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Asia’s climate arsenal: are biofuels back?

...ced biofuels will only account for 1 per cent of all biofuel output by 2023. It calls for countries to develop specific policies to support biofuel research, development and deployment, including crea...

12 Oct 2018

Asia’s climate arsenal: are biofuels back?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

COP 23 hopes to move Paris Accord forward

...ch, the UNFCCC’s Standing Committee on Finance reported that total global climate finance increased 15 per cent in 2013 to 2014, reaching a high estimate of US$741 billion in 2014. Legal character – ...

20 Oct 2017

COP 23 hopes to move Paris Accord forward

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Forests: the Cinderella of climate solutions

...cal and energy cycles necessary to sustain agricultural production, above and beyond their role in the global carbon cycle. To continue to elaborate the metaphor, Prince Charming is global climate ac...

23 Apr 2018

Forests: the Cinderella of climate solutions

News / Carbon & Climate

Melting Arctic awaits nitrous oxide release

...concern over the rapid and dramatic warming of the Arctic. The permafrost is a vast reservoir of ancient carbon, protected from decay by microorganisms simply by its frozen state: it becomes increasi...

5 Jun 2017

Melting Arctic awaits nitrous oxide release

News / Carbon & Climate

Human actions caused 2016’s record heat

...Carbon dioxide and methane concentrations surged to new records. Both contribute to climate change. We have also broken sea ice minimum records in the Arctic and Antarctic. Greenland glacier melt – on...

23 Jan 2017

Human actions caused 2016’s record heat

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Debate: carbon tax, an optical illusion

...ctor has declined, as in France. Services account for 72 per cent of GDP and 80 per cent of the labour force. These figures are comparable to those in France (80 per cent and 76 per cent respectively)...

24 Aug 2018

Debate: carbon tax, an optical illusion

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Singapore’s carbon tax – too small a step in the right direction?

...commercial sense i.e., the accelerated depreciation of the current system plus the new turbine depreciation plus the project cost less the negated cost of CO2 tax. There could be a case for replacemen...

12 Sep 2017

Singapore’s carbon tax – too small a step in the right direction?

News / Carbon & Climate

Paris warming limit will increase fish catches

...cific area would see a 40% increase in catches at 1.5°C warming versus 3.5°C. The Arctic catch would benefit under 3.5°C as more fish migrate there, but the region could also expect greater pressure o...

3 Jan 2017

Paris warming limit will increase fish catches

Opinion / Cities

Can 1 billion people in informal settlements be protected from climate change?

...CC. This international scientific conference is an important opportunity to help make sure all cities can meet the growing challenges that will be posed by climate change in the coming decades, includ...

9 Mar 2018

Can 1 billion people in informal settlements be protected from climate change?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Climate change and sustainability disclosure: Why we must start

...ce which is all around you: climate change. The increasing focus on climate change has resulted in calls for a transition to a lower-carbon economy. While this directly impacts companies in more obvio...

18 Dec 2017

Climate change and sustainability disclosure: Why we must start

News / Policy & Finance

Is China’s timber from Papua New Guinea illegal?

...ct. “We categorically deny any operational mal-practice or breach of Forestry Act and do not accept your allegations being your report is inconclusive and no credible facts to support your accusations...

10 Aug 2018

Is China’s timber from Papua New Guinea illegal?

News / Carbon & Climate

Clean energy investment ‘must be 50% higher’ to limit warming to 1.5C

...ce a dramatic downscaling of coal investments is already required to meet the 2C goal. Financial flows The Paris Agreement says countries should scale up finance to the low-carbon economy. Article 2.1...

22 Jun 2018

Clean energy investment ‘must be 50% higher’ to limit warming to 1.5C

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Setting the rules of the game at Bonn climate change talks

...climate change can be translated into action. The collective will to implement the global climate pact is clear: it entered into force years before anyone expected. The logical next step is to agree t...

2 May 2017

Setting the rules of the game at Bonn climate change talks

News / Transport

Scientists aim for more ecologically sensitive development for engineers

...communities. But contracting agencies staffed with less experienced technicians can offer their services for a lower price, which could result in misleading or inaccurate results, such as the case wit...

1 Mar 2018

Scientists aim for more ecologically sensitive development for engineers

News / Manufacturing

Redesigning fashion, for good

...ce and reuse clothing and accessories in such a way that the raw materials can be endlessly recycled without wasting resources. It is driven by circular economy advocate, designer and co-founder of th...

19 Apr 2017

Redesigning fashion, for good

Press Releases / Singapore Telecommunications Limited

Singtel Group first in Asia ex-Japan to have carbon reduction targets approved by Science Based Targets initiative

...ct and building operational resilience. The Group’s science-based targets represent an aggressive reduction, especially when factoring in the expected increase in electricity consumption by our ...

14 Nov 2017

Singtel Group first in Asia ex-Japan to have carbon reduction targets approved by Science Based Targets initiative

News / Energy

Solar-powered jets could some day take off

...ciencethat he and colleagues used solar thermochemistry to split water and carbon dioxide at a temperature of 1,500°C. This technology effectively concentrates sunlight to create great heat which can ...

28 Nov 2017

Solar-powered jets could some day take off

News / Carbon & Climate

UN forest project ‘does more harm than good’

...cognised as vital to addressing climate change, as scientists continue to report a dearth of affordable carbon capture technologies that can safely be scaled up. “In the DRC and worldwide, conflicts o...

15 Mar 2018

UN forest project ‘does more harm than good’

News / Carbon & Climate

Water and soil muddy carbon budget thinking

...cover 4 per cent of the Earth that isn’t glaciated could release perhaps twice as much greenhouse gas as they warm this century. And a second study, in the US, has demonstrated that climate scientists...

13 Mar 2017

Water and soil muddy carbon budget thinking

Videos / Carbon & Climate

Faced with ‘clear science, real threats,’ countries must remain committed to Paris climate deal – UN

...c high. These trends are indisputable, he stressed, explaining that consequences of climate change include food insecurity, water scarcity, poverty and displacement. Tackling climate change is a treme...

24 Mar 2017

Faced with ‘clear science, real threats,’ countries must remain committed to Paris climate deal – UN

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