|
|
Japan has a renewable energy puzzle20 Apr 18 - As Japan rushes to cut carbon emissions by 26 per cent, campaigners worry that forests and wildlife are being trampled. |
|
'The Beach' off limits as Thais count cost of climate change5 Apr 18 - Maya Bay, made famous in the film “The Beach”, will be off limits to tourists for part of the year as Thailand seeks to protect eco-systems crumbling from warming seas and unchecked sprawl. |
|
Tokyo admits rainforest timber used for stadium1 Mar 18 - The Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee has confirmed that 87 per cent of the plywood panels used to build its new national stadium come from southeast Asian rainforests. |
|
Singapore will charge carbon tax from next year21 Feb 18 - Singapore will charge carbon polluters a new carbon tax from 2019. |
|
Korea real cool, but the games are getting warmer13 Feb 18 - PyeongChang turned on typical freezing South Korea weather for the first few days of the Winter Olympics … but overall the event is getting warmer. |
|
Indonesia has bold plan to rewet the swamps2 Feb 18 - A controversial Indonesian project to restore 2.5 million hectares of tropical peatland hinges on sustainable farming. |
|
Local people tackle tide of beach plastic30 Jan 18 - Local volunteers have collected more than 12,000 tonnes of plastic from a beach in Mumbai. |
|
Climate change drives farmers from Mekong delta24 Jan 18 - Saltwater intrusion and drought are destroying crops in one of the most fertile places on earth, prompting an exodus of farmers. |
|
Thailand gets $1.1 billion for wind power project15 Dec 17 - Southeast Asia’s leading solar energy nation -Thailand - could be the frontrunner in wind energy after renewables developer WEH secured funding for the region’s biggest wind power project. |
|
Hyundai building battery bigger than Tesla's8 Dec 17 - Tesla’s South Australia battery system won’t hold the title of world’s largest for long - Hyundai is building one 50 per cent bigger. |
|
India to add 10,000 e-vehicles to official fleet24 Nov 17 - India has called tenders for 10,000 electric vehicles as replacements for its official fleet. |
|
Indonesia to roll out 1000 eco-mosques21 Nov 17 - Worshippers in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, are set to go green with a new initiative that aims to establish 1000 eco-mosques by 2020. |
|
CHOPPER STOPPER: Too much smog for the smog-fighters16 Nov 17 - An ambitious plan to use helicopters to fight Delhi’s air pollution has been grounded because the aircraft cannot operate in the thick smog. |
|
LEAPING LIZARDS: Giants thrive in wasted oil palm plantations26 Oct 17 - Of Borneo’s large native scavengers, a giant lizard is the only species that has successfully adapted to the land devastated by oil palm plantations. |
|
How Thailand built a top sustainable stock exchange20 Oct 17 - Sustainability reporting is not mandatory in Thailand - and yet Thai firms outnumber their Asean peers in the latest Dow Jones Sustainability Indices. |
|
Asean banks need to raise sustainable finance bar13 Oct 17 - Southeast Asia’s banks have only just started to think about their impact on society and the environment. |
|
India bans Diwali fireworks to tackle Delhi's air pollution11 Oct 17 - India’s supreme court has banned the sale of fireworks in Delhi during the upcoming Diwali festival, hoping to prevent the usual spike in toxic air pollution levels that accompany the holiday. |
|
Sunny Southeast Asia just doesn't get solar4 Oct 17 - Southeast Asia has double the solar energy potential of Northern Europe, but the market hype is not living up to the reality on the ground. |
|
|
![]() |
Carbon News RSS Feed Click to get an RSS feed for the latest stories from all sections of the site. |
![]() |
Asia RSS Feed Click to get an RSS feed of stories this section only. |