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Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Will China kick its coal habit?

...14 and 2016, has since risen steadily. The same is true of carbon-dioxide emissions, which increased by 1.5-1.7 per cent even during the pandemic-induced slowdown in 2020. China must do better. The 20...

3 Aug 2021

Will China kick its coal habit?

News / Food & Agriculture

UN summit seeks to shape a food system fit for the future

...19 pandemic and climate-heating emissions from agriculture and food waste. Preparations over 18 months for the event, held in New York and online, brought together some 100,000 people — government and...

24 Sep 2021

UN summit seeks to shape a food system fit for the future

Myanmar Faces Third Wave of COVID-19 Infections Amid Anti-Coup Protests

News / Policy & Finance

Myanmar faced third wave of Covid-19 infections amid anti-coup protests

...16 new confirmed Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to date to 142,858, while the total number of deaths held at 3,209. Since the military takeover, most of the country’s doctors ...

7 May 2021

Myanmar faced third wave of Covid-19 infections amid anti-coup protests

News / Cities

Fear grips India's vast informal workforce as vaccines run low

Indian developer Satish Magar has managed to get 700 of his construction workers vaccinated against Covid-19 in the last month, and he hopes to do the same for another 2,000 in May. Magar wants all hi...

5 May 2021

Fear grips India's vast informal workforce as vaccines run low

News / Cities

Scientists sceptical of new bat study linking climate change to Covid-19 emergence

...1901-1930 distribution of vegetation over the province, and the right side shows the 1990-2019 distribution. Change in biome in the Yunnan-Myanmar-Laos area. 1901-1930 average compared to 1990-2019 ...

8 Feb 2021

Scientists sceptical of new bat study linking climate change to Covid-19 emergence

News / Policy & Finance

As Indonesia reclaims land from developers, conservation is an afterthought

...12,769 hectares (2.01 million acres) from September 2015 to June 2021. This story was published with permission from Mongabay.com.

13 Jan 2022

As Indonesia reclaims land from developers, conservation is an afterthought

The Emerging Threat of Extractives Sector to Intact Forest Landscapes

News / Carbon & Climate

Nearly 1 million square kilometres of intact forests menaced by extractives, study finds

...16 per cent in Central Africa, and the rest in the Asia-Pacific region. The new paper found that mining concessions overlapped with 11 per cent of the intact forest cover, while for oil and gas conces...

29 Jul 2021

Nearly 1 million square kilometres of intact forests menaced by extractives, study finds

News / Carbon & Climate

Proposed Thailand quarry encroaches on UNESCO global geopark

...10 limestone mountains and total rock reserve of 112 million metric tons, far exceed local demand. “The province already has two rock quarrying sites with the capacity of 1 million tons,” he says. “Th...

12 Jul 2022

Proposed Thailand quarry encroaches on UNESCO global geopark

Press Releases / BBC

BBC unveils coverage plans for COP26 climate change conference

...1 November, the opening day of the climate summit. Four leading global political figures will come together to take questions from young people in the studio and around the world on the challenges pre...

8 Oct 2021

BBC unveils coverage plans for COP26 climate change conference

News / Corporate Responsibility

Fossil fuel firms face new challenge over 'greenwashing' ads

...1 = 0.8411 euros) This story was published with permission from Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, climate change, resilience, women’s ri...

24 Jun 2021

Fossil fuel firms face new challenge over 'greenwashing' ads

Women sift sand, hunting for tiny plastic pellets and other debris still washing ashore since the sinking of the X-Press Pearl, a vessel containing chemicals and plastics, in May 2021 off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka

News / Transport

Sri Lankan communities count the cost of devastating chemicals and plastics spill

...10am, the temperature is already above 30 degrees Celsius. They are sweltering under hats, protective clothing and facemasks. But it’s worth it, they insist. Their daily wage of Rs 3,000 (US$15) feeds...

14 Feb 2022

Sri Lankan communities count the cost of devastating chemicals and plastics spill

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Reducing the forest footprint of Chinese soft-commodity financing

...12-2017, cleared 21,690 ha of native vegetation in the Brazilian Cerrado. A year later, the company had cleared a further 1,194 ha, and a further 5,000 were at imminent risk of being cleared by the co...

7 May 2021

Reducing the forest footprint of Chinese soft-commodity financing

Press Releases / Jinko Solar Co.,Ltd.

JinkoSolar successfully supplies 541MW Tiger Mono facial to Xuan Thien Ea-Sub Project Phase I in Vietnam

...1MW Tiger Series modules for the Phase 1 of the Xuan Thien Ea Sub project in Dak Lak Province, Vietnam. On November 15, 2020, the project successfully energised the 500kV Sub substation connecting Xu...

3 Dec 2020

JinkoSolar successfully supplies 541MW Tiger Mono facial to Xuan Thien Ea-Sub Project Phase I in Vietnam

Press Releases / Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric ranked world’s most sustainable corporation by Corporate Knights

...1 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the world ranking marks a big jump from 29th place the previous year and represents a high-profile external acknowledgement of Schneider’s long-stan...

27 Jan 2021

Schneider Electric ranked world’s most sustainable corporation by Corporate Knights

News / Policy & Finance

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

...18, the so-called “value of a statistical life” of a blue-collar male worker in India was $598,116.75; a recent estimate valued a life lost in the Central African Republic at $1,931. Taking this dispa...

8 Feb 2022

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

News / Carbon & Climate

Explainer: What is 'net zero' and why does it matter?

...10 levels, and reach "net zero" by mid-century to give the world a good chance of limiting warming to 1.5C and avoiding the worst impacts of climate change. Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, nearly 200 ...

21 Oct 2021

Explainer: What is 'net zero' and why does it matter?

Press Releases / The Rockefeller Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation commits US$1 billion to catalyse a green recovery from pandemic

...1 billion by 2026, deploying up to 10,000 mini grids that will provide clean energy to 5 million households, create 10,000 new green jobs, support 100,000 rural enterprises, deliver irrigation to 400,...

27 Oct 2020

The Rockefeller Foundation commits US$1 billion to catalyse a green recovery from pandemic

Press Releases / Johnson Controls

Johnson Controls launches new flexible service offerings for remote building management across Asia Pacific

...105,000 experts in more than 150 countries and over 130 years of innovation, we are the power behind our customers' mission. Our leading portfolio of building technology and solutions includes some of...

13 Oct 2020

Johnson Controls launches new flexible service offerings for remote building management across Asia Pacific

News / Carbon & Climate

Call to halt sale of synthetic refrigerants

...100, since they have a global warming potential (GWP) ranging from 53 to almost 15,000. For comparison, carbon dioxide (CO2) has a GWP of 1. Natural substitutes for HFCs exist. They include propane (G...

10 Jun 2021

Call to halt sale of synthetic refrigerants

Press Releases / CapitaLand

CapitaLand launches 2030 Sustainability Master Plan to elevate its commitment to global sustainability

...19 since 2009. In 2019, the Group’s energy and water consumption intensities were reduced by 19.2 per cent and 22.4 per cent respectively3. For more information, read the CapitaLand’s 2019...

2 Oct 2020

CapitaLand launches 2030 Sustainability Master Plan to elevate its commitment to global sustainability

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