KUALA LUMPUR: The shipping back of containers filled with contaminated plastic waste to the exporting countries has been encouraging, said Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (Mestecc) Minister Yeo Bee Yin. However, she said the statistics and full details on the matter would only be announced at a press conference in Penang on Jan […]

Losses due to worsening air quality in Vietnam amounted to between $10.82-13.63 billion a year, experts told a conference Tuesday. Estimated losses, based on financial support towards lowering the mortality risk posed by air pollution, were equal to 4.45 – 5.64 percent of GDP, said Associate Professor Dinh Duc Truong, head of the National Economics […]

Each person in Singapore produces more greenhouse gas emissions than their counterpart in Indonesia, China or the United Kingdom. The city-state may be responsible for just 0.11% of total global emissions, but Singapore ranks 27th out of 142 countries in terms of per capita emissions. At the annual United Nations (UN) climate conference in Madrid last December, […]

The region’s solar market is the world’s fastest-growing. But recycling policies are urgently needed to deal with a flood of decommissioned panels in the coming years. Solar power capacity is skyrocketing in Asia but without laws to ensure that decommissioned panels are recycled, the continent risks drowning in hazardous waste as early as 2030. Solar power […]

MANILA, Philippines — The massive bushfires raging across Australia that have reportedly killed nearly half a billion animals are a warning to the world and should prod countries to set a firm course for climate action. Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment stressed this in a statement Monday as it called on President Rodrigo Duterte […]

  Sector: Electric vehicles Addressable market: RM700 million in Malaysia Intellectual property status: International IP for lithium batteries Product description and USP: Malaysia’s first electric motorbike manufacturer, which uses patented lithium ion-based energy cells Currently exporting: Yes, to Thailand Industry challenges: Getting the public to consider two-wheel EVs when purchasing new motorcycles and getting more sales   Eclimo Sdn Bhd, […]

12 organizations specializing in health and environment together have called on Vietnam to scrap 14 new coal plants. Concerned by the environmental and health toll that coal-fired power plants exact, leaders of 12 networks and non-government organizations collectively urged Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to stop 14 coal-fired plants in Vietnam. Among the signatories to […]

As  the number of people recognising the urgency of the climate crisis grows, so too does the clamour for green energy solutions – a cry which did not go unnoticed by the organisers of this year’s Singapore International Energy Week. One of the themes discussed at the four-day event last month was how to manage the […]

The grassroots movement, established in July 2019, is demanding the Indonesian government declare a climate emergency and to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2025. The Low Carbon Development Indonesia (LCDI) aims to advance the transition to renewable sources and reducing dependency on filthy coal. It aims to increase the share of renewables in the sun-kissed […]

LETTERS: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ended in Madrid, Spain, and it is high time that we revisited the Malaysian milestone on the 2016 Paris Climate Agreement. Malaysia has achieved a 33 per cent carbon emission intensity of gross domestic production reduction this year relative to the 2005 levels towards the […]