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 ...
Here’s how we can eradicate plastic pollution by 2040 - Eco-Business
网页In the midst of a pandemic, Indonesia leads with ambitious plans to reduce plastic waste and pollution. Efforts are underway to reduce the amount of plastic leakage into Indonesia’s oceans by 70 per cent by 2025. Image: prilfish via Flickr, CC BY 2.0. A new analysis published in the journal Science shows that the business-as-usual approach to ...
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 …
Explainer: What is ecocide? | News | Eco-Business | Asia Pacific
网页2022年8月4日 · Tarini Mehta, assistant professor of Environmental Law at India’s O.P. Jindal Global University, says Southeast Asia has witnessed “some of the worst cases of ecocide”, citing mass deforestation in Indonesia as an example. Activists have also pointed to sand mining in the Mekong Delta, bottom trawling in Sri Lanka, and the destruction of coral reefs in the South China Sea as ongoing acts ...
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, …
22 brands called out for greenwashing in 2023 - Eco-Business
网页2023年12月19日 · News Year in review 2023. 22 brands called out for greenwashing in 2023. Western courtrooms grew busier processing cases of greenwashing. In Asia, regulators and policymakers also started to think seriously about how to police exaggerated sustainability claims. 2023 was a year in which more brands landed in serious legal hot water for making ...
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 – …
Explainer: What is carbon neutrality, and can it really be achieved ...
网页2020年1月13日 · The term “carbon neutral” is being increasingly slung around alongside phrases like “net zero emissions”. From paint manufacturers and the livestock industry, to banks and developers, more corporations in diverse industries are announcing plans to …
Mitigating social impact in a low-carbon Singapore
网页2020年2月18日 · As Singapore’s policies, technologies, and norms lead us towards a low-carbon future, we need to plan for possible fractures in society that may inadvertently arise during this transition. Market forces will not be able to, at least during the initial stages, prevent these vulnerable communities from falling through the cracks.
Factcheck: How electric vehicles help to tackle climate change
网页2019年5月14日 · Electric vehicles (EVs) are an important part of meeting global goals on climate change. They feature prominently in mitigation pathways that limit warming to well-below 2C or 1.5C, which would be inline with the Paris Agreement’s targets. However, while no greenhouse gas emissions directly come from EVs, they run on electricity that is, in large part, still produced from fossil fuels in ...