Year in review 2023
From conservation wins to controversial cases of greenwashing, Eco-Business looks back at the top stories of the year.
News / Carbon & Climate
Will carbon markets go from a year of reckoning to one of redemption in 2024?
After a challenging year, experts tell Eco-Business that ongoing efforts to promote high-integrity carbon credits and recent bilateral agreements have spurred hope that markets will recover this year, despite lingering uncertainties.
News / Policy & Finance
Trends that will shape sustainability in 2024
In the coming year, we should expect to see a growing movement to protect workers amid the AI boom, an EV surge in developing Asia, and a focus on companies reporting indirect emissions.
News / Carbon & Climate
‘The hottest year’: 10 extreme weather events in 2023
Record-breaking heat waves swept across much of Asia, Europe and North America. Scientists confirm that 2023 will be the hottest year in recorded history.
News / Carbon & Climate
Sustainability innovations that made the headlines in 2023
From plant-based lighting to hemp-powered EV batteries, Eco-Business spotlights some interesting sustainability innovations in a year of stubbornly high emissions and record heat waves.
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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's Extended Producer Responsibility scheme will require all importers and manufacturers of beverage containers in Singapore to collect most of the products they sell to consumers. Industry players led by Coca-Cola have opposed the scheme, citing cost and other concerns.]()
News / 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 … -
![A family living in the northern part of Jakarta, the world’s fastest sinking metropolis, gets on with life as their home is flooded.]()
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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 … -
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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 … -
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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 … -
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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 …
