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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 / 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

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'

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

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

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

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

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 / Policy & Finance

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 / 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

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 / 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

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

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 / 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 / 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?

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