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News / Carbon & Climate

UN released two million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2015 latest ‘Greening the Blue’ report shows

...carbon credits and, for the first time, the report included details on its waste generation and management. Offsetting through carbon credits accounted for 32 per cent of the total reported greenhouse...

8 Nov 2016

UN released two million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2015 latest ‘Greening the Blue’ report shows

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

As the Paris Agreement takes effect, 3 action items for business

...carbon. A carbon price may be coming soon to the United States, but in the meantime, an internal price on carbon is a mechanism that can embed your emissions-reduction target into your commercial appr...

27 Oct 2016

As the Paris Agreement takes effect, 3 action items for business

News / Policy & Finance

Indonesian parliament pushes to pass palm oil legislation this year

...carbon-rich peat swamps by oil palm and pulpwood planters renders the land highly combustible, and the annual burning has made Indonesia one of the world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases. Legisl...

16 Jan 2018

Indonesian parliament pushes to pass palm oil legislation this year

News / Lifestyle

50 shades of green: A guide to ecosex

...carbon footprint is to have one less child. Data: Wynes & Nicholas, Environmental Research Letters The key to this, of course, is contraception. But unfortunately, the technique with the lowest envir...

6 Mar 2018

50 shades of green: A guide to ecosex

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Nexus thinking for a secure and sustainable future

...carbon income streams to support effective water supply delivery. Whether at small-scale single utility or local geographic area or at a national or multinational scale, nexus thinking can bring about...

15 Sep 2017

Nexus thinking for a secure and sustainable future

News / Energy

The uncertain death of king coal

...carbon pollution. One report suggested that “If China eliminated subsidies to fossil fuels and if its energy prices would reflect their true costs, up to 66 per cent of currently occurring premature d...

7 Aug 2017

The uncertain death of king coal

News / Food & Agriculture

The top 5 food and agriculture stories in 2016

...carbon stock”. This was because two competing groups that had for years been working on different definitions of high carbon stock landscape—which is unsuitable for development—finally agreed on a se...

27 Dec 2016

The top 5 food and agriculture stories in 2016

News / Food & Agriculture

Science seeks to slice bread’s climate impact

...carbon dioxide equivalent – and more than 40 per cent could be attributed to the ammonium nitrate fertilisers alone. But bread’s climate impact is just one instance of the environmental cost of food: ...

7 Mar 2017

Science seeks to slice bread’s climate impact

News / Cities

Sponges, urban forests and air corridors: how nature can cool cities

...carbon dioxide - the equivalent emissions of 2,000 passenger cars driven for a year - and 57 tons of pollutants per year. The greenery will also produce some 900 tons of oxygen every year, Boeri said....

3 Oct 2017

Sponges, urban forests and air corridors: how nature can cool cities

Vietnamese coffee farmers examine water management system

Opinion / Water

5 things companies can do to grow in a water-stressed world

In a water-stressed world, there's a powerful business case for companies to manage this essential resource sustainably, engage in water stewardship and drive collective action. As a shared resource, ...

15 Mar 2018

5 things companies can do to grow in a water-stressed world

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

Why you should join The EB Circle

Dear readers, When Eco-Business was founded in 2009, we had a simple objective: To provide a platform for the region to discuss sustainability issues, and to shed light on matters that were under-repo...

13 Dec 2017

Why you should join The EB Circle

Young girls from Tacloban during Yolanda

News / Carbon & Climate

COP23: NGOs may take nations to court over climate loss and damage

Frustrated NGOs are again thinking of suing the governments of rich nations over their inaction in combatting climate change-induced loss and damage. An abiding nightmare of many developed country gov...

9 Nov 2017

COP23: NGOs may take nations to court over climate loss and damage

News / Energy

Legal fight over Bali coal power plant illuminates Indonesia energy dilemma

Over the last three years, fisherman Iputu Gede Astawa has watched his daily catch off the northern tip of Indonesia's Bali island fall at an alarming rate. Having swapped his paddle for an outboard m...

28 Jun 2018

Legal fight over Bali coal power plant illuminates Indonesia energy dilemma

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Methane from food production might be the next wildcard in climate change

...carbon dioxide (CO₂), but it is a very powerful greenhouse gas. Since 2014, methane concentrations in the atmosphere have begun to track the most carbon-intensive pathways developed for the 21st centu...

14 Dec 2016

Methane from food production might be the next wildcard in climate change

News / Transport

First emissions mechanism established for aviation

...Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) is a market-based mechanism in which carbon emissions are offset through the purchase of credits, leaving aviation emissions to r...

10 Nov 2016

First emissions mechanism established for aviation

The Seabin collecting trash at Republic of Singapore Yacht Club. Image: Eco-Business

News / Waste

The Seabin won't swallow Asia’s plastic pollution problem—but it’s a start

After a video introducing the Seabin to the world hit the 800 million view mark, Pete Ceglinski, the co-inventor of Seabin, stopped counting. The floating garbage can, which sucks water in through an ...

11 Apr 2018

The Seabin won't swallow Asia’s plastic pollution problem—but it’s a start

News / Carbon & Climate

Keep it human and visual, says U.N. guide to talking climate

...carbonisation – like cleaner air?" he asked. If people are unaware of the benefits of a particular change in lifestyle, they are less likely to make the switch to greener options, according to Coles. ...

13 Feb 2018

Keep it human and visual, says U.N. guide to talking climate

News / Carbon & Climate

Fossil fuel majors strut their stuff for Marrakesh

...carbon capture and storage (CCS), but the relatively small amount – $1bn over ten years – has been met with derision from environmental critics. The timing of the latest initiative from the energy com...

7 Nov 2016

Fossil fuel majors strut their stuff for Marrakesh

News / Energy

The top 5 energy stories in 2017

...carbon atoms are a form of renewable energy. Another innovation unveiled this year the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado in the US, are perovskite cells, a type of solar thin f...

28 Dec 2017

The top 5 energy stories in 2017

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Get climate money to those who need it

...carbon emissions reduced. More effort is required to support delivery partners beyond the UN and the multilateral development banks, who are largely not themselves set up to reach local partners. When...

21 Mar 2017

Get climate money to those who need it

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