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IEA: India is on ‘cusp of a solar-powered revolution’

..., with large, utility-scale solar projects “lead[ing] the charge”, the report notes. Wind is also expected to play a role, making up 200GW of this growth. Overall, in this scenario, India will add pow...

15 Feb 2021

IEA: India is on ‘cusp of a solar-powered revolution’

News / Energy

China must ‘leap over Oil Age’ to meet climate challenge

..., an environmental non-profit, has concluded that China must “leap over the oil age” to meet its various targets – to ensure energy security, protect the environment and public health, and meet the cl...

13 Feb 2020

China must ‘leap over Oil Age’ to meet climate challenge

child receives a drink of water in Sudan

Videos / Water

What would the world be like if there was water for all?

..., and to take action to make a difference. This year’s World Water Day theme, “Water for All,” is focused on tackling the water crisis as it affects marginalised groups, including women, children, ref...

21 Mar 2019

What would the world be like if there was water for all?

Opinion / Cities

Making green cities mainstream

..., often combining plants and built infrastructure to meet the needs of humans, such as our love of nature. Trees, plants, waterways and wetlands can deliver climate conditioning, cooling cities by red...

9 Jul 2019

Making green cities mainstream

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Four lessons we should learn from the pandemic

...climate, on soil and water, and on plant and animal diversity have equally been ignored. In our era of deliberate misinformation, fake social news and divisive political propaganda, we now have an op...

15 Apr 2020

Four lessons we should learn from the pandemic

News / Carbon & Climate

Famous brands ‘turning blind eye’ to deforestation caused by demand for soy, beef and other commodities

..., which also include palm oil, leather and pulp and paper, cause vast tracts of tropical forest to be cleared each year. Yet, nearly half—242 out of 500—of the leading companies that produce, trade, u...

13 Feb 2020

Famous brands ‘turning blind eye’ to deforestation caused by demand for soy, beef and other commodities

Opinion / Policy & Finance

How are banks doing on sustainable finance commitments? Not good enough

..., sustainable future — and they face growing political, market and social pressure to do so. Indeed, just last week at the UN Climate Summit in New York City, we saw banks making new commitments to di...

3 Oct 2019

How are banks doing on sustainable finance commitments? Not good enough

A student asks International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde a question at the Ecole Royale d’Administration December 3, 2013 in Phom Phen, Cambodia

News / Carbon & Climate

The young people calling time on climate change in Asia Pacific

..., is not the first youth to have sued her government for climate inaction. Groups of youths in the United States, Belgium, New Zealand have taken similar action, while young people in Pakistan, Colomb...

30 Apr 2019

The young people calling time on climate change in Asia Pacific

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The energy transformation is not happening fast enough

...climate-related financial risks and opportunities, and Climate Action 100+, an investor initiative that encourages the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters to take necessary action on cli...

9 Oct 2019

The energy transformation is not happening fast enough

UOB Bank, Singapore's third largest lender

News / Policy & Finance

UOB is Singapore's third bank to quit coal power lending in a month

...climate action, this sends strong message to other banks and policy makers in this region that coal fired energy production is incompatible with sustainable development. Jeanne Stampe, head, Asia sust...

10 May 2019

UOB is Singapore's third bank to quit coal power lending in a month

News / Corporate Responsibility

From coffee to cosmetics, companies are looking for ways to protect the plants their products are made from

...,” said Emmanuel Faber, CEO of French food and beverage corporation, Danone, at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in September. He lambasted the current overreliance on technology and the fact ...

11 Nov 2019

From coffee to cosmetics, companies are looking for ways to protect the plants their products are made from

News / Policy & Finance

Indigenous groups continue fight against newly-revived Philippine mine

..., the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) cited “force majeure” factors that included “rebellion, insurrection, civil disturbance, blockade, sabotage, any dispute with surface owners, and adverse actio...

10 Mar 2020

Indigenous groups continue fight against newly-revived Philippine mine

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Australia’s vote for coal won’t matter if Chinese demand falters

..., avowed climate denier and former prime minister, Tony Abbott, lost the Sydney beachside seat he’d held for 24 years. The winner, Zali Steggall, is a former Olympic slalom skier turned lawyer, who wa...

27 May 2019

Australia’s vote for coal won’t matter if Chinese demand falters

Chennai residents, water crisis, MS Nagar

News / Water

What's being done to fix water scarcity in Asia's most water-stressed countries?

...Climate Change”, which highlights the importance of proper water management to reduce floods, droughts, scarcity and pollution, and help tackle climate change itself. Here are the six countries most a...

22 Mar 2020

What's being done to fix water scarcity in Asia's most water-stressed countries?

News / Carbon & Climate

Don't decide our planet's future without us, say striking British students

..., that would be so helpful," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Cathy Rogers, 50, of west London, who was demonstrating with her two children, Mako, five, and Sorrel, 11, said the family had bee...

18 Mar 2019

Don't decide our planet's future without us, say striking British students

Photo of Singapore marina bay waterfront by dusk

News / Cities

To engineer sustainable cities, engineer social behaviour

...climate change, the fact is that the longer humanity waits, the higher the cost. Soren Kvorning, president Asia Pacific, Danfoss Unfortunately, said speakers at the forum Tomorrow's cities: Engineeri...

3 Apr 2019

To engineer sustainable cities, engineer social behaviour

Videos / Waste

Manila’s informal settlers face relocation to give way to massive bay clean up

..., including its mangroves, mudflats and coral reefs, and failing to act will lead to a decline in fisheries, says Rodne Galicha, executive director of Climate Action for Sustainability Initiative. Alt...

3 Oct 2019

Manila’s informal settlers face relocation to give way to massive bay clean up

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Carbon offsetting: the frequently asked questions

..., for example, traps about 100-times more heat than carbon dioxide does, but it also disintegrates more quickly. Over a period of 100 years, methane is “only” 25-times as bad as carbon dioxide, but ov...

8 Oct 2019

Carbon offsetting: the frequently asked questions

News / Policy & Finance

Distant-water fishing operations must become more transparent

..., the fishing industry remains shrouded in mystery, lacking crucial information about where and how much fish is being caught, vessel ownership, labour practices and how seafood moves along the supply...

9 Dec 2019

Distant-water fishing operations must become more transparent

News / Corporate Responsibility

Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Janice Lao, hospitality trailblazer

..., such as the use of single-use plastics. The Filipina went on to spearhead the hotelier’s global commitment to phase out plastics, including water bottles, straws, packaging and bathroom amenities, b...

16 Jan 2020

Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Janice Lao, hospitality trailblazer

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