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WWL: Sustainable shipping for the long haul

...carbon dioxide emissions in the world, being mostly powered by heavy fuel oil, the most polluting form of fuel. Shipping generates greenhouse gases such as nitrogen oxide and sulphur dioxide that ca...

27 Dec 2016

WWL: Sustainable shipping for the long haul

Press Releases / 350.org

350.org on WMO confirming 2016 hottest year on record

...carbon dioxide and methane concentrations surged to new records. Last november, WMO published a provisional statement for 2016 to inform the United Nations Climate Change conference taking place in M...

19 Jan 2017

350.org on WMO confirming 2016 hottest year on record

News / Carbon & Climate

Citizens must 'flood the courts' in fight for climate justice, says Jeff Sachs

The world faces a ticking time bomb in the form of global warming, and recent disasters caused by extreme weather should motivate individuals to urgently seek "climate justice", said leading US econom...

6 Oct 2017

Citizens must 'flood the courts' in fight for climate justice, says Jeff Sachs

Videos / Carbon & Climate

‘There is no time to waste’ Ban says, as Paris climate accord crosses first threshold for entry into force

...carbon growth and a more sustainable future. “I am confident that, by the time I leave office, the Paris Agreement will have entered into force,” the UN chief said in remarks following a high-level ev...

22 Sep 2016

‘There is no time to waste’ Ban says, as Paris climate accord crosses first threshold for entry into force

News / Energy

Seven charts show new renewables outpacing rising demand for first time

...carbon sources of power are on the rise and fossil fuel’s share of the global energy mix is falling. Yet despite identifying a change in direction for energy investment, the IEA says spending on low-c...

14 Sep 2016

Seven charts show new renewables outpacing rising demand for first time

A scene from Chasing Coral, one of the films to feature at the Singapore Eco Film Festival this year. Image: Netflix

Opinion / Lifestyle

4 must-watch movies at the Singapore Eco Film Festival that won't depress you

The thing about movies about the environment is that they tend to be about as uplifting as watching a film by Lars von Trier on a Sunday night after being dumped by the love of your life. Happily, th...

17 Aug 2017

4 must-watch movies at the Singapore Eco Film Festival that won't depress you

News / Carbon & Climate

South Asia’s pollution spreads to Tibet

...carbon at the observation site on the Qomolangma (Mount Everest) Station, 4,276 metres above sea level on the northern foothills of Mount Everest. Typically the Everest station records black carbon co...

29 Sep 2016

South Asia’s pollution spreads to Tibet

Will business drive the SDGs Eco-Business event

News / Policy & Finance

Do financial markets care about sustainability?

Until such time as fossil fuel companies cannot be listed on stock exchanges and consumers only make low-carbon choices, the financial market will not reward companies for being sustainable, Sindicatu...

7 Mar 2017

Do financial markets care about sustainability?

News / Policy & Finance

Pledging to reduce emissions while expanding its power grid, Indonesia walks a fine line

...carbon dioxide by 2030, or 29 per cent below “business as usual”. With adequate foreign aid, Indonesia’s commitment increases to 41 per cent. Half of the country’s emissions reductions will come from ...

1 Nov 2016

Pledging to reduce emissions while expanding its power grid, Indonesia walks a fine line

Opinion / Manufacturing

What will motivate companies to source palm oil responsibly?

For several years, the Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) has been actively engaging industries on the sustainability of their business practices. What we have found is that while ado...

4 Oct 2017

What will motivate companies to source palm oil responsibly?

News / Carbon & Climate

The Rainbow Warrior: Turning the tide for climate justice

The Rainbow Warrior, Greenpeace's iconic environmental campaign ship, arrived in the port of Manila on 14 February, marking the beginning of a 20-day journey to parts of the Philippines that have born...

21 Feb 2018

The Rainbow Warrior: Turning the tide for climate justice

Press Releases / Greenpeace Southeast Asia

Human rights investigation into climate change impacts proceeds

...carbon producers including Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP, Shell, Total, BHP Billiton, Suncor, and ConocoPhillips. The CHR announced that it will start holding public hearings from April 2017, which will be...

10 Dec 2016

Human rights investigation into climate change impacts proceeds

News / Energy

CCC: Fracking would breach UK climate goals without tougher conditions

...carbon”. Today’s CCC report clearly contradicts this, saying that gas “is not low-carbon unless used with CCS”. Nevertheless, it does allow the possibility of a shale gas industry within UK carbon bud...

12 Jul 2016

CCC: Fracking would breach UK climate goals without tougher conditions

A farmer inspects his crops in a drought-stricken farm land.

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Why the next Tesla should take on agriculture

Before the driverless car, we had the driverless tractor. Yet since then, investment and innovation in sustainable transportation has captured the public’s imagination, leaving agriculture in its trac...

3 Nov 2017

Why the next Tesla should take on agriculture

News / Carbon & Climate

Carbon emissions from Indonesia forest fires hit new high

...carbon per day, exceeding the daily rate of 8.9 million tonnes of carbon emissions from the whole of the European Union, a study says. The 2015 fires were the worst since 1997 when a strong El Niño al...

5 Jul 2016

Carbon emissions from Indonesia forest fires hit new high

News / Transport

Reinventing the wheel: Chinese cycle scheme wins innovation race

...carbon mode of transport and they want to do their fair share to improve the environment and make a contribution. In China, the government has taken this mind-set into consideration by incorporating a...

21 Jun 2017

Reinventing the wheel: Chinese cycle scheme wins innovation race

Opinion / Lifestyle

Read this before you go sales shopping: the environmental costs of fast fashion

It’s tough to love our clothes and keep wearing them for longer when we are faced with a tempting array of newness on offer in the shops. But before you head out into the January sales for those irres...

29 Dec 2017

Read this before you go sales shopping: the environmental costs of fast fashion

News / Energy

Fabric creates energy for power dressing

...Carbon emissions They have crafted windows and solar panels from wood, tested a “carbon negative” car battery that replaces its cathode material from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and confected a b...

26 Sep 2016

Fabric creates energy for power dressing

News / Carbon & Climate

Chinese manufacturers under pressure to phase out HFCs

...carbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) they replaced. But they are powerful greenhouse gases. In fact, some HFCs are thousands of times more effective than carbon dioxide at trapping sola...

30 Nov 2016

Chinese manufacturers under pressure to phase out HFCs

News / Carbon & Climate

Groundwater may play key role in predicting rainforest fires

...carbon losses due to rapid aerobic decomposition of organic matter,” he writes. Peatlands form over thousands of years as organic matter builds up, often reaching more than four meters (13 feet) in de...

20 Jun 2017

Groundwater may play key role in predicting rainforest fires

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