Factcheck: How electric vehicles help to tackle climate change
WEBMay 14, 2019 · Electric vehicles (EVs) are an important part of meeting global goals on climate change. They feature prominently in mitigation pathways that limit warming to well-below 2C or 1.5C, which would be inline with the Paris Agreement’s targets. However, while no greenhouse gas emissions directly come from EVs, they run on electricity that is, in large part, still produced from fossil fuels in ...
Petronas is Asia’s first oil company to set net zero target
WEBOct 29, 2020 · The company’s president and group chief executive Tengku Muhammad Taufik announced the news on Wednesday (28 October) during a townhall meeting. Petronas becomes the first oil company in Asia to set a net zero target, and follows the likes of international majors Shell, Total, and BP, which have also set decarbonisation goals in the last year following increasing pressure from consumers and ...
Smart windows open new opportunities for energy savings
WEBMar 13, 2014 · Thankfully, a relatively new technology called smart glass allows architects to save energy without compromising design. As building codes around the United States increase demand for greener designs, smart glass windows have become less of a niche market technology and more of a product appealing to a …
Five facts about unsustainable waste management in Singapore
WEBJan 11, 2021 · 2. Recycling rates are extremely low, and much of it is exported. Despite awareness-raising campaigns to encourage a 3R (reduce, reuse and recycle) mindset, and designating 2019 as a ‘Year towards zero waste’, Singapore’s domestic recycling rate dropped from 22 per cent in 2018 to 17 per cent in 2019 – …
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Philippines approves first large-scale waste-to-energy plant
WEBSep 26, 2022 · Under the agreement inked last Thursday, NSEI will invest close to US$82 million to construct the incinerator, and in return, city mayor Mike Rama consented to use the facility and pay a tipping fee higher than the current base fees being paid for using landfills.. This is the first large-scale WTE in the country, after a proposal for a US$423 million facility in Quezon Ciity stalled in 2019 ...
Floating offshore wind: the next five years | Research | Asia ...
WEBMar 24, 2022 · By 2050, we predict that floating offshore wind will generate 264 GW or 15 per cent of all offshore wind energy. To put this into context this is the equivalent to a development of more than 3,000 times the size of Hywind Tampen, the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm, currently under construction …
Why Amsterdam’s The Edge is a model for green offices worldwide
WEBAug 31, 2016 · The Edge, an innovative office building in Zuidas, the financial centre of Amsterdam, features, among other things, 4,100 square meters of rooftop solar panels and ethernet-powered LED lighting. Completed in 2015 by London-based PLP Architecture, The Edge was awarded the highest rating (of 98.36) ever recorded by the Building Research ...
22 brands called out for greenwashing in 2023 - Eco-Business
WEBDec 19, 2023 · 2023 was a year in which more brands landed in serious legal hot water for making exaggerated sustainability claims, Europe considered banning the term "carbon neutral", and policymakers in Asia took the first steps towards regulating against greenwashing. Images: Apple on YouTube, CityEnergy, Prism+, FutureCoal, Lufthansa.
Nestle’s new plastic reduction plan is ‘greenwashing baby steps’, …
WEBApr 13, 2018 · This was how environmental group Greenpeace described global food and beverage company Nestlé’s announcement on 10 April that it aims to make all of its packaging recyclable or re-usable by 2025. “Nestlé’s statement on plastic packaging includes more of the same greenwashing baby steps to tackle a crisis it helped to create.