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Oyika's electric motorbike in a battery swap station.

Transport

Singapore-based fund manager to pump US$1 million into electric mobility scheme in Indonesia

Clime Capital, which manages the Southeast Asia Clean Energy Facility, will be funding electric mobility start-up Oyika, in a move to back Southeast Asia’s shift towards sustainable transport.
Watering plants on rooftop

Cities

Rooftops to railways: neighbourhoods race to hit net zero climate goals

From Tokyo to London, community-driven green projects aim to speed up carbon neutrality in cities.
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Transport

In Pakistan city, green scheme for polluting bus owners inches along

Peshawar hopes to lower its carbon emissions by paying bus owners to give up their exhaust-spewing vehicles—but sellers and climate experts say the scheme is too slow and too small.
Thailand healthcare worker

Policy & Finance

ADB: SDG accelerator bonds to help plug Covid funding gaps

The Asian Development Bank has proposed a sustainable development goals accelerator bond for developing countries to reduce investment risk and achieve a green recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Transport

Pandemic lessons for India’s electric mobility

By Shally Seth Mohile

Transport

Despite climate commitments, transport sector emissions are set to soar

By Tim Ha

Cities

Covid-19 seen slowing city shift to green transport

By Sonia Elks

Lifestyle

Cutting the unexpected carbon culprits in your life

By Gillian Parker
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#public transport Opinion

SG Climate Rally 2

CSR

Individual action is climate action

Yes, systemic change is our end-goal. But let’s not discount the value of individual action in making that possible. By Terese Anne Teoh
electric micro bus in vietnam

Transport

With the right measures, Southeast Asia could see a post-pandemic EV revolution

Future projections of electric mobility are promising, but uptake in the region will depend heavily on the strategic decisions and actions of its key stakeholders—industry, government, and consumers. By Zulfikar Yurnaidi and Justin Sitohang
traffic jam in jakarta

Policy & Finance

We should not aim to return to normal

Normal contributed to this pandemic. Governments should direct stimulus measures towards a greener and more equitable normal. By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Inger Andersen
Educity, Pomeroy Studio

Cities

Clean air in a Covid-19 crisis. But what’s next?

There are several environmental silver linings due to the global pandemic, with green lessons that we can learn from this alternate reality. What is the future of design for the communities we live, work and play in? By Jason Pomeroy

Energy

Climate action can help to fight pandemics

By Aaron Bernstein

Cities

We can’t let coronavirus kill our cities. Here’s how we can save urban life

By Jonathan Daly and Kim Dovey and Quentin Stevens

Transport

Safer, more sustainable transport in a post-Covid-19 world

By Ben Welle and Sergio Avelleda

Cities

Covid-19 could affect cities for years. Here are 4 ways they’re coping now.

By Schuyler Null and Hillary Smith
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#public transport Videos

toto in Varanasi

Transport

A social venture on the road to improve lives, reduce emissions with electric rickshaws

With a vision to end the drudgery of manual rickshaw pulling, social enterprise SMV Green is also helping restore clean air in one of India's most polluted cities through electric rickshaws.
A view of Orchard Road, Singapore

Cities

Why emerging Asia is the hub of climate-smart urban development

Sponsored About four out of every five people impacted by sea-level rise by 2050 will live in East or Southeast Asia, creating an urgent need climate-smart solutions for cities. This year’s Innovate4Climate summit will look at the climate-smart solutions the region needs.
electric bus

Transport

The record-breaking electric bus

The Proterra Catalyst E2 Max electric bus has broken the world record for driving the longest distance on a single charge.
summer in the city

Carbon & Climate

Amid rising temperatures, UN agency launches video ‘forecasts’ on impact of climate change

If greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, the Earth’s average global surface temperature could rise more than 4 degrees Celsius or 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of this century. These videos attempt to show how that looks like.
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#public transport Podcasts

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Cities

Writing the future together

Sponsored [The EB Podcast] In this concluding episode of the Let’s Write the Future series, we explore how the rise of renewable energy, the electrification of transport and the Fourth Industrial Revolution are changing our lives, cities, and the world.
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#public transport Press Releases

ComfortDelGro

ComfortDelGro

ComfortDelGro partners Engie to jointly bid for tenders in the electric vehicle charging field

ComfortDelGro

ComfortDelGro

ComfortDelGro named leading sustainability company for two years in a row

ComfortDelGro

ComfortDelGro

ComfortDelGro becomes first land transport company to adopt green loans with an A$25 million facility from OCBC Bank

ComfortDelGro

ComfortDelGro

ComfortDelGro named leading sustainability company

UN Environment

UN Environment

On World Environment Day, world turns spotlight on air pollution

Green Is The New Black

Green Is The New Black

The Conscious Festival by Green Is The New Black is back for its 4th year as a carbon neutral and zero waste festival

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#public transport Research

British Embassy Manila and Eco-Business

British Embassy Manila and Eco-Business

Electric vehicles in the Philippines: Business opportunities, market barriers, and policy signals

Eco-Business

Eco-Business

Partners for the Environment

Eco-Business

Eco-Business

Sustainable Cities: From Possibility to Reality

A new paradigm for urban mobility: How fleets of shared vehicles can end the car dependency of cities

Low-carbon mobility for mega cities: What different policies mean for urban emissions in China and India

Cleaning Delhi's air

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