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Opinion /
Waste
Beating
plastic
pollution in three steps
...
Southeast
Asia
. ABBI can help develop business models that can assist in minimising
plastic
production, facilitate better waste management, pioneer businesses that utilise alternatives to
plastic
s or ...
3 May 2024
Beating plastic pollution in three steps
News /
Waste
Philippine government split on joining coalition to cut
plastic
production: UN treaty participants
...
plastic
overproduction and waste exports to developing countries like the Philippines. The
Southeast
Asia
n country is considered an influential negotiator in the
plastic
treaty talks as it was a co-sp...
26 Apr 2024
Philippine government split on joining coalition to cut plastic production: UN treaty participants
News /
Waste
Filipinos strongest supporters of
plastic
reduction ahead of UN treaty talks
...
plastic
production will stop
plastic
pollution, prevent biodiversity loss, and limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Respondents from China, the world's biggest
plastic
producer, were also keen...
19 Apr 2024
Filipinos strongest supporters of plastic reduction ahead of UN treaty talks
News /
Policy & Finance
Indonesia and the Philippines contributed bulk of US$6.3 billion green investment hike in
Southeast
Asia
...
Southeast
Asia
While climate investments increased in 2023,
Southeast
Asia
has an investment gap of US$1.493 trillion to fill by 2030 to reach its decarbonisation goals. A key reason for this is a lac...
17 Apr 2024
Indonesia and the Philippines contributed bulk of US$6.3 billion green investment hike in Southeast Asia
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Fasting is a key part of Ramadan, but for many Muslims, climate change is making food scarce all year
...
southeast
Asia
– Jakarta’s Istiqlal Mosque. Its capacity matches that of the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The belief that caring for the environment is an aspect of the Islamic faith holds true for peopl...
8 Apr 2024
Fasting is a key part of Ramadan, but for many Muslims, climate change is making food scarce all year
News /
Policy & Finance
As Asean environmental rights draft takes shape, advocates fear weakened safeguards
Southeast
Asia
n activists are fighting to beef up a regional declaration on environmental rights and calling for stronger protection of land defenders. Civil society groups say they are concerned tha...
28 Mar 2024
As Asean environmental rights draft takes shape, advocates fear weakened safeguards
News /
Carbon & Climate
El Niño, burning peatlands and coal: Air pollution in
Southeast
Asia
got worse in 2023
...
Southeast
Asia
n nation to record better air quality in 2023 than in 2022, with a 10 per cent drop in PM2.5 levels. Indonesia was by some margin
Southeast
Asia
's most polluted country in 2023, a year w...
20 Mar 2024
El Niño, burning peatlands and coal: Air pollution in Southeast Asia got worse in 2023
News /
Waste
Asia
struggles to contain record e-waste deluge, UN report shows
...
Asia
, 1 per cent for South
Asia
, and 0 per cent for
Southeast
Asia
. Out of 49
Asia
n countries analysed, 18 countries have e-waste policies and just four (China, Japan, Cyprus and Turkey) have recyclin...
20 Mar 2024
Asia struggles to contain record e-waste deluge, UN report shows
Podcasts /
Water
‘Complex yet interconnected problems’: Xylem’s VP of Global Lifecycle Services on solving water security in
Asia
Pacific
...
Southeast
Asia
alone, according to estimates by the
Asia
n Development Bank. This is not only a challenge for our region but for the planet.” Access to clean water supply and sanitation services remain...
20 Mar 2024
‘Complex yet interconnected problems’: Xylem’s VP of Global Lifecycle Services on solving water security in Asia Pacific
News /
Waste
Singapore's efficient ‘cleaning army’ has led to litter apathy: Stridy chief Yasser Amin
...
plastic
waste, on the public beaches. What he finds even harder to reconcile is that the litter problem happens in other places too, with discarded wrappers, bottles and
plastic
bags found in the sha...
15 Mar 2024
Singapore's efficient ‘cleaning army’ has led to litter apathy: Stridy chief Yasser Amin
News /
Waste
Why
Southeast
Asia
’s growing waste problem presents huge opportunity for climate tech start-ups
...
plastic
waste, says Lung, as they can prevent waste
plastic
s from leaking into and polluting the environment. “Excessive
plastic
waste is often broken down into micro
plastic
s over time, which harm bio...
29 Feb 2024
Why Southeast Asia’s growing waste problem presents huge opportunity for climate tech start-ups
News /
Carbon & Climate
From climate ‘quiet quitting’ to human rights decline, how will Trump's re-election trouble
Asia
?
...
plastic
pollution, as Trump may well do, other countries, including those in
Asia
– the biggest contributor to
plastic
pollutions globally by far – may go cold on the agreement too. However, Doug Wood...
20 Feb 2024
From climate ‘quiet quitting’ to human rights decline, how will Trump's re-election trouble Asia?
News /
Waste
Mindset shift: How a Singapore startup convinced firms that waste
plastic
can be used to pave roads
...
plastic
waste. Oh also learnt how the waste sent to various
Southeast
Asia
n countries was adversely affecting local residents. “People, especially those in villages, would wake up to find rubbish bur...
13 Feb 2024
Mindset shift: How a Singapore startup convinced firms that waste plastic can be used to pave roads
News /
Carbon & Climate
Singapore can achieve net zero well before 2050, we should help our neighbours to decarbonise: Activist Ho Xiang Tian
...
plastic
consumption and the carbon tax. The point I was trying to make was that the industry cannot be trusted to have their own voluntary agreements – for anything. Industry will promise us something...
6 Feb 2024
Singapore can achieve net zero well before 2050, we should help our neighbours to decarbonise: Activist Ho Xiang Tian
Press Releases /
Eco-Business
Eco-Business Sustainability Leadership A-List winners and CDG-EB Impact Sustainability Education Grant unveiled
...
Southeast
Asia
, including the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore, as well as South
Asia
and Australia. The nominees were assessed by two distinguished panel of judges representing leader...
2 Feb 2024
Eco-Business Sustainability Leadership A-List winners and CDG-EB Impact Sustainability Education Grant unveiled
News /
Cities
From local to global: Meet the most impactful young sustainability leaders in
Southeast
Asia
Sustainability Leadership Youth A-List 2023 Story
1 Feb 2024
From local to global: Meet the most impactful young sustainability leaders in Southeast Asia
News /
Waste
Recycled
plastic
at virgin prices?
Asia
n recyclers say market volatility making it hard to meet brands' demands
...
plastic
crisis – the waste collectors who process up to 90 per cent of
Southeast
Asia
's
plastic
waste, said Aguilar. Factories in Indonesia have been unable to shift stock of recycled
plastic
, so have...
30 Jan 2024
Recycled plastic at virgin prices? Asian recyclers say market volatility making it hard to meet brands' demands
News /
Carbon & Climate
One-third of companies that lost SBTi net-zero target validation are from
Asia
Pacific
...
Asia
Pacific. In its latest draft of its rules for the real estate sector, released in November, SBTi said that location-based accounting is no longer mandatory. None of
Southeast
Asia
's biggest three...
23 Jan 2024
One-third of companies that lost SBTi net-zero target validation are from Asia Pacific
News /
Policy & Finance
‘Silicon Bali’:
Asia
's paradise for sustainability startups?
...
Southeast
Asia
launch hub for
plastic
recycling firm Prevented Ocean
Plastic
, while the longer-running recycling firm EcoBali was launched in 2006 – two years before there were any waste management la...
10 Jan 2024
‘Silicon Bali’: Asia's paradise for sustainability startups?
News /
Lifestyle
Real eco-tourism needs to go beyond sustainability and strive for regeneration : social entrepreneur Tomo Hamakawa
...
plastic
mess that we have created. It is easy to blame
plastic
producers, but consumers are buying [
plastic
products] too. There won't be supply [of
plastic
s] if there is no demand. I think it needs ...
10 Jan 2024
Real eco-tourism needs to go beyond sustainability and strive for regeneration : social entrepreneur Tomo Hamakawa
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Waste Management
Singapore’s polluter-pays scheme faces further delay amid concern over industry stalling tactics
Exclusive
The city-state's beverage container return scheme has been pushed back beyond its launch date – the latest in …
Singapore's polluter-pays scheme faces further delay amid concern over industry stalling tactics
News /
Cities
Stay or go? Jakarta’s coastal communities mull adaptation or migration as the city sinks
As Indonesia's capital is slowly claimed by the Java Sea, thousands of people are losing their homes and …
Stay or go? Jakarta's coastal communities mull adaptation or migration as the city sinks
News /
Policy & Finance
COP29 presidency reiterates commitment to Paris Agreement as Azerbaijan defends oil and gas expansion
As COP29 president Mukhtar Babayev outlined climate plans for the upcoming talks, Azerbaijan president Ilham Aliyev said at …
COP29 presidency reiterates commitment to Paris Agreement as Azerbaijan defends oil and gas expansion
News /
Waste Management
Singapore recycling firm Tay Paper set to close
The 34-year-old firm is under judicial management. It made a name for itself by recycling millions of red …
Singapore recycling firm Tay Paper set to close
News /
Cities
Tighten legal ambiguity, protect more forests: Singapore conservationists issue wishlist to government
Key asks include looking into having two new nature parks, along with explicit safeguards for the airspace above …
Tighten legal ambiguity, protect more forests: Singapore conservationists issue wishlist to government
News /
Policy & Finance
Verra validated by carbon market watchdog after ‘significant’ procedural changes
The standards organisation accused of approving “worthless” credits last year got an endorsement for meeting the ICVCM's quality …
Verra validated by carbon market watchdog after 'significant' procedural changes
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