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Sea level rise now menaces even a Viking bastion of uplifted land

...2025, is designed to fend off a worst-case increase in sea levels of up to 2 metres (6.5 feet) in the coming century. “ Groundwater is no longer drinkable, saltwater intrusion damages crops, fisherie...

18 Oct 2022

Sea level rise now menaces even a Viking bastion of uplifted land

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Investment in renewables must triple by end of decade to curb climate change

...2025, dropping slowly in the decades after. It is the first time the agency is seeing oil demand peak in all its base scenarios. In its report, it cautiously predicts that there might be a turning po...

13 Oct 2021

Investment in renewables must triple by end of decade to curb climate change

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Myanmar remains hotbed for wildlife trade along China, Thailand borders

...2025 action plan to counter illegal wildlife trade is yet to be implemented. The fallout is live animals and goods flowing relatively freely into and out of the country, often in plain sight. One stud...

8 Jul 2022

Myanmar remains hotbed for wildlife trade along China, Thailand borders

A man carries a sign asking world leaders to stop fossil fuels, COP26

Opinion / Policy & Finance

New financial conditions, same climate calculus

...2025. To achieve that goal, financial flows must rapidly be redirected from fossil fuels toward renewable energy. In its Net Zero by 2050 report last year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) made c...

6 Jun 2022

New financial conditions, same climate calculus

News / Policy & Finance

Developing nations, UN seek clear plan for promised climate finance

...2025. "To rebuild trust, developed countries must clarify now how they will effectively deliver $100 billion in climate finance annually to the developing world, as was promised over a decade ago," sa...

9 Jul 2021

Developing nations, UN seek clear plan for promised climate finance

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Digital nomads seek sun, sea and sustainability as remote work booms

...2025, an 87 per cent increase from pre-pandemic levels. Tourist hot-spots have been quick to embrace digital nomads, and view the growing trend of remaining longer in one location as a way to recoup l...

28 Jul 2022

Digital nomads seek sun, sea and sustainability as remote work booms

News / Food & Agriculture

Will India’s oil palm drive raise fears of deforestation?

...2025, scaling up from its current cultivation area of around 0.37 million hectares. The Indian Institute of Oil Palm Research has assessed that the country has 2.8 million hectares of land that could ...

14 Sep 2021

Will India’s oil palm drive raise fears of deforestation?

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'As capable as a son': Indians say no to the abortion of girls

...2025, a McKinsey report found. "When people see the economic returns on girls, this daughter aversion starts to fade," said Mishra, highlighting the success of wrestlers Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat...

13 Sep 2022

'As capable as a son': Indians say no to the abortion of girls

Muhammad Yusrizk, chairman, KADIN Net Zero Hub

News / Carbon & Climate

Fear of losing trade pushing Indonesian firms to decarbonise: Net Zero Hub chief

...2025]. If the grid hasn't been decarbonised by then, these companies will have to find other options. What sort of government support are Indonesian businesses looking for as they decarbonise? I think...

25 Oct 2022

Fear of losing trade pushing Indonesian firms to decarbonise: Net Zero Hub chief

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

A new farming proposal to reduce carbon emissions involves a lot of trust – and a lot of uncertainty

...2025 under the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Act, the sector finally released its proposal earlier this month. Called He Waka Eke Noa, the partnership involves Federated Farmers, Dai...

23 Jun 2022

A new farming proposal to reduce carbon emissions involves a lot of trust – and a lot of uncertainty

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‘Miserliness’ at work: Asia’s Least Developed Countries say climate finance still not forthcoming from rich countries

...2025. Bangladesh, along with Laos, will exit the list by 2026, although observers are worried that the current fuel crisis might draw the country into economic turmoil and become a setback for its de...

10 Aug 2022

‘Miserliness’ at work: Asia’s Least Developed Countries say climate finance still not forthcoming from rich countries

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Mind the ESG skills gap: Asia's workforce is greening too slowly

...2025, as in-demand skills across jobs change. Companies in the report say that around 40 per cent of workers will need reskilling for up to six months to do perform sustainability-focused jobs well. T...

20 Apr 2022

Mind the ESG skills gap: Asia's workforce is greening too slowly

News / Carbon & Climate

CO2 cuts in doubt as China, India bend coal targets

...2025. Data released by the Central Electricity Authority in September 2022 show that only 21 out of the 600 thermal power plants in the country have flue gas desulphurisation units or other pollution ...

25 May 2023

CO2 cuts in doubt as China, India bend coal targets

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'In the future, sustainable products will be conventional products': UOB chief sustainability officer Eric Lim

...2025 to $30 billion. In July, UOB reported that its sustainable finance portfolio reached S$20 billion as at Q2 this year. This more than tripled from S$6.6 billion at the end of 2019. Meanwhile, the ...

13 Oct 2022

'In the future, sustainable products will be conventional products': UOB chief sustainability officer Eric Lim

News / Food & Agriculture

Has KFC found the secret sauce to circular packaging?

...2025, which could reduce public expenditure and the amount of waste sent to landfills. Nevertheless, Professor Seeram Ramakrishna, a mechanical engineering professor and chair of the National Universi...

8 Jul 2022

Has KFC found the secret sauce to circular packaging?

News / Energy

Analysis: Clean energy was top driver of China’s economic growth in 2023

...2025 and 370GW by 2030, from 230GW in 2021. These plans play a major role in enabling the development of clean energy bases in western China. China Electricity Council reported investments in electric...

1 Feb 2024

Analysis: Clean energy was top driver of China’s economic growth in 2023

New buildings under construction in China

News / Carbon & Climate

Analysis: China’s carbon emissions grow at fastest rate for more than a decade

...2025 targets for energy intensity and non-fossil energy, set in the 14th five-year plan published in March. The targets leave space for emissions to increase by around 5–10 per cent from 2020 to 2025,...

21 May 2021

Analysis: China’s carbon emissions grow at fastest rate for more than a decade

News / Energy

Indian coal hub juggles need for jobs with hope for greener future

...2025, research shows. Many of these new jobs will be in Angul, where opportunities in mining are set to expand through to 2040 as the area boosts its coal production capacity, a recent iFOREST report ...

12 Sep 2022

Indian coal hub juggles need for jobs with hope for greener future

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How to halt deforestation? Trust indigenous groups, funders say

...2025, represents a more than seven-fold increase from the roughly $46 million a year those communities receive now, according to the donors. But getting big sums of much-needed cash to threatened fron...

8 Apr 2022

How to halt deforestation? Trust indigenous groups, funders say

News / Carbon & Climate

Beijing city preparing businesses for carbon market expansion

...2025. However, no concrete steps have been announced to achieve these goals. Reports have instead suggested that the expansion would “slow down“ or “be delayed” due to a mix of factors. The announceme...

15 Nov 2022

Beijing city preparing businesses for carbon market expansion

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