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The Green Circle Eco-Farm, July 2020. photo credit: Vivian Lee

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Defending food security in Singapore: Could food forests protect our future?

In 2017, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the two foremost exporters of food to Qatar, imposed a food blockade on their neighbour. This food blockade led Qatar to fall back on imports from I...

17 八月 2020

Defending food security in Singapore: Could food forests protect our future?

Signage on Lush cosmetics' website today, Friday 20 September. Image: Lush

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Lush closes stores around the world in support of Climate Strike

Lush, a popular brand of cosmetics from the United Kingdom, has closed all of its stores globally in support of Climate Strike, a youth movement demanding governments take more action to tackle the cl...

20 九月 2019

Lush closes stores around the world in support of Climate Strike

新闻 / 碳与气候

Burning issue: Australia debates risks of logging fire-damaged forests

In the Yarra Ranges, in southeastern Australia, a logging clearcut sits like a scar on the hillside. The largely barren area - a short drive from the town of Warburton, about 50 miles (80 km) east of ...

5 六月 2020

Burning issue: Australia debates risks of logging fire-damaged forests

Singapore uses more airconditioning per person than any country in Southeast Asia, and energy expended on ai 73 per cent more energy on cooling more by 2030, to a total of 666,748 terrajoules. Image: Eco-Business

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Rethinking cooling in a warming world

...carbonise in the wake of a report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change revealing that humanity has about a decade to reverse global warming or else face dire consequences. Access to affo...

20 三月 2019

Rethinking cooling in a warming world

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Will Indonesia’s new rice plan be a repeat of an epic past failure?

...carbon-rich peat, which must be protected, and those with shallower layers, which can be cultivated. “So in terms of policies, we are more ready,” Nazir said. “The paradigm of peatland conservation is...

21 五月 2020

Will Indonesia’s new rice plan be a repeat of an epic past failure?

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Will Malaysia become Southeast Asia’s clean energy leader?

...carbon imposed through an Emissions Trading Scheme. The Renewable Energy Target made certain that there was a regulatory driver for business to take up renewable energy. In the land sector, the Carbon...

26 二月 2019

Will Malaysia become Southeast Asia’s clean energy leader?

Traveller drinks water from a plastic bottle

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Going plastic-free: How hotels are joining the anti-plastic fight

...carbon filters, or both. The systems’ filter status monitor also assure guests that they are drinking clean, filtered water,” she said. Hotels can also install freestanding versions of the bottle fill...

8 十一月 2019

Going plastic-free: How hotels are joining the anti-plastic fight

观点 / 粮食和农业

Microwaving sewage waste may make it safe to use as fertiliser on crops

My team has discovered another use for microwave ovens that will surprise you. Biosolids – primarily dead bacteria – from sewage plants are usually dumped into landfills. However, they are rich in nut...

15 一月 2020

Microwaving sewage waste may make it safe to use as fertiliser on crops

新闻 / 政策和金融

Climate calamities will make Asia's poorest people poorer—UN

...carbon intensive coal power plants, and not a single bank adequately addresses water risks, the WWF has found. “ It is the responsibility of governments to protect their people, and ensure resilient ...

26 八月 2019

Climate calamities will make Asia's poorest people poorer—UN

新闻 / 碳与气候

State of the climate: Heat across Earth’s surface and oceans mark early 2019

...Carbon Brief’s latest “state of the climate” report, a quarterly series on global climate data that now includes temperatures, ocean heat, sea levels, greenhouse gas concentrations, climate model perf...

24 四月 2019

State of the climate: Heat across Earth’s surface and oceans mark early 2019

新闻 / 粮食和农业

South Korea's farming culture points to the future for sustainable agriculture

...carbon matter, balancing microbes, feeding decomposers, retaining water, and recovering soil fertility.” Farmers here preventing land degradation with a nature-based method, using bryophytes (hair mos...

19 五月 2020

South Korea's farming culture points to the future for sustainable agriculture

观点 / 水

Restore Pakistan’s rivers to handle droughts, floods and climate change

...carbon dioxide. Let us start with flood management, and specifically the lessons learnt from the floods of 2010. These brought in an estimated flood volume of 48 million acre feet (MAF)—more than four...

15 七月 2019

Restore Pakistan’s rivers to handle droughts, floods and climate change

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If you don’t eat meat but still wear leather, here are a few facts to chew on

The numbers of vegans in Australia is on the rise — for many, ruling animal products out of their diet is a relatively straightforward decision. But deciding whether to eschew leather products can be ...

13 二月 2020

If you don’t eat meat but still wear leather, here are a few facts to chew on

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新闻 / 绿色建筑

10 years in, industry takes the lead in advancing green buildings in Singapore

...carbon footprint possible, said SGBC’s Soh. In addition to taking over the professional qualification scheme this year, SGBC will also join BCA in assessing entire building projects for the Green Mark...

22 五月 2019

10 years in, industry takes the lead in advancing green buildings in Singapore

观点 / 生活方式

How can cities embrace the cycling trend? Improve bike lanes

The intersection of Avenida Leste Oeste and Avenida Pasteur in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza was always tricky to navigate by bicycle, especially heading east as three lanes of car traffic became t...

12 二月 2020

How can cities embrace the cycling trend? Improve bike lanes

观点 / 政策和金融

Who should lead the fight for global justice?

At a recent private dinner at the World Economic Forum held to discuss climate change, the primatologist Jane Goodall opened the proceedings with a rendition of the universal greeting call of Gombe c...

12 三月 2020

Who should lead the fight for global justice?

新闻 / 碳与气候

Tropical deforestation now emits more CO2 than the EU

...carbon emissions because trees naturally capture and sequester atmospheric carbon as they grow. When the trees are consumed by forest fires or cleared and burned to make way for pastureland, carbon th...

19 十月 2018

Tropical deforestation now emits more CO2 than the EU

新闻 / 生活方式

Recruitment agency for the ethically-minded launches

A recruitment firm that specialises in finding jobs for people who want to work for ethically-minded companies has launched in London. Citizen Kind is the brainchild of British recruitment executive a...

16 七月 2019

Recruitment agency for the ethically-minded launches

观点 / 碳与气候

The distraction of plastic pollution

...carbon footprint. But by making these small changes, plastic still appears to be an issue we can address. The Ocean Cleanup of plastic pollution—which aims to sieve plastic out of the sea—is a classic...

22 二月 2019

The distraction of plastic pollution

Removing fossil fuel subsidies would free substantial domestic public funds for other urgent uses, like alleviating extreme poverty.

观点 / 政策和金融

Let's use carbon price dollars for sustainable development

...carbon prices would generate still more public funds—while reducing carbon dioxide emissions throughout the economy. In some specific examples, redirecting fossil fuel subsidies alone could cover m...

26 九月 2018

Let's use carbon price dollars for sustainable development

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This year’s haze is set to cost Singapore more than 2015’s S$1.83 billion. Who pays for the losses?

Economists suggest the 2026 haze will cost Singapore more than the 2015 episode, while other estimates state that …
新闻 / 水

Concerns raised as data centres go underwater in China

A Chinese firm is deploying data servers to the sea for natural cooling. Experts say more information on …
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AI wildfire platform seeks Indonesia partnerships as regional haze worsens

Earthshot Prize finalist Satellites on Fire uses AI, satellite imagery and ground data to detect blazes earlier, and …
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Philippine president orders creation of carbon market framework

The framework’s contribution to Philippine climate ambition remains uncertain, as the country’s updated pledge lacks clarity on how …
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When disaster crosses borders, Indonesia’s credibility is tested twice

As environmental disasters increasingly spill across borders, timely and transparent crisis communication is becoming an important test of …
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Asean turns to World Bank to close clean energy, climate adaptation financing gaps

Southeast Asian finance ministers seek private capital, guarantees and technical support as region faces costly energy transition and …

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