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State of the climate: 2020 on course to be warmest year on record

While this year will be memorable for many reasons, it is now more likely than not that 2020 will also be the warmest year for the Earth’s surface since reliable records began in the mid-1800s. This ...

27 Oct 2020

State of the climate: 2020 on course to be warmest year on record

Wildlife trafficking, like everything else, has gone online during Covid-19

News / Transport

The Covid-19 has shifted everything online — including wildlife trafficking

When Covid-19 emerged in early 2020 in Southeast Asia, its governments took rapid containment actions: lockdowns, travel restrictions and trade suspensions, alerting the public about the virus. The pa...

2 Jun 2021

The Covid-19 has shifted everything online — including wildlife trafficking

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Seven strategies that offer hope for rainforests

The continuing clearance and degradation of tropical rainforests is not inevitable: It can be stopped and reversed. What follows is a description of seven strategies that have been shown to work. 1. M...

21 Feb 2020

Seven strategies that offer hope for rainforests

Press Releases / Ecostep Building Pte Ltd

New sustainable building consulting firm opens in Singapore

On March 22, 2019, Ecostep Building Pte Ltd. opened for business. This new firm is based in Singapore and has the flexibility to serve all of East Asia. John Covello, the firm’s principle, bring...

12 Apr 2019

New sustainable building consulting firm opens in Singapore

News / Carbon & Climate

Who rules climate intervention on the high seas?

In late March, as most of the world was adjusting to lockdown, oceanographer Daniel Harrison was setting sail for the Great Barrier Reef. Though Harrison, a native Australian, had sailed these waters ...

14 Sep 2020

Who rules climate intervention on the high seas?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Global emissions are way off target. What needs to happen?

At the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, countries set goals that require halving carbon emissions by 2030. In a new piece in Nature, Professor Harald Winkler, as part of an inte...

16 Mar 2020

Global emissions are way off target. What needs to happen?

News / Policy & Finance

Myanmar's ongoing land conflict contributed to rapid forest cover loss

Reaching down into the Malay Peninsula, Myanmar’s southern Tanintharyi region is home to rainforests that support a unique assemblage of endemic and endangered species, including the endangered Malay ...

14 Sep 2020

Myanmar's ongoing land conflict contributed to rapid forest cover loss

News / Corporate Responsibility

How to build back better: 8 ways sustainable businesses can survive in the post-Covid era

As businesses prepare to crank their operations back up after months of inactivity, the clear skies, roads and shipping lanes that have defined the pandemic lockdown period could soon be over. The emi...

19 Jun 2020

How to build back better: 8 ways sustainable businesses can survive in the post-Covid era

News / Waste

This new resource aims to help clear up recycling confusion

Can a cardboard cereal box go into the office paper recycling bin? How about a shiny magazine insert? And which plastics are OK: No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7? It can be a baffling world for those who wan...

27 Sep 2019

This new resource aims to help clear up recycling confusion

News / Corporate Responsibility

Just half of major timber and pulp suppliers committed to zero deforestation, new report finds

Large companies trading in timber and other wood products meet just one quarter, on average, of the 22 best practice indicators for deforestation and biodiversity, according to the latest report publi...

3 Sep 2020

Just half of major timber and pulp suppliers committed to zero deforestation, new report finds

News / Carbon & Climate

Don't call me 'Greta': Young climate activists demand to be heard

Young campaigners say they have had enough of being dubbed their country's "Greta", as the world's media track every move by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, 17, known for starting the school strike m...

7 Feb 2020

Don't call me 'Greta': Young climate activists demand to be heard

News / Energy

Is Asia's fossil gas push a bridge to nowhere?

In recent years, the gas industry has zealously pushed the narrative that gas is a climate-friendlier alternative to carbon dioxide-belching coal. As the region shifts to a lower-carbon economy, gas i...

23 Sep 2021

Is Asia's fossil gas push a bridge to nowhere?

Press Releases / MyMizu

Japan social innovation nonprofit launches first free water refill app MyMizu

On September 20th, Social Innovation Japan publicly launched Japan’s first free water refill app, MyMizu (beta version). MyMizu aims to reduce PET bottle consumption and build a nationwide movem...

25 Sep 2019

Japan social innovation nonprofit launches first free water refill app MyMizu

Opinion / Lifestyle

Reflections from Nepal: Is there a sustainable future for tourism in Asia?

Straddling the high Himalayas between Asian giants China and India, the landlocked country of Nepal receives hundreds of thousands of tourists drawn to its mountain mecca each year. Just last month, ...

18 Jun 2019

Reflections from Nepal: Is there a sustainable future for tourism in Asia?

Press Releases / ZSL (Zoological Society of London)

Unsustainable natural rubber poses major threat to wildlife and people

World-first analysis of natural rubber producers by ZSL’s SPOTT reveals transparency issues across sector Used in everyday products, such as tyres, yoga mats, shoes and condoms – global n...

2 Dec 2019

Unsustainable natural rubber poses major threat to wildlife and people

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Not enough climate action in stimulus plans

Governments have already announced $11.8 trillion in fiscal stimulus in response to the Covid-19 health and economic crisis, more than three times the amount spent in response to the Great Recession o...

18 Sep 2020

Not enough climate action in stimulus plans

News / Carbon & Climate

Bali mangrove bay is now a conservation zone

Bali’s mangrove-rich Benoa Bay is now legally off-limits for any reclamation or development activities, following the government’s designation of the area as a maritime conservation zone. Spanning som...

14 Oct 2019

Bali mangrove bay is now a conservation zone

News / Policy & Finance

How green are Asia’s post-Covid economic recovery plans?

More than a global health emergency, Covid-19 has also brought about an economic crisis that will leave long-lasting scars for years to come. The full extent of the economic impacts of the pandemic ar...

26 Jun 2020

How green are Asia’s post-Covid economic recovery plans?

Opinion / Lifestyle

Four ways to reduce the carbon in your food basket

How does your food shop affect the planet? Well, think of it like this — consuming just one egg emits between 260 and 330g of CO₂ to the atmosphere. That’s because before that egg can reach your plate...

8 Jan 2020

Four ways to reduce the carbon in your food basket

News / Transport

5 trends this decade that will shape Singapore’s switch to electric mobility

Singapore’s switch to clean transport is moving into full swing. With its decision to phase out vehicles with internal combustion engines within two decades, the city-state has joined a host of other ...

24 Jun 2020

5 trends this decade that will shape Singapore’s switch to electric mobility

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