Asia

Dear sir, I'd like to order some e-vehicles ... 10,000 would do

20 Apr 18 - Indian ride-hailing firm Ola will add 10,000 electric three-wheelers to its fleet over the next 12 months.

Japan has a renewable energy puzzle

20 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 change

5 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 stadium

1 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 year

21 Feb 18 - Singapore will charge carbon polluters a new carbon tax from 2019.

Korea real cool, but the games are getting warmer

13 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 swamps

2 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 plastic

30 Jan 18 - Local volunteers have collected more than 12,000 tonnes of plastic from a beach in Mumbai.

Climate change drives farmers from Mekong delta

24 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 project

15 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's

8 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 fleet

24 Nov 17 - India has called tenders for 10,000 electric vehicles as replacements for its official fleet.

Indonesia to roll out 1000 eco-mosques

21 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-fighters

16 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 plantations

26 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 exchange

20 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 bar

13 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 pollution

11 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 solar

4 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.