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Published on 26 September 2017 Cambodia
The Tonle Sap Poverty Reduction and Smallholder Development Project was originally approved in December 2009 with a total amount of $51.15 million. It has since supported community-driven development in rural roads and other infrastructure and improved agriculture and people’s livelihoods in 196 communes in five provinces, including Banteay Meanchey, Kampong Cham, Kampong Thom, Siem Reap, and Tboung Khmum. The additional support will add a disaster…
Published on 25 September 2017 Cambodia
It was a scene that perfectly encapsulated Phnom Penh’s development dilemma: Hundreds of ramshackle houseboats that usually anchor in the river north of the Cambodian capital had pushed downstream in search of cleaner waters, mooring with a view of glittering high-rise buildings that are reshaping the city skyline. Home to poor fish farmers who earn their living on the water, the boats had found…
Published on 24 September 2017
Western consumer giants are polluting oceans by selling products packaged in cheap, disposable plastic to Filipinos, Greenpeace has claimed—naming Nestle, Unilever and Procter & Gamble among the worst offenders. Single-use plastics from products sold by conglomerates, such as bags, bottle labels, and straws, stood out during a week-long Greenpeace clean-up campaign held on Manila Bay this month, it said…
Published on 22 September 2017 Indonesia
As of 2015, Indonesia’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) includes an unconditional GHG emission reduction target of 29 percent below business-as-usual funded by national budget and an additional 12 percent conditional reduction below business-as-usual with adequate international support by 2030. Under present policy settings, GHG emissions should be stabilizing, if not decreasing. Future projections, however, show no signs of a decline in Indonesia’s emissions. Indonesia…
Published on 22 September 2017
“Before your typhoons and tsunamis come, you are already preparing people so whenever it comes, their vulnerabilities are already low. It’s the same principle when it comes to health,” said Dr. Fely Marilyn Lorenzo of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). A hotspot for diseases “What we have found in the recent past is that climate change exacerbates the conditions that make it more favorable…
Published on 22 September 2017 Global
This year’s UN General Assembly marks the 2nd anniversary of the adoption of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Shortly after, the world can also celebrate the first anniversary of the Paris Agreement on climate change coming into force. The tragic events of the last few weeks have shown that weather extremes, fueled by a warming atmosphere and warming oceans, can devastate…
Published on 22 September 2017
orities, and even-more complicated social and political forces. These very forces threaten to disrupt our pathway from the Paris Agreement to a low-carbon, climate resilient future. Somewhere in the middle, independent media are given the monumental task of looking for truth, and dispelling fake news and bogus science. And yet, the media´s most crucial task is to build consensus on the hard-and-true fact that if…
Published on 20 September 2017 Vietnam
Central Vietnam is often in the path of tropical storms and depressions that form in the East Sea, which can intensify to form tropical cyclones known as typhoons (the Pacific equivalent of an Atlantic hurricane). Typhoon Doksuri developed and tracked exactly as forecast, meaning that evacuations were relatively effective in saving lives. What’s more, the storm moved quickly over the affected area, delivering only 200-300…
Published on 20 September 2017
Formalized two days after the United States confirmed its plans to quit the landmark Paris climate agreement of 2015, the initiative aims to create a forum for sharing knowledge and technology between governments, businesses and community leaders. Those joining the New York launch and supporting Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G) include China, Indonesia and the C40 network, the office of…
Published on 19 September 2017 Myanmar
The bus ride to Hakha, a city in Myanmar's northern Chin State, begins with a prayer for a safe journey. It's just after dawn on a drizzly gray Monday in the provincial border city of Kale. I was supposed to leave the day before, but although Myanmar is a predominantly Buddhist nation, Chin is a Christian state, so no buses depart on Sunday. Eleven of…
Published on 16 September 2017 Feature
Four teams pitched their ideas on the second day of the hackathon that aimed to crowdsource innovative solutions to some of the world's pressing problems. Here are their ideas for sustainable consumption and promoting a zero-waste lifestyle among Filipinos. WasteLink Do you know that the municipal solid waste (MSW) generated by the urban population of the Philippines every day amounts to 29,315 tons? This was…
Published on 15 September 2017 Feature
California nature photographer Justin Hofman snapped the picture late last year off the coast of Sumbawa, an Indonesian island in the Lesser Sunda Islands chain. The 33-year-old, from Monterey, Calif., said a colleague pointed out the pocket-size sea creature, which he estimated to be about 1.5 inches tall — so small, in fact, that Hofman said he almost didn't reach for his camera. “The wind…
Published on 14 September 2017
“Digital filmmaking has democratized the medium, made it cheaper and more accessible. Plus, (there are) online platforms like YouTube or Vimeo,” shares the decorated film editor-turned-director of the 2008 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival Special Jury Prize, Brutus: Ang Paglalakbay and TOFARM Best Picture, High Tide. For Ilonggo cinema, Tara’s lead is the latest occasion a full-length from Iloilo wins in a national film festival. This…
Published on 14 September 2017 Southeast Asia
Read article here: https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2017/09/14/seeking-better-solution-countries-need-to-conquer-environmental-degradation-at-all-levels-says-undp/ Source: The Star | 14 September 2017
Published on 13 September 2017 Brunei Darussalam
This was highlighted by Dato Seri Paduka Awang Haji Suhaimi bin Haji Gafar, the Deputy Minister of Development, who led the country’s delegation at the 14th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment (14th AMME) yesterday, at the International Convention Centre in Berakas. “We have already submitted our Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), as part of our commitment towards the global community,” he said. “The policies…
Published on 13 September 2017 Singapore
No salary But his love for plants pushed him on despite the tough circumstances. He was bootstrapping, and owed more than S$300,000 in debt. He went without a salary for two to three years. He was a botanist at the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1987, and held other positions such as assistant curator of horticulture at the Singapore Zoo and Night Safari and…
Published on 12 September 2017
“For several months now we have seen a net drop in diesel sales in the major European markets of France and Germany,” said industry expert Stefan Bratzel of Germany’s Center for Automotive Management. In Germany, diesels now account for 37.7 percent of new car sales, down from 45 percent last year. In France, the share of diesel-powered cars has dipped below the 50 percent-mark for…
Published on 12 September 2017
The study suggests high quality coffees are most at risk — with Arabica coffee unable to withstand even slight fluctuations in temperature, humidity and sunlight. Robusta coffee, mostly grown in Africa to be made into instant coffee, is slightly more resistant. “Coffee is one of the most valuable commodities on Earth, and needs a suitable climate and pollinating bees to produce well,” said study co-author…
Published on 12 September 2017
To get at an answer, we need to be honest about the problem. Environmental activists typically argue that events like Harvey and Irma should frighten us into redoubling our climate mitigation efforts—taking steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions such as rapidly transitioning from fossil fuels to clean energy, for example—to reduce the risk of future catastrophic storms. Conservatives tend to deny any connection between…
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