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Published on 13 August 2017 Philippines
“We are looking forward to more international conferences in the future especially with the New Panglao-Bohol Airport opening by next year,” he said at a media briefing after hosting this year’s Asian Conference Dialogue (ACD), with the Department of Energy (DoE) as lead agency. Policy makers, ministers and experts in the energy sector gathered in Bohol for a four-day conference held at the Be Grand…
Published on 13 August 2017 Malaysia
By burning peatlands to make way for palm oil plantations and vegetable plots, therefore, locals risk destroying these swamps’ ecosystems while simultaneously releasing vast amounts of CO2 back into the atmosphere, thereby exacerbating the effects of climate change. To stop that from happening, Malaysian authorities have pledged to impose harsher penalties on land owners found to burn peat illegally on their properties. There’s a bit…
Published on 11 August 2017
Read article here: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4223702/al-gore-climate-change-an-inconvenient-sequel-truth-to-power-donald-trump/ Source: The Sun | 11 August 2017
Published on 11 August 2017
An estimated 13.5 million people, or a quarter of Myanmar's population, live in houses built with materials that can deteriorate rapidly such as bamboo, wood and leaves, a report by the government and the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) showed. Some 3.8 million new or improved homes need to be built to address the problem, said the report, which is based on census data. "Without durable…
Published on 11 August 2017 Southeast Asia
The ASEAN Biodiversity Heroes is a program designed to recognize outstanding individuals from the ASEAN region who have contributed significantly to biodiversity conservation and advocacy efforts in their respective countries. From an indigenous community leader who is protecting Papua’s forest to a national scientist who is championing coastal resources management, the inaugural ASEAN Biodiversity Heroes honors inspirational and valiant individuals who have risen to the…
Published on 11 August 2017 Vietnam
Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland made the affirmation at a meeting with Vietnam’s Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh within the framework of the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Manila, the Philippines on August 6.The two sides agreed to elevate the bilateral cooperation framework to a new height. While discussing regional and global issues, the ministers affirmed the central role of ASEAN in…
Published on 10 August 2017
Two years ago, Indonesia experienced the largest fire event in modern human history, with more than 2.5 million hectares (6 million acres) of tropical landscape burning, emitting more greenhouse gases than all of Germany does in a year. But the most visible sign of the disaster was the haze that spread across a huge swath of Asia; the particulates in the smoke sullying the air…
Published on 9 August 2017
Hosted by the ASEAN Committee in Astana (ACA), which was represented by Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam, the anniversary dinner welcomed 400 guests including foreign ambassadors and business industry leaders. The Malaysian Green Technology Corporation (GreenTech Malaysia), the implementing agency for Malaysia Pavilion at the expo, in a statement, today said celebrating the anniversary in Astana could not have been more apt as the ongoing…
Published on 8 August 2017 Thailand
The environmental group made the announcement as it disclosed average readings of PM2.5 – particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micron – in the country during the first half of 2017. PM2.5 is so small that it can be inhaled into the blood system and cause cancer and heart disease. The assessment of PM2.5 levels at 19 air quality measurement stations in 14 provinces across the…
Published on 7 August 2017 Southeast Asia
Energy demand is set to double this century, with the world’s population reaching 11 billion, up from 7.5 billion today. As the world changes, so will the energy system that powers it, driven by the need to reduce carbon emissions and — crucially for Asia — tackle air pollution that blights so many lives. Coal is a big contributor to that air pollution. This can…
Published on 7 August 2017 Philippines
Shooting Stars and Dancing Fish is part memoir, part treatise, and part storybook, punctuated with photos, paintings, and poems that would appeal to both young readers and policy-makers. Oposa, who received the Ramon Magsaysay award in 2009, has an interesting way with words that transforms what might seem complex subject matter for many into something simple and easy to grasp. “We are in a state…
Published on 7 August 2017
Low Carbon Cities, Low Carbon Country Embracing low carbon development approaches for cities and townships is essential towards making Malaysia a low-carbon, climate-resilient green economy. Hence, in 2011, the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water introduced a performance-based system called the Low Carbon Cities Framework (LCCF) to guide local authorities and developers in making decisions on greener solutions. There has been a growing interest…
Published on 6 August 2017
For most parts, the changing weather is easy to ignore; we live in towering concrete blocks and retreat to places with air-conditioning on a daily basis. But hundreds of kilometres away from us is truly where the trouble is brewing. Deep in the heart of our jungles, the roar of armies of chainsaws is eliciting the silent cry of our diminishing rainforests. The impact of…
Published on 6 August 2017 Southeast Asia
Read the article here: https://www.thestar.com.my/opinion/columnists/the-star-says/2017/08/06/do-your-part-to-weather-effects-of-climate-change-too/ Source: The Star Online | 6 August 2017
Published on 5 August 2017
In July 2017, the World Health Organization's official report tallied 80,732 cases of dengue fever in Sri Lanka, with 215 deaths so far in 2017. The announcement notes that is "4.3 fold higher than the average number of cases for the same period between 2010 and 2016." On the ground, the Red Cross and other relief agencies are counting over 100,000 cases this year, almost…
Published on 3 August 2017
He added that Greenpeace is looking forward to working with these organisations in the future. The office is located in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, and serves as a base for 10 Malaysian employees. It also complements the NGO’s other centres in the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia. Sano said Malaysia was an important location to campaign against severe environmental issues in the region such as climate change…
Published on 3 August 2017
This is according to a study released by global pump leader Grundfos and sustainability-focused social enterprise Eco-Business Research titled “Flood controls in Southeast Asia”. The study surveyed 417 sustainability industry leaders across Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. About 20% or 86 respondents, were from Malaysia. The study revealed, nearly 70% of respondents across Southeast Asia predicted that their home country will continue…
Published on 3 August 2017
Renewable energy or clean energy simply refers to energy taken from a source that will not deplete when used. As we all know, the world now runs on fossil fuel which is not renewable. Some of the leading sources of renewable energy technology available in the world today includes solar power, wind power, hydro power (power generated from water) and biomass energy (energy produced by…
Published on 3 August 2017 Global
Fifty years on, climate change has emerged as the defining challenge for human society around the globe, and conservation of the world’s tropical forests is essential to stabilizing the atmosphere. Standing forests provide safe-keeping for the carbon embodied in leaves, branches, trunks, roots, and soil. Forests are also the only technology for carbon capture and storage to date that is safe, natural, proven, and cheap…
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