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Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Don't let President Trump distract from urgent action needed at climate talks

...carbon and resilient to climate change. But this cannot be left up to national governments alone. Increasingly, local and city governments and business—including in the US—are working with communitie...

7 Nov 2017

Don't let President Trump distract from urgent action needed at climate talks

News / Food & Agriculture

How unhealthy is the haze from Indonesia’s annual peat fires?

...carbon emissions, everyone agrees that protecting public health is a top priority. However, the first step to solving a problem is to agree on how critical the issue is. Two independent studies have e...

6 Nov 2017

How unhealthy is the haze from Indonesia’s annual peat fires?

Sindicatum Solar Energy Gujarat, owns the Patan 15 MWp solar plant

News / Energy

Sindicatum is first Asian renewable energy firm to issue green bond

Singapore-headquartered Sindicatum Sustainable Resources, a clean energy developer, owner and operator, has become the first Asian renewables firm to issue a green bond, with a venture to fund clean e...

17 Jan 2018

Sindicatum is first Asian renewable energy firm to issue green bond

News / Policy & Finance

Disasters could cost Asia-Pacific region $160 billion per year by 2030, UN warns

Economic losses to disasters in Asia and the Pacific could exceed $160 billion annually by 2030, the United Nations development arm in the region warned on Tuesday, urging greater innovation in disast...

26 Apr 2018

Disasters could cost Asia-Pacific region $160 billion per year by 2030, UN warns

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

As the oceans rise, so do your risks of breast cancer

...carbons. It is not surprising, given that environment is regularly ignored when we talk about breast cancer. A disease of our communities When researchers study what women know about breast cancer the...

17 Jan 2019

As the oceans rise, so do your risks of breast cancer

The Papandayan Dead Forest in Java, Indonesia

News / Carbon & Climate

95% of youth say firms are not doing enough to fight climate change

...carbon footprint in a firm’s value chain. The private sector has to come up with new ways of doing business, said 19 per cent of the 300-plus young respondents. This includes committing to business m...

4 Jul 2017

95% of youth say firms are not doing enough to fight climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

The top 10 sustainable business stories of 2017

...carbon transition. Jessica Robinson, founder, Moxie Future 3. Asian banks back fossil fuels About three quarters of the world's planned coal fired power is to be built in Asia, and the region’s banks...

22 Dec 2017

The top 10 sustainable business stories of 2017

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Tackling food waste is a $700 billion opportunity. Here’s how to seize it.

A newly released report by the Boston Consulting Group estimates that by 2030, annual food loss and waste will hit 2.1 billion tons, worth $1.5 trillion. And, earlier this year, another study reported...

3 Oct 2018

Tackling food waste is a $700 billion opportunity. Here’s how to seize it.

News / Food & Agriculture

Technology can serve up better food. Here’s how.

...carbon dioxide are also to blame.” But new agri-food technologies are working to ensure supply chains become more climate resilient and continue to provide the world with nutritious food. Tali Nechush...

26 Nov 2018

Technology can serve up better food. Here’s how.

News / Carbon & Climate

Melting Arctic awaits nitrous oxide release

...carbon, protected from decay by microorganisms simply by its frozen state: it becomes increasingly vulnerable as the world warms, as humans burn fossil fuels and dump ever greater concentrations of ca...

5 Jun 2017

Melting Arctic awaits nitrous oxide release

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

How the gig economy can transform farms in the developing world

...carbon footprint and creating jobs for the poor. These tech-savvy “agro-preneurs” can provide breakthrough services such as on-demand farming, leveraging the Uber business model to deliver fresh food ...

3 Apr 2018

How the gig economy can transform farms in the developing world

News / Carbon & Climate

What is CarboScen?

...carbon’ and ‘scenarios’. ‘Carbon’ refers not to carbon dioxide but to ecosystem carbon, which is stored in the biomass and soil. ‘Scenario’ refers to future land-use scenarios. It’s a relatively easy ...

11 Apr 2017

What is CarboScen?

Opinion / Green Buildings

Greenwashing the property market: Why 'green star' ratings don't guarantee more sustainable buildings

...carbon emissions by 2050. Melbourne has pledged to be carbon-neutral by 2020. So how do green ratings work? Each green rating tool works by identifying a range of sustainability parameters—such as wat...

22 Feb 2018

Greenwashing the property market: Why 'green star' ratings don't guarantee more sustainable buildings

News / Energy

Do Filipinos dream of electric jeepneys?

Basahin sa tagalog [Editor's note, 9 March 2023]: Read our latest analysis on ongoing industrial action against government plans to phase out traditional jeepneys. A fleet of electric vehicles cre...

7 Aug 2019

Do Filipinos dream of electric jeepneys?

News / Carbon & Climate

World’s oceans losing oxygen as a result of global warming and pollution

...carbon dioxide, and toxic hydrogen sulfide. While some animals can thrive in these dead zones, biodiversity suffers as a whole. Oxygen depletion in the world’s waters would affect not only marine ecos...

11 Jan 2018

World’s oceans losing oxygen as a result of global warming and pollution

News / Corporate Responsibility

Chief sustainability officers: Fighting the good fight

...carbon tax from 2019 onwards, CDL was well prepared. This is because it has been producing sustainability reports for close to a decade now and already has targets to reduce the intensity of its carbo...

29 Nov 2017

Chief sustainability officers: Fighting the good fight

Ramon Grimaldo of Tanggol Kalikasan reiterates the harmful effects that coal plants pose on the environment, particularly to the ocean and the creatures living in it.

News / Energy

How a small parish is leading the fight against coal in the Philippines

...carbon-intensive fossil fuel and accounts for 43 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. The Philippines, as one of the countries that ratified the Paris Agreement, has vowed to reduce its emissi...

13 Jul 2018

How a small parish is leading the fight against coal in the Philippines

Opinion / Cities

Planning better cities—why inclusiveness matters for people and the environment

...carbon dioxide emissions originate in metropolitan areas. Statistics like these should give us pause: Are cities really the best way to organise human life? They can be, but only with significant adju...

31 Oct 2017

Planning better cities—why inclusiveness matters for people and the environment

News / Food & Agriculture

Meat that's not meat: The next big opportunity for food

...carbon footprint, contribution to antibiotic resistance, and food safety scandals. As a result, the practice is incompatible with many of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals—the developm...

19 Feb 2018

Meat that's not meat: The next big opportunity for food

News / Energy

Fracking threatens Aboriginal land rights in pristine Western Australia country

...carbon deposits. Therefore, it is no surprise that the most contentious environmental debate currently facing the Kimberley involves what lies beneath its red soil. The region sits on top of the Canni...

22 Nov 2018

Fracking threatens Aboriginal land rights in pristine Western Australia country

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