched its first action plan to get more people moving around the city on foot. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has sai...

24 Jul 2018

London laces up to become world's most 'walkable' city

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

What a giant snake can teach us about designing cities for the future

...carbon and improve urban climates. Native wildlife can help limit pests and disease vectors like mosquitoes and rats. And exposing urban children to nature is one of the best strategies for educating ...

14 Jun 2018

What a giant snake can teach us about designing cities for the future

Opinion / Energy

Meet the new 'renewable superpowers': nations that boss the materials used for wind and solar

...carbon to silicon, copper, lithium, and rare earth metals. The countries which dominate the production of fossil fuels will mostly be familiar: The list of countries that would become the new “...

19 Feb 2018

Meet the new 'renewable superpowers': nations that boss the materials used for wind and solar

Opinion / Waste

Five ways to unlock the value of the circular economy

...carbon dioxide equivalent per year. 5. Incentivise design for circularity Our current take-make-waste economy doesn't reward making products that last, or that are easily reused, repurposed, repaired ...

16 Apr 2019

Five ways to unlock the value of the circular economy

Opinion / Lifestyle

Has the sharing economy really transformed the way we consume?

The scope and scale of the so-called “sharing economy” has increased exponentially over the past decade, to the point where it affects almost every aspect of our lives. Ride sharing has changed how we...

29 Jan 2019

Has the sharing economy really transformed the way we consume?

News / Carbon & Climate

Leading scientists, lawyers challenge Trump on social cost of carbon

Despite the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw the official estimate of the Social Cost of Carbon and disband the interagency working group that developed it, a group of prominent economists ...

21 Aug 2017

Leading scientists, lawyers challenge Trump on social cost of carbon

News / Carbon & Climate

Flooded internet is possible by 2035

US engineers have identified a problem nobody had ever expected to confront so soon: the approach of the flooded internet, caused by worldwide sea level rise. Within 15 years seawater could be lapping...

23 Jul 2018

Flooded internet is possible by 2035

News / Food & Agriculture

As aquaculture booms, a new report guides investors toward sustainability

...carbon dioxide from the water—an added benefit for organisms like reef-building corals that fortify their physical structures with calcium. Shellfish, meanwhile, clean the water as they filter feed, r...

9 May 2019

As aquaculture booms, a new report guides investors toward sustainability

News / Policy & Finance

First Philippine peso green bond by IFC raises US$90 million

The Philippines’ renewable energy sector has received a boost in funding after the International Finance Corporation (IFC) issued its first peso-denominated green bond, worth up to US$90 million, last...

4 Jul 2018

First Philippine peso green bond by IFC raises US$90 million

News / Cities

Cities urged to help cut global supply chain emissions

...carbon footprint should be lowered, said the report. "It's not the stuff people buy - it's really housing and transport, and those two topics are really very much in the policy domain of local mayors,...

9 Nov 2017

Cities urged to help cut global supply chain emissions

News / Corporate Responsibility

UNEP’s Erik Solheim: Putting landscapes first to green up the environment

...carbon opportunities and cleaner production to achieve a pollution-free planet Solheim said. Increased funding is also needed for research, pollution monitoring, infrastructure, management and control...

13 Dec 2017

UNEP’s Erik Solheim: Putting landscapes first to green up the environment

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