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Opinion / Carbon & Climate

How farming giant seaweed can feed fish and fix the climate

...carbon price is ever introduced, the exercise of disposing of the carbon captured by the kelp would transform that part of the business from a small cost to a profit generator. Even without a carbon p...

2 Aug 2017

How farming giant seaweed can feed fish and fix the climate

News / Carbon & Climate

As Philippine coastal village sinks, who's paying for the damage?

...carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. “Oil, coal and gas companies that extract fossil fuels from the ground sell it for trillions of dollars of profits a year, and essentially outsource the tru...

17 Jan 2018

As Philippine coastal village sinks, who's paying for the damage?

News / Waste

Are bioplastics better for the environment than conventional plastics?

...carbon dioxide and water within a couple of weeks. However, if it becomes littered or dumped, PLA sticks around for much longer. When pure PLA ends up in seawater, it does not seem to biodegrade at al...

17 Jul 2019

Are bioplastics better for the environment than conventional plastics?

News / Policy & Finance

As countries look inward, development cash falls short - UN deputy chief

Funding for international efforts to build resilience to climate change and meet other development goals is faltering, warns United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed. "It is a tough w...

7 Sep 2018

As countries look inward, development cash falls short - UN deputy chief

News / Carbon & Climate

While Trump addresses UN, businesses meet to address climate change

...carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, they’re growing at unprecedented rates; but on the other hand, as temperatures become more extreme, their ability to absorb greenhouse gasses diminishes. To make matt...

19 Sep 2017

While Trump addresses UN, businesses meet to address climate change

News / Water

Global water supply shrinks in rainier world

Even in a world with more intense rain, communities could begin to run short of water. New research has confirmed that, in a warming world, extremes of drought have begun to diminish the world’s groun...

20 Dec 2018

Global water supply shrinks in rainier world

Rabobank Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore

News / Policy & Finance

Rabobank sustainability chief: We need to weed out green bonds greenwash

...carbonising their investments faster than others. Rabobank has said it will not directly finance the exploration and production of coal. What's your view on the coal debate? The reason for [moving awa...

23 Apr 2019

Rabobank sustainability chief: We need to weed out green bonds greenwash

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Juliana vs United States: An inter-generational fight for climate justice

In 2015, 21 young people between the ages of 11 and 22 filed a major lawsuit against the US government for failing to limit the effects of climate change. In Juliana v. United States, the plaintiffs a...

21 Nov 2018

Juliana vs United States: An inter-generational fight for climate justice

News / Energy

China leading on world’s clean energy investment, says report

The report, released on January 9 by the US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), details the rising importance of China’s firms and investors for low-carbon projects ou...

10 Jan 2018

China leading on world’s clean energy investment, says report

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Smaller fun packs for National Day? Singapore, it’s time for serious policy on plastic

...carbon tax, albeit a small one. Why can't it do something similar about plastic, which barely puts a dent in people's wallets? This year, the government declared Year of Climate Action, and encouraged...

20 Nov 2018

Smaller fun packs for National Day? Singapore, it’s time for serious policy on plastic

News / Food & Agriculture

Have we overlooked the human side of palm oil production?

...carbon solutions in its energy and transportation sectors, and global issues like deforestation and climate change took precedence over social issues in Indonesia and Malaysia. The European ban on pal...

1 Aug 2018

Have we overlooked the human side of palm oil production?

community members patrol forests in Vietnam

News / Policy & Finance

Most countries lose out with forest-to-farm conversions

...carbon emissions and losses of multiple ecosystem services, which are benefits obtained by people from ecosystems such as forests. These benefits include carbon sequestration, flood protection and wat...

17 Aug 2017

Most countries lose out with forest-to-farm conversions

Workers at Qi Palawan resort setting up a solar energy system

Opinion / Energy

Why the ecotourism industry must embrace clean energy solutions

...carbon alternative to diesel generators. The benefits are manifold; resorts become self-sufficient and don’t have to rely on imported diesel, the systems are quiet and don’t disturb guests or wildlife...

28 Feb 2018

Why the ecotourism industry must embrace clean energy solutions

Plastic monster for Earth Hour 2018, Singapore

News / Lifestyle

'Mindset overhaul' on plastics due as Earth Hour switches focus in Singapore

...Carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, is also emitted in the process. After the plastic is burnt, the ashes are disposed of in Pulau Semakau, Singapore’s only landfill. It may reach capacity as early as 2...

21 Mar 2018

'Mindset overhaul' on plastics due as Earth Hour switches focus in Singapore

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Extreme weather news may not change climate change sceptics’ minds

The year 2018 brought particularly devastating natural disasters, including hurricanes, droughts, floods and fires—just the kinds of extreme weather events scientists predict will be exacerbated by cl...

28 Mar 2019

Extreme weather news may not change climate change sceptics’ minds

News / Carbon & Climate

Artificially cooling planet may pose threat to plants, animals

...carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere - is on the upswing as the world edges closer to moving beyond what are seen as relatively safe levels of climate change. “ If geoengineering ever stopped abruptl...

24 Jan 2018

Artificially cooling planet may pose threat to plants, animals

Opinion / Water

The unswerving case for a blue economy

...carbon emissions. Even a partial loss of these benefits would threaten human health and well-being, and have significant negative economic consequences around the world. If that sounds alarmist, consi...

19 Mar 2018

The unswerving case for a blue economy

News / Carbon & Climate

Will Trump admin policy rollbacks impact efforts to combat climate change?

...carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e),” Fransen and Levin write. “Under Obama’s policies, estimates suggest emissions would have ranged from about 5.0 to 6.6 GtCO2e.” However, while Trump’s policies will l...

18 Dec 2017

Will Trump admin policy rollbacks impact efforts to combat climate change?

News / Carbon & Climate

Bangladesh PM says country 'cannot wait' for help with climate action

Bangladesh must take climate adaptation matters into its own hands and "cannot wait for assistance", Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Tuesday. Bangladesh has received "many promises" but "very lit...

20 Apr 2018

Bangladesh PM says country 'cannot wait' for help with climate action

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

We need an Olympic effort on climate change

...carbon climate-resilient development. In the end, we are richer as a people, and as a planet, when we come together. Pradeep Kurukulasuriya heads the Climate Change Adaptation team in the Global Env...

14 Feb 2018

We need an Olympic effort on climate change

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