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News / Policy & Finance

Asean agreement on haze? As clear as smoke

...the agreement says that external assistance “can only be employed at the request of and with the consent of the requesting party, or when offered by another party or parties, with the consent of the r...

13 Oct 2015

Asean agreement on haze? As clear as smoke

News / Energy

Energy boost for Russia and neighbours

...The geographical area of the research − which did not include transport or heating − covers much of the northern hemisphere. Many of the countries in the area rely on the production and use of fossil ...

6 Jan 2016

Energy boost for Russia and neighbours

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate impacts leave rainforests on edge of destruction

...then. He predicts: “The decisive period for the long-term future of the rainforests . . . will be the second half of the century, when global warming is likely to exceed 2°C above the pre-industrial g...

25 May 2015

Climate impacts leave rainforests on edge of destruction

News / Policy & Finance

Investor push urged to help secure indigenous land rights

...the major investors - the private sector - as well as the citizens of their own countries," he added. The report said "a critical mass" of actors, including governments, aid donors and companies, now ...

4 Feb 2016

Investor push urged to help secure indigenous land rights

News / Lifestyle

Facebook emerging as a ‘thriving’ wildlife trade marketplace

...ther than Facebook’s messaging, the team found. Additionally, the TRAFFIC team uncovered the presence of five “shops” involved in the trade of wild animals, but the team is unsure about whether these ...

4 Mar 2016

Facebook emerging as a ‘thriving’ wildlife trade marketplace

Press Releases / Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) & Sustain Ability Showcase Asia (SASA)

Singapore tech start-up specialising on the "internet of energy" attracts support from Intel, CISCO & Deutsche Telekom

...the Singapore-based clean energy investment banking boutique which incubated the R&D project until the start-up was spun-off at the end of 2015. BeeBryte also has the privilege to be one of the s...

23 May 2016

Singapore tech start-up specialising on the "internet of energy" attracts support from Intel, CISCO & Deutsche Telekom

News / Carbon & Climate

Logging caused unusual flooding, say NGOs

...them had lost their homes when it was swept away by strong currents. It is not unusual for the East Coast states to be affected by the Northeast Monsoon, which occurs from November to March, every yea...

13 Jan 2015

Logging caused unusual flooding, say NGOs

Press Releases / Danfoss

2016 food retail trends: CO2, heat reclaim and new technologies

...the installed base of trans-critical CO2 systems in supermarkets compared to the year before. Driven by the F-gas regulation in Europe and the SNAP regulation in the US, the installation of CO2 system...

3 Mar 2016

2016 food retail trends: CO2, heat reclaim and new technologies

Opinion / Lifestyle

Shark's fin soup: A cultural conundrum

...the world. At 1.4 billion people, the Chinese market has an influence on the supply chain like no other. Furthermore, the country's growth in recent decades has only fuelled the appetite for what they...

3 Feb 2016

Shark's fin soup: A cultural conundrum

Press Releases / Greenpeace Southeast Asia

Filipinos join the Global Climate March to demand climate justice

...ther concerned citizens took to the streets to join the Global Climate March on the weekend before the Paris talks begin. The Filipino marchers set out a call for climate justice in behalf of vulnera...

1 Dec 2015

Filipinos join the Global Climate March to demand climate justice

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Has industrialized farming left nature’s bank in need of a bailout?

...the shock of nature's credit crunch. The recent drought in California, or the disappearance of the Aral Sea (formerly the fourth largest lake in the world) due to overexploitation by agriculture, are ...

26 Oct 2015

Has industrialized farming left nature’s bank in need of a bailout?

Opinion / Energy

The coming wave of oil refugees

...The harder and more abrupt the fall, the greater the social and geopolitical impact. The last great oil bust occurred in the 1980s – and it changed the world. As a young man working in the Texas oil p...

1 Feb 2016

The coming wave of oil refugees

News / Food & Agriculture

Growing need to revamp national laws governing pesticides

...the environment, Wang warned. Globally, the use of pesticides has continued to grow over the past three decades, he noted. Industry data suggest that the size of the global pesticide market has double...

30 Nov 2015

Growing need to revamp national laws governing pesticides

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

How to get your Modern Slavery Act together

...the surface they introduce another potential exposure to the business, they provide an opportunity for companies to enhance their risk registers, improve risk mitigation, and build resilience into the...

20 May 2016

How to get your Modern Slavery Act together

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Asia’s food supply weathers California’s drought

...the final price paid by the consumer is because the commodity price paid is just a portion of the final price of the good on the retail shelf. Even for fresh produce where 40 per cent of the final val...

7 Oct 2015

Asia’s food supply weathers California’s drought

News / Policy & Finance

Victoria wants to lead on climate with zero emissions commitment

...the elephant in the room The task is a hard one, though, with Victoria reliant on some of the most polluting brown coal fired power stations in the world. Emissions from electricity are hence the most...

13 Jun 2016

Victoria wants to lead on climate with zero emissions commitment

News / Carbon & Climate

Shell outlines ‘below 2C’ climate change scenario

...the 2030s. In the US, the 2C scenario would see “more people become aware of the costs of adaptation to climate change because of increased turbulent weather patterns and the impacts of ecological eve...

19 May 2016

Shell outlines ‘below 2C’ climate change scenario

News / Water

Centre plans to construct 42 water harvesting structures every hour to counter monsoon deficit

...The performance of the scheme has been poor since its inception. The average manday created in the last financial year is 40 which is the lowest in recent times. The scheme, which benefited the rural ...

1 Jul 2015

Centre plans to construct 42 water harvesting structures every hour to counter monsoon deficit

News / Carbon & Climate

Adani dissolves project team from Carmichael coalmine

...ther questions about the future of the $16.5-billion project. However, the company said it was committed to the mine and insisted that the move was linked to the suspension of engineering contractors ...

24 Jul 2015

Adani dissolves project team from Carmichael coalmine