Five facts about unsustainable waste management in Singapore
网页2021年1月11日 · 2. Recycling rates are extremely low, and much of it is exported. Despite awareness-raising campaigns to encourage a 3R (reduce, reuse and recycle) mindset, and designating 2019 as a ‘Year towards zero waste’, Singapore’s domestic recycling rate dropped from 22 per cent in 2018 to 17 per cent in 2019 – …
Eco-Business.com - Asia Pacific's Sustainable Business Community
网页2 天之前 · From phasing out fossil fuels in Southeast Asia to pricing nature risks into investment decisions, Ecosperity Week 2024 convened some of the world's biggest real economy players, financiers, carbon market …. The leading media and business intelligence organisation dedicated to sustainable development and ESG.
From red to green: Energy infrastructure company Yinson’s ...
网页2023年10月24日 · The oil and gas industry, as the largest contributor to climate change alongside coal, faces immense pressure in a changing energy economy. Its traditional business model is under pressure, yet it has had to navigate complex choices against the backdrop of great uncertainties about the type of energy transition activities that are viable, especially if companies in the industry want to be ...
What is the COP15 biodiversity summit, and why is it so important?
网页2021年6月18日 · The UN's approaching COP26 climate talks have been in the limelight, but COP15—the biodiversity conference planned for China in October—will be equally critical. Here's why.
Explainer: How China could offer ‘debt swaps’ to help developing ...
网页2021年2月24日 · This week, two separate research teams from the US and China have called for China in particular to implement such “debt swaps” in exchange for efforts by developing nations to increase nature conservation, …
Southeast Asia facing calamitous weather extremes as 1.5°C global ...
网页2021年8月10日 · A global warming increase of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, a marker that world leaders pledged not to exceed this century when the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, could be reached by 2030 — possibly earlier — as greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise despite widely-promised climate action by …
Philippines approves first large-scale waste-to-energy plant
网页2022年9月26日 · Under the agreement inked last Thursday, NSEI will invest close to US$82 million to construct the incinerator, and in return, city mayor Mike Rama consented to use the facility and pay a tipping fee higher than the current base fees being paid for using landfills.. This is the first large-scale WTE in the country, after a proposal for a US$423 million facility in Quezon Ciity stalled in 2019 ...
Probe underway on Iloilo oil spill, as activists call for compensation ...
网页2020年7月7日 · A power barge operated by the energy arm of Filipino conglomerate Ayala Corporation spilled nearly 270,000 litres of bunker fuel off the coast of Iloilo City on the afternoon of 3 July, AC Energy told the Philippine Stock Exchange on Monday. Power barges are self-contained, floating power plants that private companies deploy to address recurring electricity shortages in the Visayas grid.
In the palm of Singapore’s hand - Eco-Business
网页2021年9月30日 · As an economic powerhouse in Asia committed to sustainable development, Singapore occupies a central position in the global palm oil sector and therefore plays a decisive role in the transition to sustainable palm oil. The global market for palm oil was estimated at US$42.8 billion in the year...
Why Amsterdam’s The Edge is a model for green offices worldwide
网页2016年8月31日 · The Edge, an innovative office building in Zuidas, the financial centre of Amsterdam, features, among other things, 4,100 square meters of rooftop solar panels and ethernet-powered LED lighting. Completed in 2015 by London-based PLP Architecture, The Edge was awarded the highest rating (of 98.36) ever recorded by the Building Research ...
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