Sustainable Development News
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Environment and politics in Bhutan’s electionsIn Bhutan, political parties make big promises, but environment conservation has taken a back seat with little detail about their plans. -
Aid agencies eye solar power to replace volatile, costly fuelWhile the technology has not advanced far enough to make a full swap viable, some solar projects are already underway in the field and aid workers expect many more to follow.
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Blinding consumers to the true cost of soy?Today, there is a niche market of concerned consumers who are willing to pay more for soy products guaranteed to be emissions and deforestation-free. But do such guarantees actually reduce deforestation? -
World could feed itself if people ate less meat, cut waste - studyLivestock are responsible for about 14.5 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Sustainable Development Opinion
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What staying cool has to do with eradicating poverty in India– A hotter world will make it even more difficult for India's poorest to break out of the poverty cycle, writes RAND Corporation's Gulrez Shah Azhar. What are some solutions that can change this? -
Why we can't reverse climate change with 'negative emissions' technologies– Negative emission technologies must be shown to work on a gigaton scale, at an affordable cost, and without serious environmental impacts—do they? MIT's Howard Herzog investigates. -
Australia has two decades to avoid the most damaging impacts of climate change– As a wealthy, emissions-intensive country with abundant natural resources in a region highly vulnerable to climate impacts, will the Land Down Under rise up to the climate challenge?
Videos
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Can Singapore build more sustainable industries?– At this year's Eco Action Day Industry Roundtable 2018, participants discussed how to build more creative and resourceful industries and infrastructure for a more sustainable Singapore.
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Changing Course: The beginning– Changing Course, the Eco-Business film and photography exhibition, brought together thought leaders, NGOs, and Singapore businesses to discuss and learn about climate action.
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Sydney makes music from ocean plastic– An advertising agency has come up with an idea to give ocean plastic a second life while turning Sydney beach-clean ups into a party.
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How is China’s overseas energy investment impacting the Global South?– China has provided huge funding supposedly to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate impacts, but it is also financing coal projects included in the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI). What do recipient countries make of this?
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