Green BRI to push global low-carbon drive: Chinese vice-minister
China will roll out measures to enhance the capabilities of Belt and Road Initiative countries on green financing to help them realise their low-carbon development goals.
Environment
K-pop industry seeks ways to join eco-friendly movement
Major entertainment companies have started taking initial steps toward making physical albums and even merchandise more sustainably.
Most Malaysians still hooked on plastics: Nature society president
Even though plastic usage increased during the pandemic, he noted that Malaysians still need to be aggressively educated on the effects of plastics to the environment.
Singapore sets out guidelines for first sovereign green bond issuance
As the effects of climate change are increasingly felt in Asia, it is critical to speed up sustainable finance to create and enable green solutions, noted Minister Indranee Rajah.
Vietnam needs to do more to sustainably develop sea and island tourism
Cat Ba Island is a major tourist hot spot in the north with beaches, however, it attracts a few tourists from November to March and is only crowded during peak summer seasons.
Indonesia’s global role in ocean protection and sustainability
The goal of protecting 30 percent of our global ocean will require an unprecedented level of innovation, collaboration and commitment across a broad spectrum of stakeholders.
China furthers efforts in wind, solar power, to accelerate construction of clean energy projects
The wind and solar power projects is expected to encourage investment of up to 3 trillion yuan in related industries.
We dig our own grave when we kill a river
There are 310 rivers in the country, according to an estimate by Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority. Of them, 175 are in miserable condition, and 65 are almost dead.
Malaysians continue to waste food despite rising prices
About 10 per cent of the garbage thrown out daily is food that can still be eaten, according to data from the Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation.
Burning need to safeguard the planet
Climate change is the result of an ever-increasing demand for energy, states Sunita Narain, director-general of the New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment.