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Ramon Grimaldo of Tanggol Kalikasan reiterates the harmful effects that coal plants pose on the environment, particularly to the ocean and the creatures living in it.

News / Energy

How a small parish is leading the fight against coal in the Philippines

...t the Atimonan project are "given high priority," citing "a participatory process that involves community-based scoping and consultations to educate the public." "At the same time, there are stringent...

13 Jul 2018

How a small parish is leading the fight against coal in the Philippines

News / Energy

Local NGOs push Singapore banks on coal: Stop using our money to fuel climate change

...ted in the letter that financing new coal-fired power plants undermines the city-state's commitments to the Paris Agreement on climate change in a year the city-state has dedicated to climate action. ...

12 Jul 2018

Local NGOs push Singapore banks on coal: Stop using our money to fuel climate change

Opinion / Energy

7 climate change myths that big oil continues to perpetuate

...tal protection—yet they continue to be perpetuated to the detriment of our planet. Myth 1: Climate change can be solved with the same thinking that created it Measures put in place now to address clim...

23 Feb 2018

7 climate change myths that big oil continues to perpetuate

News / Policy & Finance

Climate change offers huge investment opportunity - experts

...t we know that the most cost-effective way of getting investments in the right direction... is to put a price on carbon." “ Quite apart from what you think about climate change, there are opportuniti...

3 May 2017

Climate change offers huge investment opportunity - experts

News / Carbon & Climate

As wild weather worsens, Philippines migration takes on a female face

...tly work abroad, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. But in the last few years, the gender balance has shifted, with about 55 per cent of overseas workers now women, its data shows. That...

4 Apr 2018

As wild weather worsens, Philippines migration takes on a female face

Wiebe Wakker is traveling from the Netherlands to Australia in an electric car, without any money. Image: Wiebe Wakker

News / Transport

Around the world in an electric car

...t tyre, then the bushings on the lower arms went. The car was undrivable, and had to transported to the next city on a truck. But we didn’t have the tools to load the car onto the truck, and it took t...

4 Oct 2017

Around the world in an electric car

News / Cities

Nature calling: Crammed cities go green for climate, health

...t, he noted. "We have to get very creative about it and take opportunities when bits of land do become available to think about the longer-term benefits they might provide rather than just putting a n...

7 Mar 2018

Nature calling: Crammed cities go green for climate, health

News / Transport

'Kingdom of Bicycles' embraces car sharing

...ted to turn a profit after two or three years when the overall environment improves. He said: "At that time, producing new energy cars and the operation will cost less than today. And the government m...

9 Mar 2017

'Kingdom of Bicycles' embraces car sharing

Opinion / Policy & Finance

SDGs: from adopted framework to political force for change

...that might otherwise not get attention. But there is also a danger of tedium with international agendas, and demands for reports and data from the global level diverting capacity and weakening efforts...

20 Feb 2017

SDGs: from adopted framework to political force for change

News / Food & Agriculture

Ocean farmer hatches "nail salon of the sea" plan to grow food cheaply

...tion, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, climate change, resilience, women's rights, trafficking and property rights. Visit http://news.trust.org/climate) The Thomso...

29 May 2017

Ocean farmer hatches "nail salon of the sea" plan to grow food cheaply

News / Food & Agriculture

Arctic seed vault turning 10 faces 'unprecedented' agricultural challenges

...tive director of The Crop Trust, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The Crop Trust, an international group working to protect crop diversity, runs the vault in collaboration with the Norwegian gover...

28 Feb 2018

Arctic seed vault turning 10 faces 'unprecedented' agricultural challenges

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Some agricultural sectors can't just adapt to climate change—they must transform

...to avoid concentrating power and further marginalising them • Develop pathways of adaptation actions that show the way from the current situation to one that better fits anticipated climate conditions...

9 Nov 2017

Some agricultural sectors can't just adapt to climate change—they must transform

Videos / Policy & Finance

Can conscious capitalism fix the global economy?

...ties. These criticisms have prompted some to suggest dismantling capitalist economies altogether, while others have put forth new variations of capitalism which preserve its potential to create wealt...

2 Dec 2016

Can conscious capitalism fix the global economy?

News / Carbon & Climate

Buffeted but not sunk: Paris resilience plan tackles inequity and climate change

...ted to do with increasing frequency and ferocity, students can't go outside as it is too hot and streets swelter amid the "heat island effect". The project, due to begin with pilots next year, aims to...

9 Oct 2017

Buffeted but not sunk: Paris resilience plan tackles inequity and climate change

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Don't let President Trump distract from urgent action needed at climate talks

...to withdraw from the Paris Agreement to his commitment to outdated fossil fuels as economic stimulants, everything indicates that the US government is not going to contribute to the urgent work that n...

7 Nov 2017

Don't let President Trump distract from urgent action needed at climate talks

News / Carbon & Climate

Citizens must 'flood the courts' in fight for climate justice, says Jeff Sachs

...Trust", asserting that government policies have contributed to climate change, violating their constitutional right to life, liberty and property. Sachs expects such cases to become commonplace, parti...

6 Oct 2017

Citizens must 'flood the courts' in fight for climate justice, says Jeff Sachs

A scene from Chasing Coral, one of the films to feature at the Singapore Eco Film Festival this year. Image: Netflix

Opinion / Lifestyle

4 must-watch movies at the Singapore Eco Film Festival that won't depress you

...To spread the sustainability word beyond the festival dates this year, SEFF has partnered with green lifestyle event EarthFest to enable people to host their own eco film screenings. To do that, go he...

17 Aug 2017

4 must-watch movies at the Singapore Eco Film Festival that won't depress you

Will business drive the SDGs Eco-Business event

News / Policy & Finance

Do financial markets care about sustainability?

...tal markets do not reward sustainable companies for their efforts. “Bursting our bubble from time to time is important, so that we don’t get complacent or lose sight of the wider reality that needs to...

7 Mar 2017

Do financial markets care about sustainability?

Opinion / Lifestyle

Read this before you go sales shopping: the environmental costs of fast fashion

...tant to standard pesticides. They often need to be treated with more toxic pesticides that are harmful to livestock and humans. There is growing interest in organic cotton, with H&M and Inditex, t...

29 Dec 2017

Read this before you go sales shopping: the environmental costs of fast fashion

News / Energy

'Half of Southeast Asia's renewable energy projects are unbankable'

...thout it—if industry and governments can improve market regulations and the bankability of renewables projects. Speakers at the Asia Clean Energy Summit in Singapore last week noted that Southeast As...

1 Nov 2017

'Half of Southeast Asia's renewable energy projects are unbankable'

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