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Interview – Singapore, Asia’s newest emerging geothermal market

ThinkGeoEnergy

Taiwan and South Korea area also steadily building up their geothermal markets, and we are beginning to see encouraging progress in India. In September 2023, the Energy Market Authority (EMA) called for proposals for a nationwide non-invasive survey in Singapore , signaling increased interest in geothermal exploration.

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Why 5G Standalone is a key ingredient in enabling the UK's net zero transition

Business Green

Partner Insight: Vodafone's Nicki Lyons explains the environmental benefits a 5G Standalone network could bring to traditionally carbon intensive industries We often hear people and organisations talk about net zero - from consumers and businesses to governments and NGOs. 1] This could be done in a few ways.

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Visionary water projects celebrated by Lighthouse Awards

Envirotec Magazine

The winning Lighthouse organisations, named so because they are shining a light for others to follow, have developed new ways of using technology, finance or partnerships, including circularity in their practice, to reduce their impact in water-stressed regions, or build resilience in their local water systems.

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How to stop runaway deforestation? Look at Indonesia.

Grist

Thousands of acres of forest, and the carbon-dense peat soils beneath, have gone up in flames, clearing the way for rows of oil palm trees. In areas dominated by the palm-oil industry, deforestation has plummeted. Palm oil is a dirty word for many environmentalists. These days, Indonesia is looking like one of those bright spots.

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Bonn Challenge: Land restoration pledges reach 210 million hectares worldwide

Business Green

Launched by the German government in 2011, the Bonn Challenge centres on a global goal to encourage national and regional governments around the world to together bring 150 million hectares of degraded and deforested land into restoration by 2020, rising to 350 million hectares by 2030. We have put the building blocks in place," he said.

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Bayer Joins Greentown Labs’ Corporate Partner Network

Greentown Labs

We know the agtech industry has enormous potential to mitigate and combat climate change, and we believe fostering mutually beneficial partnerships between our entrepreneurs and corporate partners is a critical piece to accelerating climate action.”. The incubator is currently home to more than a dozen agtech-focused startups.

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Climate Intelligence: The Digital Fabric for Climate Action

Better Ventures

Larry Fink’s 2020 Letter to CEOs , where he explicitly named climate risk as a “defining factor in companies’ long-term prospects,” was followed by an avalanche of climate commitments across industries throughout the year (see Microsoft , Shell , Unilever , and on ). Some of you may recall the boom-and-bust cycle of clean tech from 2006–2011.