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Climate Change Hits Asia Hardest
Jim Conca
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
McKinsey&Company's Climate risk in Asia report indicates that Asia gets hit hardest by climate change, which shouldn’t be surprising.
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Asia's central banks must rise to the challenge of climate change
GreenBiz
MARCH 30, 2020
Most central banks in Asia already believe they should help to promote green bonds and other low-carbon initiatives. Finance & Investing Risk
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Asia to drive rapid rise in carbon emissions this year
Eco-Business
APRIL 26, 2021
As developing Asia emerges from last year's economic downturn, it is set to be the driving force behind the second-steepest annual increase in carbon emissions in history, predicts a new IEA report
BlackRock appoints sustainable investment heads for Asia Pacific
Eco-Business
APRIL 11, 2021
Investment management giant BlackRock has appointed two executives to run its sustainable investment arm for Asia Pacific
Energy efficiency: Southeast Asia's decarbonisation quick fix?
Eco-Business
JUNE 11, 2020
[VIDEO] Improving energy efficiency could meet a quarter of Southeast Asia’s emissions reduction targets. Here is how efficiency could drive Southeast Asia's energy transition
Japan – Asia’s Biggest Energy Market Opportunity in 2019?
CleanTech Group
AUGUST 2, 2019
Asia Energy Efficiency Energy Storage Geographical Insights Energy Transformation Japan's Energy LandscapeOne of the largest economies in the world and the fourth largest consumer of electricity, Japan has long been a recognized leader in energy technology development. The 2011 earthquake and the subsequent Fukushima nuclear accident triggered a major overhaul of the energy market in Japan. As a result, local and foreign innovators are now looking […].
Future Energy Asia Exhibition & Conference
Eco-Business
MAY 13, 2020
Asia's Leading Integrated Energy Transformation Event
Southeast Asia's first lithium battery recycling plant opens in Singapore
Eco-Business
MARCH 24, 2021
The plant's operator, Tes-Amm, may look to open other facilities in Southeast Asia, the world's dumping ground for e-waste The new facility opens ahead of the introduction of a producer responsibility scheme for e-waste in Singapore.
Singapore contraption aims to clean up Asia's plastic-polluted rivers
Eco-Business
JANUARY 26, 2021
A Singapore-based copmany is launching a river clean-up system that is designed to clean up some of the dirtiest rivers in Asia
Temasek’s ABC World Asia backs Vietnamese oral health provider Kim Dental
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
ImpactAlpha, February 4 — Singapore-based private equity impact fund ABC World Asia, launched by Temasek in 2019, led a $24 million financing round. The post Temasek’s ABC World Asia backs Vietnamese oral health provider Kim Dental appeared first on Impact Alpha.
MOVE Asia 2020
Eco-Business
MARCH 11, 2020
The world's most important event is coming to Asia! We are bringing together thousands of Asia's mobility stakeholders across all modes and disciplines: to dialogue, to create insight and to promote collaboration
Electric Vehicles Asia 2020
Eco-Business
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Powering the Next Wave of Electric Vehicles in Asia
Asia Pacific Rail 2020
Eco-Business
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Bringing together rail professionals for over 21 years, Asia Pacific Rail is one of Asia's premier railway industry events.
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MOVE Asia 2020
Eco-Business
JANUARY 30, 2020
The world's most important event is coming to Asia! We are bringing together thousands of Asia's mobility stakeholders across all modes and disciplines: to dialogue, to create insight and to promote collaboration
Are net zero data centres in Asia Pacific just a lofty ambition?
Eco-Business
MARCH 23, 2021
As demand for digital services and products continues to grow in Asia, how can the technology industry navigate a range of obstacles to cap its energy footprint
Lithium Deal Could Signal An End To The China-Australia Trade War
Forbes Green Tech
MARCH 16, 2021
Asia /asia Asia /asia Business /business Innovation /innovation Green Tech /green-tech asia BusinessNew mining deals and a political event indicate that the China-Australia trade war could be drawing to a close.
How can Asia build a circular economy in its post-Covid recovery?
Eco-Business
APRIL 28, 2021
The post-pandemic era could see circular business models take off in Asia. But strong government support and public awareness campaigns are needed to get companies on board
Asia's largest organic rooftop farm can grow 20 tons of food annually
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Organic urban agriculture, renewable energy and beautiful landscaping come together at the Thammasat University Rooftop Farm (TURF), Asia's largest organic rooftop farm that spans 236,806 square feet. Bangkok-based landscape architecture and urban design firm LANDPROCESS designed the productive landscape in response to both the Thai capital's sprawling urbanization and rising food and water scarcity concerns amid the climate crisis
Biden’s pivot to Asia challenged by China’s rise, climate change and trade tensions
Eco-Business
APRIL 4, 2021
The United States’ competition with China, a transition to cleaner energy and thorny trade agreements will be top of the agenda as President Joseph Biden makes Asia his foreign policy priority
Southeast Asia to establish its own framework for green investments, but natural gas remains a feature
Eco-Business
APRIL 19, 2021
Southeast Asia is establishing a green finance rulebook to bring greater accountability to sustainable investments. Balancing the needs of countries that have different ambitions to cut carbon emissions will be a major test
Renewable Energy Markets Asia
Eco-Business
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
The inaugural Renewable Energy Markets (REM) Asia conference is a unique all-day conference that will bring together leading industry players throughout the global renewable energy markets to meet, network, learn, and plan for the future of the Asia Pacific region
The rise of Asia's urban farmers
Eco-Business
NOVEMBER 27, 2019
Meet the urban farmers of Asia—a former construction engineer, a cricket farmer, and a business graduate who wants to take vertical farming to outer space
What's holding sustainable finance back in Asia?
Eco-Business
MARCH 5, 2020
As the Eco-Business event Unlocking Capital for Sustainability approaches, we asked some key speakers about the obstacles holding sustainable finance industry back in Asia The world will needs US$11.5 trillion to achieve the SDGs.
Covid has hurt the sustainability reporting performance of Asia Pacific's biggest companies
Eco-Business
MARCH 8, 2021
Companies in the Asia Pacific region got fractionally worse at reporting their sustainability performance in 2020, according to a report by Taipei-based consultancy CSROne
How to Get the Biggest Bang for our Clean Energy Buck in Southeast Asia
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
Nowhere is a smarter approach needed than one of the last frontiers for coal expansion — Southeast Asia. Redirecting it to jumpstart clean energy in places like South East Asia is just as important if we’re going to get where we need to go.
Innobuild (IB) Asia 2020
Eco-Business
DECEMBER 15, 2019
Innobuild (IB) Asia is the region's unique marketplace showcasing the latest construction materials, tools and technologies that helps to improve the productivity and resource efficiency during the construction of commercial, industrial, residential, hospitality, manufacturing and healthcare facilities.
South Asia could see 40 million climate migrants by 2030
Eco-Business
DECEMBER 28, 2020
Tens of millions of people are migrating in South Asia due to disasters brought on by climate change, and the number could rise three-fold in 30 years unless countries take strong measures to mitigate the worst effects of global warming
Elon Musk’s Economics 101 Course For Japan
Forbes Green Tech
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Asia /asia Asia /asia Billionaires /worlds-billionaires Business /business Energy /energy Innovation /innovation Green Tech /green-tech Editors' Pick editors-pick Asia
A decade on from Fukushima, it’s time for Southeast Asia to bury its nuclear dream
Eco-Business
MARCH 11, 2021
Other than to have mercy on soon-to-be-unemployed nuclear engineers, there is not a single reason why Southeast Asia shouldn't leapfrog nuclear energy.
The women fighting for a greener and equitable world in Asia
Eco-Business
MARCH 7, 2021
From empowering farmers to calling out banks that fund coal, this International Women’s Day, Eco-Business highlights the different ways women are fighting for environmental justice across Asia
AgFunder launches impact fund for Asia agrifood tech startups
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 11, 2020
ImpactAlpha, August 11 – San Francisco-based venture capital firm AgFunder launched its GROW accelerator in Singapore last year to support Asia’s agrifood tech ecosystem. The post AgFunder launches impact fund for Asia agrifood tech startups appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Smart Grids & Microgrids Asia 2020
Eco-Business
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Creating Intelligent Power Grids in Asia
Automakers Seek To Integrate—And Localize—Battery Production
Forbes Green Tech
JANUARY 6, 2021
Asia /asia Asia /asia Business /business Transportation /transportation Innovation /innovation Green Tech /green-tech asia jackperkowskiblog
Asia-Pacific is the next frontier for blended finance
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 23, 2020
23 – The Asia-Pacific region has seen enormous economic growth in the last few decades, which has lifted hundreds of millions out of extreme poverty. The work is The post Asia-Pacific is the next frontier for blended finance appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Jan.
Banks responsible for continuing deforestation in Southeast Asia
Eco-Business
AUGUST 11, 2020
Forest-risk companies in Southeast Asia tend to rely almost entirely on debt financing. In view of this leverage, banks can be deemed directly accountable for deforestation and related offences committed by their borrowers
Banks in Southeast Asia lack recognition of deforestation and biodiversity risks
Eco-Business
JANUARY 5, 2021
While banks in Southeast Asia have made some progress on sustainable finance, their portfolios are still vulnerable to deforestation and biodiversity risks, a report from WWF has found
Asia Pacific Enterprise Awards
Eco-Business
MARCH 13, 2020
The Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards (AREA) recognises and independently endorses your organisational efforts in creating a culture of compassion, integrity and in being socially responsible corporate citizens.
Asia Clean Energy Summit 2020
Eco-Business
MARCH 3, 2020
In its 7th edition, the Asia Clean Energy Summit (ACES) will take place from 27 - 29 October 2020, as part of the annual Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW
Covid-hit Hilton Worldwide retrenches Asia Pacific sustainability head
Eco-Business
JULY 30, 2020
Hilton Worldwide, one of the world's biggest hotel chains, has parted ways with its Asia Pacific head of sustainability as the company responds to the brutal impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the hospitality industry
How green are Asia’s post-Covid economic recovery plans?
Eco-Business
JUNE 25, 2020
Which countries in Asia are leading the green transition Stimulus packages to kickstart pandemic-hit economies can either shape a low-carbon future or lock the world into a fossil fuel system.
Monsoon changes threaten Asia and warn the world
Eco-Business
APRIL 19, 2021
For generations India’s farmers have relied on its arrival, but monsoon changes suggest a hotter and less predictable world
Greenpeace East Asia head Jamie Choi joins energy transition non-profit Tara
Eco-Business
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020
The Korean joins a non-profit on a mission to accelerate the shift to clean energy transition in Asia
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