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Elite power struggle sees Vietnam abandon coal, but leaves collateral damage

Vietnam is a nation of nearly 100 million people, a long, skinny, tropical country stretched along the western side of the South China Sea. For a quarter-century, its economy has been growing at an av...

16 Mar 2022

Elite power struggle sees Vietnam abandon coal, but leaves collateral damage

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine addresses Davos 2022

News / Carbon & Climate

Overheard at Davos: climate leaders at the 2022 WEF annual meeting

World leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland last week amid a war raging in Ukraine, dwindling food supply, worsening climate events, and a world recov...

1 Jun 2022

Overheard at Davos: climate leaders at the 2022 WEF annual meeting

News / Waste

China’s plan to clean up ‘new pollutants’

In 2014, China declared a “war on pollution”. Since then, air quality has improved significantly, with nationwide levels of PM2.5 – harmful fine particles less than 2.5 micrometres wide – dropping by ...

12 Aug 2022

China’s plan to clean up ‘new pollutants’

Press Releases / Single Organizing Idea Limited

Businesses urged to stop confusing CSR with ESG

Sustainability continues to climb the agenda for many businesses, however an alarming number are failing to place it at the core of their operations, and are confusing CSR with ESG, according to Singl...

6 Jul 2021

Businesses urged to stop confusing CSR with ESG

Press Releases / Reuters Events

Reuters launches Reuters IMPACT: An agenda-setting summit to mobilise global leaders on climate action

Reuters, the world's largest multimedia news provider, announces agenda-setting leadership forum, bringing together world leaders, big business, and forward-thinking pioneers to inspire, drive action ...

5 Aug 2021

Reuters launches Reuters IMPACT: An agenda-setting summit to mobilise global leaders on climate action

News / Carbon & Climate

Singapore students rally against fossil fuel firms' interference in universities

A group of students in Singapore has launched a campaign against the involvement of fossil fuel companies in tertiary education, which they say is "not acceptable in today’s environmental and social c...

17 Jan 2022

Singapore students rally against fossil fuel firms' interference in universities

News / Transport

Q&A: Major global report reveals how climate, land use and trade drive ‘invasive species’

The term “invasive alien species” refers to a species that human activities have enabled to move into a region outside its native habitat and that has established a self-sustaining population there, w...

15 Sep 2023

Q&A: Major global report reveals how climate, land use and trade drive ‘invasive species’

Research / WWF-Singapore

The business case for a UN treaty on plastic pollution

Plastic is a material with exceptional properties. Along with being versatile, inexpensive and durable, it brings significant benefits to society—from enabling the effective transport of goods t...

4 Nov 2020

The business case for a UN treaty on plastic pollution

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Asia must pivot to clean energy to give global climate action a chance — distributed renewables is the best way

Asia could account for more than half of global GDP and about 40 per cent of global consumption by 2040. But the region's economic growth is founded on coal, and Asia already produces more than half o...

29 Sep 2021

Asia must pivot to clean energy to give global climate action a chance — distributed renewables is the best way

News / Food & Agriculture

China launches first national soil survey in 40 years

In February, the State Council announced that a survey of China’s soil would be carried out, 40 years after the last one. It will take almost four years to complete, with preparatory works and trials ...

4 Aug 2022

China launches first national soil survey in 40 years

News / Carbon & Climate

Quick green gains unlikely, but Singapore’s carbon tax hike lays the right foundations: observers

In 2015, seven years after the Canadian state of British Columbia enacted North America’s first carbon tax, a stocktake found that emissions had dropped by 10 to 15 per cent. The price of carbon rose ...

22 Feb 2022

Quick green gains unlikely, but Singapore’s carbon tax hike lays the right foundations: observers

Press Releases / Korea Maritime & Ocean University

Towards affordable clean energy: exploring new catalysts for urea-based fuel cells

Scientists achieve state-of-the-art performance in urea fuel cells using inexpensive electrodes without precious metals Fuel cells that generate clean electricity by breaking down urea—a ...

19 Oct 2021

Towards affordable clean energy: exploring new catalysts for urea-based fuel cells

News / Lifestyle

22 ways to live better in 2022

Omicron dragging out the pandemic. A mental health crisis. Russia ratting nukes at Ukraine. Biblical floods in Malaysia. An oil spill in Thailand. The culling of Hong Kong’s hamsters. The year 2022 ma...

2 Feb 2022

22 ways to live better in 2022

News / Energy

Coal-powered industrial parks test Indonesia’s climate pledges — and China’s too

In February, a Chinese company began building a “power island” project on Indonesia’s Obi Island, five months after President Xi Jinping had announced China would stop building new coal power plants o...

31 Mar 2022

Coal-powered industrial parks test Indonesia’s climate pledges — and China’s too

News / Carbon & Climate

Droughts and late monsoon floods batter South Asia

As many parts of India, Nepal and Bangladesh face floods, drought continues to affect large swathes of Pakistan and some areas of India. In a cruel irony, parts of India that were hit by drought until...

17 Sep 2021

Droughts and late monsoon floods batter South Asia

trash collected during the East Coast beach clean up

Opinion / Waste

Five facts about unsustainable waste management in Singapore

Singapore is renowned for its efficiency, cleanliness and countless innovations made in sustainable building design, or energy and water efficiency. Yet despite aiming to become a ‘Zero Waste Nation’ ...

11 Jan 2021

Five facts about unsustainable waste management in Singapore

Bangui Wind Farm in Bangui, Ilocos Norte, Philippines

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Putting public finance on the right side of history

The economics of renewable energy have improved beyond recognition. Solar power is now the cheapest form of electricity in history. Over 90 per cent of power-generation capacity added around the worl...

6 Oct 2021

Putting public finance on the right side of history

News / Carbon & Climate

Zoning of rare Malaysian peat forest for property development sparks outcry

"It makes me so sad and angry — some people are pretending we don't exist," said Shaq Koyok, an artist and one of Malaysia's indigenous Temuan people. Koyok is among a growing volley of opposition to ...

7 Sep 2021

Zoning of rare Malaysian peat forest for property development sparks outcry

Podcasts / Food & Agriculture

Low-emissions cows: Can the dairy industry reach net zero?

The dairy industry is under pressure to change, as awareness of the enormous impact of milk production grows. Six billion people worldwide consume milk and milk products, produced by 270 million dairy...

17 Feb 2021

Low-emissions cows: Can the dairy industry reach net zero?

News / Food & Agriculture

President Tsai reiterates government commitment to promoting farmers’ welfare

Ensuring high quality of life for agricultural workers is key to growing the sector, promoting balanced regional development and stabilising Taiwan’s rural society, the president said. To this end, th...

7 Jan 2021

President Tsai reiterates government commitment to promoting farmers’ welfare

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