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Singapore's first climate rally, in 2019

News / Carbon & Climate

Singapore youth groups call on government for bolder climate action

...Malaysia over the past few decades, although its banks have reined in coal financing in recent years following pressure from campaign groups. The group recommended that Singapore Exchange (SGX) mandat...

5 Nov 2021

Singapore youth groups call on government for bolder climate action

Podcasts / Energy

Who will foot the bill of Laos’ big bet on coal?

...Malaysia. Traversed by the mighty Mekong River and several of its tributaries, the country initially focused its ambitious development strategy on hydropower, but increasingly severe droughts have tur...

16 Feb 2021

Who will foot the bill of Laos’ big bet on coal?

How Biden's climate agenda aims to trigger a 'good-paying' jobs boom

News / Policy & Finance

Biden’s pivot to Asia challenged by China’s rise, climate change and trade tensions

...Malaysia and Indonesia, which are signatories of the Basel convention. Malaysia’s government said on 24 March that it will return a container of plastic trash en route from the US, signalling an inten...

5 Apr 2021

Biden’s pivot to Asia challenged by China’s rise, climate change and trade tensions

News / Waste

Malaysia urged to cut down on plastic packaging for cleaner seas

...Malaysia and other Asian governments to introduce regulation to limit single-use plastics. He called on Malaysia to also work with businesses and green groups to introduce a system encouraging consume...

18 Feb 2020

Malaysia urged to cut down on plastic packaging for cleaner seas

News / Policy & Finance

Preventing the next pandemic is vastly cheaper than reacting to it: report

...Malaysia facilitated transmission of the deadly Nipah virus, which passed from bats to pigs to humans. Poultry has contracted and transmitted avian flu to people. The new study estimated a price tag o...

8 Feb 2022

Preventing the next pandemic is vastly cheaper than reacting to it: report

SHANGHAI HONGQIAO SOLAR ROOF INSTALLATION

News / Energy

With coal off the menu, can China export its renewables model?

...Malaysia will require renewables as they shift away from coal, in order to meet the growing demand for power and hit climate targets. At a September seminar in Ningxia on the potential and financing f...

12 Nov 2021

With coal off the menu, can China export its renewables model?

News / Energy

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

...Malaysia. Vietnam and the Philippines are the region’s emerging buyers, drawing enthusiastic industry players determined to be part of the expected infrastructure push from around the globe. Vietnam w...

23 Sep 2021

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

Press Releases / Temasek Foundation

#WeGotThis launches out of Singapore for the world

...Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand, were received and 89 youths making up 65 teams were selected to be part of the intensive five-day virtual bootcamp from 4 to 8 September 2021. Over the cou...

24 Sep 2021

#WeGotThis launches out of Singapore for the world

News / Food & Agriculture

The haze is likely to hit Southeast Asia early in 2021—is climate change to blame?

...Malaysia, and Brunei, and, in bad years, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines, that are affected by transboundary haze pollution. While 2020 was relatively haze-free, 2019 was one of the worst years...

10 Mar 2021

The haze is likely to hit Southeast Asia early in 2021—is climate change to blame?

News / Energy

Running out of excuses: Where does Southeast Asia's energy transition stand in 2020?

...Malaysian market. Bids went as low as US$0.042 per kWh, beating even the rate for gas-based power in the nation. With a flourish, Malaysia’s energy minister announced that solar energy was approaching...

1 Oct 2020

Running out of excuses: Where does Southeast Asia's energy transition stand in 2020?

Singapore's environment minister Grace Fu (centre) is shown around the new Tes B battery recycling facility in the industrial region of Jurong.

News / Waste

Southeast Asia's first lithium battery recycling plant opens in Singapore

...Malaysia, the regional bloc's next biggest e-waste producer. Singapore discards the equivalent of 147 iPhones every 10 seconds. Owned by electronic waste recycler Tes-Amm, the new plant claims to be ...

25 Mar 2021

Southeast Asia's first lithium battery recycling plant opens in Singapore

Press Releases / International Finance Corporation

IFC and Collectius launch the first distressed asset recovery platform to address the impacts of Covid-19 on the banking sector

...Malaysia, Thailand, and in the near future, Vietnam. This will help unlock capital to support fresh lending in the region, helping post Covid-19 recovery and future economic growth. The $60 m...

16 Sep 2020

IFC and Collectius launch the first distressed asset recovery platform to address the impacts of Covid-19 on the banking sector

Press Releases / PEFC

Malaysia produces PEFC certified eco-friendly egg trays

...Malaysian Timber Certification Council Established in 1998, the Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) is an independent organisation tasked to develop and operate the Malaysian Timber Certifi...

3 May 2020

Malaysia produces PEFC certified eco-friendly egg trays

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

News / Transport

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

...Malaysia spend an average of four hours a day online, and Facebook is the region’s top social media and commerce platform. Indonesia has the greatest number of users at 130 million, followed by the Ph...

2 Jun 2021

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

News / Carbon & Climate

Tree planting can help tropical forests ‘recover 50% faster’ from logging

...Malaysia that were actively restored increased their ability to absorb carbon 50 per cent faster than logged forests that were left to regenerate naturally. Without any intervention, a tropical forest...

17 Aug 2020

Tree planting can help tropical forests ‘recover 50% faster’ from logging

Hong Kong sound designer Kan Hei-chun records sounds in Garden Hill, Sham Shui Po district, Hong Kong

News / Cities

Sounds and the city: Artists put Asia's changing urban identity on tape

...Malaysia a decade ago, he was struck by how quickly his city was changing and the sounds he would not have heard if he had been driving. It led him to start recording the everyday sounds of Malaysian ...

9 Nov 2020

Sounds and the city: Artists put Asia's changing urban identity on tape

News / Energy

Is Asia high on hydrogen?

...Malaysia’s energy ministry’s announcement this week that it will limit renewable energy exports to Singapore, Andrew Bedford, director of energy transition at US-based consultancy Jacobs, said that go...

29 Oct 2021

Is Asia high on hydrogen?

News / Food & Agriculture

India’s curbs on Malaysian palm oil set to shake up sector

...Malaysia – has started a trade war after taking strong exception to comments by the Malaysian prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad.Late last year, the Malaysian leader condemned the Indian federal governm...

27 Jan 2020

India’s curbs on Malaysian palm oil set to shake up sector

News / Carbon & Climate

Don’t lecture Indonesia on the environment, says top minister

...Malaysia for causing the haze, only for her Malaysian counterpart Yeo Bee Yin to say she was “in denial”. Carbon credits superpower On Wednesday, Luhut also dismissed activists’ concerns over two rece...

5 Nov 2020

Don’t lecture Indonesia on the environment, says top minister

News / Food & Agriculture

Australian confectioner declares it's palm oil-free with ad featuring orangutan playing drums, switches to sunflower oil

...Malaysia, the two biggest producer countries. The company said it had taken almost two years, and had meant the discontinuation of one of its brands, to remove palm oil from more than 100 of its produ...

3 Sep 2020

Australian confectioner declares it's palm oil-free with ad featuring orangutan playing drums, switches to sunflower oil

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