Showing posts with label asean. Show all posts
Showing posts with label asean. Show all posts

Malaysia: Most number of hotspots in Indonesia

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RAZAK AHMAD The Star 12 Aug 19; PETALING JAYA: Nearly 80% of hotspots detected in the Asean region over the past 29 days are located in...

Singapore lauds Indonesia's forest fire control efforts

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Antara 7 Aug 19; Batam, Riau Islands (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government's efforts to combat land and forest fires have received app...

Malaysia calls on Asean to fight haze

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SIRA HABIBU The Star 6 Aug 19; PETALING JAYA: Malaysia will call on Asean member countries to take proactive measures to avoid trans-boun...

South-east Asia must phase out coal plants, reduce reliance on fossil fuels to combat climate change: UN

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Audrey Tan Straits Times 2 Aug 19; SINGAPORE - As one of the regions with the highest number of coal plants in the pipeline, South-east A...

When did Southeast Asia become a dumping ground for waste?

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If Southeast Asian countries no longer accept waste from high-income countries, where will the waste go? City University of Hong Kong Dr Dan...

Asean needs to cooperate to solve marine debris, haze pollution and other transboundary environmental issues: PM Lee

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Rachel Au-Yong Straits Times 22 Jun 19; BANGKOK - The transboundary nature of many environmental challenges, from marine debris to haze p...

Southeast Asia should ban imports of foreign trash: environmentalists

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Patpicha Tanakasempipat Reuters 18 Jun 19; BANGKOK (Reuters) - Environmental groups called on Tuesday for Southeast Asian countries to ba...

Singapore to offer programmes in climate change to Asean: Masagos

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Audrey Tan Straits Times 10 Jul 18; SINGAPORE - From raising minimum land reclamation levels to mitigate rising sea levels, to imposing a...

Five agreements inked to take Asean’s smart cities plan forward

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LOUISA TANG Today Online 8 Jul 18; SINGAPORE — In Thailand’s Chonburi province, a smart city — also the country’s largest industrial city...

Asean capitals sign declaration pledging commitment to environmental sustainability

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Adrian Lim Straits Times 7 Jul 18; SINGAPORE - Mayors and governors from Asean capitals on Saturday (July 7) pledged their commitment to ...

Asia lagging behind in socially responsible investments: Report

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Grace Leong Straits Times 4 Jun 18; Asian investors are lagging behind their global counterparts in the adoption of socially responsible ...

Indonesia committed to green development

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Antara 19 May 18; Minister of National Development Planning / Head of Bappenas Bambang Brodjonegoro (center) spoke with Singapore Environ...

Indo-China: Continuing haze points to failure of Asean agreement

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Pratch Rujivanarom The Nation 26 Apr 18; Activists call for tighter controls over contract farming activities of food firms THE FAILURE...

Indonesia, China agree to develop high-temperature reactor

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Antara 13 Apr 18; Beijing (ANTARA News) - Indonesia and China has agreed to develop a multifunction laboratory for a high-temperature ga...

Everyone can be ‘Captain Planet’, as 2018 is earmarked Year of Climate Action

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SIAU MING EN Today Online 26 Jan 18; SINGAPORE – From monitoring paper usage in schools, setting up recycling corners at the workplace, t...

Singapore to declare 2018 Year of Climate Action

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Channel NewsAsia 17 Nov 17; SINGAPORE: Singapore will designate 2018 as the Year of Climate Action, Environment and Water Resources Minis...

Indonesia Needs to Put More Investments for Flood Management

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Netral News 25 Oct 17; Study conducted by Grundfos and Research of Eco-Business on investments to manage floods. JAKARTA, NETRALNEWS.COM...

Philippines: ‘Wildlife protection to boost ecotourism, job creation’

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Rhodina Villanueva The Philippine Star 24 Oct 17; MANILA, Philippines — Protecting wildlife species is good for the economy as it will bo...

Philippines proposes setting up of marine protected areas’ network in SEA

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Ellalyn De Vera-Ruiz Manila Bulletin 21 Oct 17; The Philippines is hoping to build stronger ties with other members of the Association of...

Asean banks must do more in climate change fight: WWF, NUS study

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WONG KAI YI Business Times 3 Oct 17; SOUTH-EAST Asia's banking regulations and bank practices do not reflect deep commitments to figh...