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News / Carbon & Climate

10 times when sustainability was (sort of) funny in 2019

...tte filter pollution. Context is everything. 4. An honest government At last, an honest ad from a government, to promote the global climate strike in September. It admitted—in, ahem, charming Australi...

14 Dec 2019

10 times when sustainability was (sort of) funny in 2019

News / Energy

Carbon capture struggles to accelerate in race to avert climate crash

...talists fear it could slow a transition to clean power. But it "needs to be in the toolbox" to cut excess emissions if climate threats surge, Hawkins said. With the Bahamas slammed by a devastating hu...

16 Sep 2019

Carbon capture struggles to accelerate in race to avert climate crash

Opinion / Lifestyle

How our screen stories of the future went from flying cars to a darker version of now

...ted into our lives with little choice as to whether we should adopt them and little thought to their long-term appropriateness and sustainability. These shows ask us to be critical of what might seem ...

10 Dec 2019

How our screen stories of the future went from flying cars to a darker version of now

Press Releases / Temasek Foundation

Temasek Foundation partners People’s Association, corporates, unions, universities and community organisations to provide free hand sanitiser to Singapore households

...te the specified collection date on their pamphlet. They must bring along their pamphlet to collect their free sanitiser at any collection centre. Each pamphlet will entitle the resident to col...

18 Mar 2020

Temasek Foundation partners People’s Association, corporates, unions, universities and community organisations to provide free hand sanitiser to Singapore households

workers in oil palm plantation in Malaysia

News / Food & Agriculture

Buy green palm oil or forests will suffer, industry warns

...ting this month. The new standards include a ban on cutting down forests or converting peatlands for oil palm plantations, and greater protection for labour and land rights. "I hope that the rest of t...

27 Nov 2018

Buy green palm oil or forests will suffer, industry warns

News / Carbon & Climate

As climate costs rocket, Vanuatu seeks allies to sue for damages

...Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, climate change, resilience, women's rights, trafficking and property rights. Visit http://news.trust.o...

12 Dec 2018

As climate costs rocket, Vanuatu seeks allies to sue for damages

Opinion / Energy

Death by dirty cooking

...to LPG and other clean-cooking fuels. The imperative now is to continue building on these gains, while adapting the strategies that powered them to different contexts, especially in Africa. To this en...

6 Nov 2019

Death by dirty cooking

News / Food & Agriculture

Why don’t consumer brands promote their sustainable palm oil credentials?

...the only ingredient that is certified sustainable, the crop’s poor reputation, particularly in the West, has meant that few manufacturers want to draw attention to the fact that they’re using it, sust...

16 Oct 2019

Why don’t consumer brands promote their sustainable palm oil credentials?

News / Waste

Making waves: Female round-the-world crew to fight ocean plastic

...the planet's most important and diverse marine environments to build a picture of the state of the seas. The 38,000 nautical mile trip will take in the Arctic, the Galapagos Islands, the South Pacific...

15 Jul 2019

Making waves: Female round-the-world crew to fight ocean plastic

News / Energy

Where do renewables stand in a Covid-stricken world?

...the United States, wind and solar projects that fail to go into operation this year will lose access to critical tax benefits. Investors in Vietnam are set to withdraw from projects that risk missing ...

27 Mar 2020

Where do renewables stand in a Covid-stricken world?

National University of Singapore's straw-free campaign

News / Waste

Singapore university's plastic straw ban sparks backlash from students: 'I've been greatly inconvenienced'

...that want to scrimp on cost. Complaining that they had been "greatly inconvenienced", the student said they needed straws because they have sensitive teeth. They added that the ban on straws was point...

8 Nov 2018

Singapore university's plastic straw ban sparks backlash from students: 'I've been greatly inconvenienced'

News / Food & Agriculture

More city dwellers connect with their food via street markets

...treet food market Mercato Metropolitano. "Markets reconnect the rural economy to the city: in a market you get in touch with the people who are producing their own stuff." Street markets have existed ...

7 Jun 2019

More city dwellers connect with their food via street markets

News / Carbon & Climate

'Silent emergency' as heat risks rise in Hong Kong—and globally

...t in this steamy city that last week hosted an international forum on heat risks from climate change. Global experts on health, weather and climate flocked to the former British colony to try to find ...

31 Dec 2018

'Silent emergency' as heat risks rise in Hong Kong—and globally

hong kong skyline at night rising from the ground

News / Green Buildings

Smart and sustainable, but are these green buildings secure?

...t into a hospital's controls and turn off the power to the operating theatres. Or they could take over a warehouse and disable the chillers,” says Teo. “The attackers might target just one tenant, but...

20 Jun 2019

Smart and sustainable, but are these green buildings secure?

News / Carbon & Climate

Political heat is on for 2020 climate deadline after lukewarm Madrid talks

...ts transactions to aid poorer countries in adapting to climate impacts. E3G's Tomlinson pointed to political risks that may affect the Glasgow talks next year, including Britain's planned exit from th...

17 Dec 2019

Political heat is on for 2020 climate deadline after lukewarm Madrid talks

News / Transport

Dockless bikes: Green revolution or public 'parasite'?

...ted the fact that many cities lack regulations to control such companies effectively. "At the moment they can just chose to come along and dump thousands of bikes onto the streets and a city can't tec...

2 Nov 2018

Dockless bikes: Green revolution or public 'parasite'?

Photo of Singapore marina bay waterfront by dusk

News / Cities

To engineer sustainable cities, engineer social behaviour

...to 30 per cent of the current energy consumption with a payback of two to four years." “ When it comes to climate change, the fact is that the longer humanity waits, the higher the cost. Soren Kvorni...

3 Apr 2019

To engineer sustainable cities, engineer social behaviour

News / Lifestyle

How to solve Asia's 'lazy' overtourism problem

...th you when it comes to sustainability, whether it’s getting certified or to use renewable energy? You named it: certification. It’s an important step that’s in its starting phase in the travel indust...

29 Oct 2018

How to solve Asia's 'lazy' overtourism problem

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

Ego versus eco—is vanity compromising the impact of Asia's sustainability leaders?

...t it? Lahiru Wijedasa, a scientist at urban sustainability institute Singapore-ETH Centre, said that the critical thing about sustainability is to persuade people to think more about an issue, and if...

17 Mar 2020

Ego versus eco—is vanity compromising the impact of Asia's sustainability leaders?

News / Corporate Responsibility

Businesses 'doing good'? Prove it

...t plan into the business from the start, rather than treating it as an afterthought. She suggested making an "impact model", detailing how the business will measure impact to its benefit. "It doesn't ...

12 Mar 2019

Businesses 'doing good'? Prove it

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