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Indonesia to get first payment from Norway for cutting forest emissions

..., Siti Nurbaya Bakar, and her Norwegian counterpart, Ola Elvestuen, made the announcement in Jakarta on Feb. 16. The payment, whose amount is yet to be determined, is for Indonesia preventing the emis...

21 Feb 2019

Indonesia to get first payment from Norway for cutting forest emissions

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Building Earthpreneurs: 4 lessons for youths changing the status quo

...action?” asks Marcus Bruns, 26, chief executive officer of YSI. And thus, YSI was born with a simple phrase: makers gonna make. “Our starting point was to see what would happen if you brought together...

28 Sep 2018

Building Earthpreneurs: 4 lessons for youths changing the status quo

Economic growth spelled out in Scrabble tiles

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Sooner or later, we have to stop economic growth—and we'll be better for it

..., and we happen to live on a finite planet. So, an end to growth is inevitable. Ending growth is also desirable if we want to leave some stuff (minerals, forests, biodiversity and stable climate) for ...

11 Jan 2019

Sooner or later, we have to stop economic growth—and we'll be better for it

Press Releases / Olam International Limited

Olam calls for urgent international cooperation to reduce major greenhouse gas footprint of rice production

..., Director, Agriculture and Food, +66 2255 4202 (ext. 105),matthias.bickel@giz.de WATATAWA ConsultingJosephine Chew, Managing Director, +65 9061 0353, jchew@we-watatawa.comOng Chor Hao, Senior Manage...

17 Oct 2018

Olam calls for urgent international cooperation to reduce major greenhouse gas footprint of rice production

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Limiting women in the workplace is costing us trillions

..., a catch-all term for global shifts from the economy to the environment. Conversations will focus on advances in technology, increased global cooperation, migration, and climate change. These forces ...

22 Jan 2019

Limiting women in the workplace is costing us trillions

Opinion / Policy & Finance

When corporations take credit for green deeds their lobbying may tell another story

...climate change seriously and supporting a price on carbon, their lobbying presence in Congress is 100 per cent opposed to any action,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat, lamented in Har...

20 Jul 2018

When corporations take credit for green deeds their lobbying may tell another story

News / Energy

Western governments and philanthropists pump $20m into Southeast Asian clean energy

..., the partnership, which included philanthropic foundations such as the Bloomberg Philanthropies, European Climate Foundation (ECF), Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (UK), IKEA Foundation, and th...

3 Oct 2018

Western governments and philanthropists pump $20m into Southeast Asian clean energy

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Reflections on achieving the global education goals

..., especially young girls, from education to engineer a lost generation. The consequences are manifold: loss of dignity, exclusion, declining health, poverty and stagnating economic growth, and the den...

14 Feb 2019

Reflections on achieving the global education goals

Press Releases / City Developments Limited

CDL receives global recognition for gender diversity and sustainability

..., to support Singapore’s commitment to the Paris Agreement, Climate Action Plan and Sustainable Singapore Blueprint. The Singapore government has designated 2018 as the Year of Climate Action. ...

24 Jan 2018

CDL receives global recognition for gender diversity and sustainability

News / Energy

Plugging into green power in Singapore

..., at our core, a green company, and we think that people do want to be green if they are given the option,” says Sivakumar. “Now, we are saying with these plans, not only can you save money, you can d...

31 Oct 2018

Plugging into green power in Singapore

Press Releases / Building and Construction Authority

Transforming the way we build at Singapore's inaugural International Built Environment Week

..., a grant to develop an interoperable and common platform that will digitally connect project parties, namely developers, designers, fabricators, builders, and building operators so that they can shar...

17 Sep 2019

Transforming the way we build at Singapore's inaugural International Built Environment Week

Sunrise behind Perth's central business district

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Why businesses must go beyond zero to reverse global warming

...climate problem, we would have to act together—and quickly. Indeed, we have seen action bubbling up, here and in the region. Earlier this year, the Singapore government announced an impending carbon t...

1 Jun 2018

Why businesses must go beyond zero to reverse global warming

News / Transport

Compromise climate deal agreed for shipping

..., renewable fuels derived from hydrogen, and potentially bioenergy. “While such changes are massive for a global industry, which has a fleet of over 50,000 ships trading internationally, UK-led resear...

19 Apr 2018

Compromise climate deal agreed for shipping

News / Carbon & Climate

Global green vision is doable, with an effort

..., entertainment, navigation, news and other services are all managed in one low-energy handheld device. Another is the change in the way people—traders, consumers, producers, designers, citizens and s...

8 Jun 2018

Global green vision is doable, with an effort

News / Policy & Finance

COP24: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Katowice

..., countries such as the US, Japan, China, India did not, he adds. However, during the COP, several countries indicated a willingness to submit increased climate pledges in 2020, including India, Canad...

18 Dec 2018

COP24: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Katowice

News / Transport

In-depth: Will countries finally agree a climate deal for shipping?

..., along with a 50 per cent efficiency improvement by 2050. A group of low-ambition countries, including Argentina, Brazil, China and Turkey, argue against any absolute emissions cap, saying it could r...

12 Apr 2018

In-depth: Will countries finally agree a climate deal for shipping?

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Thousands of companies to take action under Australia's anti-slavery law

..., the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women’s rights, trafficking, property rights, climate change and resilience. Visit http://news.trust.org.

18 May 2018

Thousands of companies to take action under Australia's anti-slavery law

Opinion / Energy

How better hydropower planning can avert future disasters on the Mekong

..., the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, climate change, resilience, women’s rights, trafficking and property rights. Visit http://news.trust.org/

14 Sep 2018

How better hydropower planning can avert future disasters on the Mekong

Press Releases / City Developments Limited

CDL Integrated Sustainability Report 2018: On track to achieve sustainability goals

..., resource efficiency and productivity, it has driven innovation, opened new opportunities and attracted like-minded investors.” Ms Yeo Lian Sim, vice chair of the TCFD, said, “The Task F...

9 May 2018

CDL Integrated Sustainability Report 2018: On track to achieve sustainability goals

News / Cities

'Cities aren't going to wait': Mayors drive action on climate change

..., the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women’s rights, trafficking, property rights, climate change and resilience. Visit http://news.trust.org)

27 Feb 2018

'Cities aren't going to wait': Mayors drive action on climate change

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