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Australian islanders to lodge landmark UN complaint on climate change

...t a nation state, the group added in a statement. The complaint argues that Australia lacks adequate policies to cut its emissions, contributing to rising sea levels that are already threatening homes...

14 May 2019

Australian islanders to lodge landmark UN complaint on climate change

News / Carbon & Climate

Is Asia's media reporting the real causes of air pollution?

...ted by stories that report the problem rather than how to solve it, says Sinha. “For the last 4 years, we have stated and restated the problem. But the fact is that the quality of air in India is gett...

1 Dec 2018

Is Asia's media reporting the real causes of air pollution?

News / Food & Agriculture

Have your cake and eat it too—hotels can serve buffets and still cut food waste

...t that's not the true cost of it. It’s what it cost you to buy the food, plus the labour, energy and water that goes into preparing it. When you add that up, it's at least 10 times the cost of dispos...

18 Apr 2018

Have your cake and eat it too—hotels can serve buffets and still cut food waste

News / Lifestyle

10 sustainable products you need in your life

...tential buyers about the sustainability merits of each product, listing their trash savings and the category of waste the item was made from. Kloters: The smog-busting t-shirt The RepAir t-shirt cont...

2 Jul 2018

10 sustainable products you need in your life

News / Carbon & Climate

We're not suggesting developing countries stop using coal immediately, says IPCC co-chair

...tion than people questioning the science. Even some scientists are sceptical. But I think they don’t know much about the work that IPCC is doing. Some of them are not scientists in this particular fie...

8 Dec 2018

We're not suggesting developing countries stop using coal immediately, says IPCC co-chair

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

What climate change means for fungi and food safety

...the march (at an estimated rate of 6km per year from the equator outwards to the poles) and that’s a result of some of the key characteristics associated with climate change: higher temperatures at ti...

27 Aug 2018

What climate change means for fungi and food safety

Man assists trucks carrying palm oil fruit

News / Food & Agriculture

Palm oil watchdog urged to take 'giant leap' to save forests

...The RSPO faces the tough task of trying to please members with different interests at a critical time for the industry. Investor pressure Ramping up the pressure, earlier this month about 90 instituti...

27 Aug 2018

Palm oil watchdog urged to take 'giant leap' to save forests

News / Policy & Finance

Regulation can hinder—not help—Asia's social enterprises, analysts say

...tor in a nascent stage of growth, you don't want to restrict it too much. Regulation can come later," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Instead, governments must first help the sector develop ta...

7 Mar 2019

Regulation can hinder—not help—Asia's social enterprises, analysts say

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News / Transport

Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Simon Bennett, shipping decarboniser

...t over the last 12 months. In this interview with Eco-Business, Bennett talks about why he chose a career in sustainability, the hardest thing about this job, the question sustainability executives sh...

15 Dec 2019

Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Simon Bennett, shipping decarboniser

News / Water

As students map the weather, an Indian village bests its water woes

...titute to customise the village's farming to its water availability. "I understand how this works. I know if it rains well the previous day it is a good time to put fertiliser on the crops the next da...

23 Aug 2019

As students map the weather, an Indian village bests its water woes

News / Policy & Finance

G20 stalls on fossil fuel subsidies despite calls for climate action

...the G20 is limited to copying and pasting the same statement every year in its annual document, stating that fossil fuel subsidies are inefficient and hinder the energy transition. But that's not enou...

2 Jul 2019

G20 stalls on fossil fuel subsidies despite calls for climate action

News / Food & Agriculture

Can technology save the palm oil industry?

...traction rate. The current technology extracts 20-21 per cent on average, and the new machines are looking at increasing the extraction rate by about 1 per cent, though it is still being tested. What...

13 Feb 2019

Can technology save the palm oil industry?

A blue recycling bin in the district of Tiong Bahru, Singapore. The city-state's recycling rate has been stagnant since 2012. Image: Eco-Business

News / Waste

Campaign asks Singaporeans to limit plastic bag habit to two a day

...tte & Touche. It found that Singapore residents use on average of two to four plastic bags for each trip to the supermarket, one to three polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles a week, and one ...

1 Aug 2018

Campaign asks Singaporeans to limit plastic bag habit to two a day

Children play with informal waste pickers in Myanmar

News / Lifestyle

7 eco-friendly ways to stir the senses this Earth Day

...t that it's stopped working before its time? It could be time to switch to Fairphone, the world's first modular phone "that's built to last". Though it might not be the sexiest gadget ever invented, t...

24 Apr 2019

7 eco-friendly ways to stir the senses this Earth Day

News / Lifestyle

Social businesses take tourists off beaten path to 'spread the wealth'

...to stay at the hotel because of its proximity to London City Airport and the ExCeL centre, host to events such as the 2009 G20 summit and the London Boat Show. Of the five guests the Thomson Reuters F...

16 Jul 2019

Social businesses take tourists off beaten path to 'spread the wealth'

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Three ways businesses can lead the transition to a low carbon economy

...t leaders to "set the direction of travel that will provide us with the clarity and confidence to act." In May, eight EU countries began pushing other EU members to do just that. Business stands to ga...

22 May 2019

Three ways businesses can lead the transition to a low carbon economy

Activism, Singapore-style. Students from National University of Singapore and Yale-NUS are supporting a movement for their universities to divest from fossil fuels.

News / Lifestyle

Is Singapore’s green movement for real?

...tment and manning booths such as the one at EarthFest. He also hopes to enter negotiations with NUS management. "At this point they’ve been quite unreceptive, but we hope to meet with them." “ There’...

4 Feb 2019

Is Singapore’s green movement for real?

News / Waste

Are waste-to-energy plants bad investments in the Philippines?

...tent of the city’s solid waste, the report said. If the target revenue projections are not met, it could result in non-repayment of debts and the plant becoming a stranded asset, leaving the city to a...

17 Jun 2019

Are waste-to-energy plants bad investments in the Philippines?

News / Carbon & Climate

Could developing-world cities make or break the 1.5C warming goal?

...t noted. How to tackle the conditions that lead to informal urban settlements and fuel the risks to their inhabitants "is a central question", the report said. Among the problems that need to be addre...

12 Oct 2018

Could developing-world cities make or break the 1.5C warming goal?

News / Food & Agriculture

Farming insects may solve one problem but create others, scientists warn

...the facilities (where insects are grown)? What about transportation?" she said to the Thomson Reuters Foundation via phone. "One of the biggest threats to both natural systems and production systems t...

15 Jan 2019

Farming insects may solve one problem but create others, scientists warn

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