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Africa needs cash, science for new model of green development

African countries must tackle climate change with a new economic model rooted in clean energy, forest protection and technology to support farmers—but they will need more investment and research to ma...

15 Mar 2019

Africa needs cash, science for new model of green development

Opinion / Waste

6 recent signs of hope for the ocean

It’s easy to lose sight of good news amid the barrage of negative stories about the threats facing the ocean—everything from growing plastic pollution to dying coral reefs. However, there is a lot to ...

2 May 2019

6 recent signs of hope for the ocean

News / Energy

Tiny hydropower plant lights up a remote hill village in Bangladesh

To reach the remote village of Aung Thuwai Pru Para village in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, you first need to get to Thanchi sub-district, a prominent tourist attraction around 400 kilometres from the ...

29 Aug 2018

Tiny hydropower plant lights up a remote hill village in Bangladesh

News / Carbon & Climate

The US, still in the Paris Agreement, is trying to decide its future

Despite Donald Trump’s rejection of the Paris Agreement, the US is still very much in the accord and zealously setting the tone of international climate change negotiations. While the White House tout...

11 Dec 2018

The US, still in the Paris Agreement, is trying to decide its future

News / Energy

China's coal consumption on the rise

Coal consumption peaked in China in 2013 at 4.24 billion tonnes. Then government efforts to improve the energy structure and tackle pollution saw coal use fall between 2014 and 2016. Following a small...

4 Mar 2019

China's coal consumption on the rise

News / Waste

US revealed to be the biggest driver of the world's waste crisis

A new study has identified the United States—the nation where the idea of mass production was born—as the world’s top producer of waste while also being the worst among industrialised nations at manag...

3 Jul 2019

US revealed to be the biggest driver of the world's waste crisis

Wind turbines along the Southern Ocean, Western Australia.

News / Energy

Australia's energy market confusion is hurting the environment and business

Across the Asia Pacific region, government policy on sustainable energy is often a study in mixed messaging, reflecting a stop-and-go approach and lack of consensus. Vietnam has revised the seventh e...

27 Feb 2019

Australia's energy market confusion is hurting the environment and business

News / Energy

7 ways to speed up Southeast Asia's switch to renewable energy

The evidence is getting harder to dispute. Clean energy can provide 100 per cent of society's electricity needs. Current renewable energy technology is reliable 24 hours a day, every day of the year, ...

3 Oct 2018

7 ways to speed up Southeast Asia's switch to renewable energy

Opinion / Green Buildings

Bamboo: Nature’s forgotten solution for green industry

Sometimes, the best technology isn’t a technology at all. Bamboo,the fast-growing grass plant, common to Africa, Asia and South America, is a natural, renewable and low-carbon material with the tensil...

18 Feb 2019

Bamboo: Nature’s forgotten solution for green industry

Garment factory in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

News / Manufacturing

Are manufacturers the missing link in fashion's circular economy story?

London’s Oxford Street, New York’s 5th Avenue, Paris’s Champs Elysées, Singapore’s Orchard Road: These iconic destinations are famed for hawking the fashion industry’s latest offerings, but these glit...

6 May 2019

Are manufacturers the missing link in fashion's circular economy story?

News / Water

Global warming to increase water in South Asian rivers

A wetter future awaits South Asia, says a new study based on global climate change models that informed the fifth assessment report of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.The South Asia...

30 Aug 2018

Global warming to increase water in South Asian rivers

Opinion / Policy & Finance

How can the circular economy make infrastructure more sustainable?

Infrastructure provides all the vital services to keep an urban area functioning, from transport and energy to utilities and waste disposal. Sustainable or not, our need for infrastructure is growing....

14 Feb 2019

How can the circular economy make infrastructure more sustainable?

Press Releases / Temasek

"Trash to Fash: An Upcycling Competition” challenges youths to design fashion for a sustainable future

As part of Ecosperity 2019, Temasek has launched the first-ever Trash to Fash: An Upcycling Competition, challenging participants to design clothing using recycled PET1 fabric and other upcycled mater...

13 Mar 2019

"Trash to Fash: An Upcycling Competition” challenges youths to design fashion for a sustainable future

Opinion / Lifestyle

Valentine’s Day: five ways to ensure your flowers are ethical

If you take an interest in ethical consumerism and plan to treat someone special this February 14, what dilemmas lie ahead? You might already be conscious of getting child labour and slave-free chocol...

13 Feb 2019

Valentine’s Day: five ways to ensure your flowers are ethical

News / Carbon & Climate

EU sued to stop burning trees for energy

Plaintiffs in five European nations and the United States filed an unprecedented suit Monday, 4 March, in the European General Court in Luxembourg against the European Union. They charge that the EU’s...

12 Mar 2019

EU sued to stop burning trees for energy

News / Carbon & Climate

Roundtable: Will China’s carbon emissions continue to rise?

Last week, Greenpeace analysis claimed that China’s carbon emissions rose 4 per cent in the first quarter of 2018, and cautioned that the country is likely to see its biggest annual carbon emissions s...

7 Jun 2018

Roundtable: Will China’s carbon emissions continue to rise?

Research / Solidiance

Electric Vehicles in Indonesia: The Road Towards Sustainable Transportation

In the past few years, Indonesia has heavily relied on fossil fuel as the main energy source in all economic sectors, ranging from transportation, power plant, to household. The high dependency on fo...

17 Jul 2018

Electric Vehicles in Indonesia: The Road Towards Sustainable Transportation

News / Food & Agriculture

What is sustainable rubber?

Bouncy, elastic, compressible and moldable—the unique properties of natural rubber make it one of the most widely used materials, found in products from pencil erasers and birthday balloons to condoms...

21 May 2019

What is sustainable rubber?

A PET bottle being recycled at a recycling plant. Image: EVRYTHNG

News / Waste

Could a digital barcode on consumer products enable the circular economy?

One of the main reasons why global recycling rates are so low—just 20 per cent of the world’s plastic is recycled—is because people simply do not know how to recycle. Too often, people throw non-recy...

6 Mar 2019

Could a digital barcode on consumer products enable the circular economy?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

3 ways to fill Asia-Pacific’s social protection gap

Social protection is crucial to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SDG Target 1.3 emphasises the importance of a social protection floor covering the nutritional, health, and educationa...

20 Jun 2018

3 ways to fill Asia-Pacific’s social protection gap

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