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9 quotes that made headlines in 2018

...to protest outside the Swedish parliament. The sign translates to "School strike for climate". Image: Twitter. 8. "What is the point of learning facts when the most important facts given by the fines...

19 Dec 2018

9 quotes that made headlines in 2018

News / Carbon & Climate

In-depth Q&A: the United Kingdom’s net-zero strategy

...that current estimates could “understate the economic cost to the UK as the climate heats up” and that the shift to net-zero “could provide a boost to the economy”, with the required investment potent...

25 Oct 2021

In-depth Q&A: the United Kingdom’s net-zero strategy

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate disasters will hit women hardest, says 'Handmaid's Tale' author

...tection and you don't have any money, what is the one thing that gets traded, always? In war conditions, rape is used a military tactic. Margaret Atwood It has shot back up the bestseller lists after...

6 Jun 2018

Climate disasters will hit women hardest, says 'Handmaid's Tale' author

News / Carbon & Climate

What the Arctic and Antarctic are trying to tell us, and why Southeast Asia must listen

...the expedition. After Swan and his team planted their feet on the South Pole in January 1986, they learnt that the ship that had taken them there had sunk. But Swan kept his promise to conservationist...

30 Aug 2019

What the Arctic and Antarctic are trying to tell us, and why Southeast Asia must listen

Trees made bare by acid rain in Smokey Mountain National Park, USA

News / Policy & Finance

Is there a market-based solution to Southeast Asia’s haze problem?

...trating the cap-and-trade scheme to tackle acid rain, was speaking at a lecture organised by the National University of Singapore in the Southeast Asian city-state. “The idea was to put a cap on the ...

7 Nov 2018

Is there a market-based solution to Southeast Asia’s haze problem?

News / Energy

Why 2018 will be a record year for carbon emissions—and what to do about it

...technologies is projected to account for 40 per cent of the region's total electricity demand by 2040. What to do about the climate crisis? Birol said that to tackle the climate crisis more renewables...

7 Nov 2018

Why 2018 will be a record year for carbon emissions—and what to do about it

News / Energy

An idea to electrify 1 million boats in Southeast Asia—inspired by Ikea

...the parts for the boats and instructions for how to assemble the kit, but ultimately, the vessels will be put together by local boat builders who can sell off the completed boats and turn a profit. V...

26 Aug 2019

An idea to electrify 1 million boats in Southeast Asia—inspired by Ikea

Achim Steiner talking at the Responsible Business Forum in Singapore. Image UNDP Asia Pacific

Videos / Carbon & Climate

Don't be spectators: UNDP boss calls on corporates to act on climate

...tives to act have, more often than not, triggered extraordinary feats of ingenuity and opportunity," Steiner said, adding that the markets of the future will judge businesses on how they react to the ...

17 Oct 2018

Don't be spectators: UNDP boss calls on corporates to act on climate

News / Carbon & Climate

Innovation rush aims to help farmers, rich and poor, beat climate change

...ts and fight the major blight of wheat rust are now forming an international consortium in a bid to make wheat stand up to worsening heat and drought. "There was a real shift in terms of the intensity...

29 Jul 2019

Innovation rush aims to help farmers, rich and poor, beat climate change

News / Food & Agriculture

Rising carbon levels threaten diets of hundreds of millions of poor

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

29 Aug 2018

Rising carbon levels threaten diets of hundreds of millions of poor

News / Policy & Finance

No pot of gold for locals as China mines Sierra Leone

...tended to kickstart reforms. Dayu has decided to raise its contribution to 1 per cent, but is still in talks with locals on terms, said the company's community manager Mohamed Daffae. Three towns in t...

23 Aug 2019

No pot of gold for locals as China mines Sierra Leone

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Smaller fun packs for National Day? Singapore, it’s time for serious policy on plastic

...tic bottle of water instead of two plastic bottles. National Day celebrations do generate a lot of waste. But as policy ideas to combat plastic pollution go, this was not exactly legislative cartwhee...

20 Nov 2018

Smaller fun packs for National Day? Singapore, it’s time for serious policy on plastic

News / Green Buildings

Flat-packed cities: wooden skyscrapers sprout over concrete concerns

...t start off saying: let's build this out of wood," she said. "It has to be the culmination of a process to determine what works best in that context, what is most sustainable, cost effective and effic...

21 Aug 2019

Flat-packed cities: wooden skyscrapers sprout over concrete concerns

News / Waste

Why rethinking waste may be good for business

...to get everyone involved in managing the waste with us. First, we need to segregate our waste, because when we do that and don't contaminate usable waste streams, then we will be able to extract bette...

30 May 2018

Why rethinking waste may be good for business

News / Policy & Finance

Stricter global standards needed for impact funds to work—OECD

...to measure and demonstrate impact," the report's lead author Karen Wilson told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "Some of them are already demonstrating that impact and others aren't. If they want to ca...

18 Jan 2019

Stricter global standards needed for impact funds to work—OECD

News / Food & Agriculture

Asia's rising appetite for meat, seafood will 'strain environment'

...t Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based consultancy firm. "We wanted to highlight that, because of the large population and how fast the population is growing, it is going to put a strain on the environment," sa...

5 Sep 2018

Asia's rising appetite for meat, seafood will 'strain environment'

Press Releases / EB Impact

New multimedia exhibition highlights what a melting Arctic means for Asia

...t the exhibition itself or by visiting https://bit.ly/reforestwithebimpact to donate. Each dollar will allow partner One Tree Planted to put one tree in the ground. EB Impact is the sister non-profit ...

7 Oct 2019

New multimedia exhibition highlights what a melting Arctic means for Asia

News / Green Buildings

From breathing walls to rain-harvesting canopies: The coolest tech at Singapore Green Building Week

...t uses 30 watts of power from a computer that automates rotation, irrigation and lighting. But that's offset by the cooling effect of the trees, Schick says. But aren't they super expensive? Though th...

9 Sep 2018

From breathing walls to rain-harvesting canopies: The coolest tech at Singapore Green Building Week

Houston, you have a problem. Flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey

News / Carbon & Climate

Be afraid—11 scary facts, stats and lies about our planet this Halloween

...that it has entered the food chain. But the scariest thing about plastic pollution is that the companies responsible aren't doing much about it. Last week, a consortium of the world's biggest plastic ...

31 Oct 2018

Be afraid—11 scary facts, stats and lies about our planet this Halloween

News / Carbon & Climate

U.N. pact offers hope to world's climate migrants

...ter Kaelin from the Platform on Disaster Displacement, a group that pushed for climate change to be included in the pact. "It's the first time the international community has recognised that migration...

20 Jul 2018

U.N. pact offers hope to world's climate migrants

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