Leading NGOs urge Vietnam to scrap new coal-fired power projects
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 […]
Singapore start-ups help clients cut carbon emissions
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 […]
Penang water authority says dam reserves at record low, urges conservation
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 15 — Water reserves at Penang’s two main dams are at an all-time low and people in the state are advised to reduce unnecessary usage. Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) chief executive officer Datuk Jaseni Maidinsa said today that the effective capacities in Air Itam Dam and Teluk Bahang Dam were at […]
Climate migrations in Myanmar
“We live in a part of the world that will be hit incredibly hard by climate change. The disruptions to agriculture and food security will be enormous. People will simply not be able to live as they are, where they are” Thant Myint U, 2018 “Climate Change” and “Migrations” are two international growing issues discussed […]
Watchdog head urges palm oil industry to look beyond forests in climate fight
KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The next big challenge for palm oil growers is to go beyond curbing deforestation and look at how they can slash planet-warming emissions throughout their supply chains, the outgoing head of the industry’s watchdog said on Tuesday. The sector has come under scrutiny in recent years from green activists […]
Plastic waste : shipping back of containers encouraging – Yeo
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 […]
Air pollution forces Vietnam to cough up $13 billion a year
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 […]
Singapore’s climate change plan needs more ambition
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, […]
Will Singapore warm up to nuclear energy to combat climate change?
Eight years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster triggered a global rethink on energy policy, signs have emerged that Singapore may be warming back up to the power source. Pro-nuclear chatter in the city state was spurred last month when Ho Ching – the chief executive of Singapore state investment fund Temasek Holdings, who is married to […]
Prayut orders army to be on alert
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed the armed forces to provide help in areas affected by drought, a situation which may be made worse by the test run of Xayaburi dam on the Mekong River in Laos. Gen Prayut, also the defence minister, expressed “grave concern” over the situation in the North and the Northeast, […]