StanChart exits three Southeast Asia coal plants worth estimated $7 billion
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Standard Chartered (STAN.L) has pulled financing for three coal-fired power plants in Southeast Asia amid a global push to cut greenhouse gas emissions, throwing into doubt projects worth an estimated $7 billion and piling pressure on the coal industry.
Listen to our young on climate change
TEENAGE Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was named the youngest Time’s Person of the Year on Wednesday. The 16-year-old has become the face of the youth climate movement, drawing support and large crowds at protests and conferences over the past year. But the global green icon has not been alone – millions of young people […]
Capital city to reduce emissions, waste
HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment has outlined a plan to reduce air pollution in 2020. ‘Green Initiatives for Hà Nội’ will focus on air quality management, waste management, energy, urban planning, and green living with sustainable consumption. The department will develop an air monitoring network using low-cost air pollution sensors in selected areas of the city to provide […]
A roadmap to low carbon economy
LETTERS: As the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) kicked off in Madrid, it is time to revisit the Malaysian milestone on the Paris Climate Agreement effective 2016. Malaysia has achieved a 33 per cent carbon emission intensity of GDP reduction this year relative to 2005 levels towards targeted 45 per cent emission […]
Indonesia aims to start pilot carbon market as soon as next year
LONDON (BLOOMBERG) – Indonesia plans to start a pilot carbon market as soon as next year, part of its effort to meet emission goals the South-east Asian nation committed to under the 2015 Paris Agreement, according to a government official.
Myanmar very vulnerable to climate change effects: Historian
Myanmar is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the effects of climate change, and is grossly unprepared to deal with the consequences, warns historian Thant Myint-U. The author and conservationist was in the United States recently to speak on his latest book, The Hidden History Of Burma, which examines race, capitalism […]
Fossil fuel firms ‘could be sued’ for climate change
The world’s most polluting companies could be sued for their contributions to global warming, a major human rights inquiry has found in what has been described as a “landmark victory for climate justice”. The head of a Philippines Commission on Human Rights panel, which has been investigating climate change for three years, revealed its conclusions […]
With few green spaces, Bangkok plants Asia’s biggest rooftop farm
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Bangkok’s Thammasat University, one of the oldest in Thailand, has a new claim to fame: Asia’s largest urban rooftop farm. The 7,000 sq mt (75,000 sq ft) space mimics rice terraces in northern Thailand and can help curb some of the impacts of climate change, such as frequent flooding, said […]
Singapore to update climate pledge it made under Paris Agreement: Masagos
SINGAPORE – The Republic will soon be updating its climate pledge to guide its policies over the longer term, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli said on Tuesday (Dec 10). This comes some five years after Singapore made its first climate pledge – which outlined its plans to limit its planet-warming greenhouse […]
Myanmar running out of time to cope with climate change, warns historian Thant Myint-U
WASHINGTON – Myanmar is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the effects of climate change, and is grossly unprepared to deal with the consequences, warns historian Dr Thant Myint-U. The Myanmar historian, author and conservationist was in the United States recently to speak on his most recent book examining race, capitalism […]