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- Singapore explores underground water system in face of climate change | News | Eco-Business | Asia Pacific
- Eco-Business, 17 Jun 2015 - The city state is investigating whether an underground storage and drainage system will help it better deal with the impact of ...
- Centara Grand Beach Resort Krabi is first in Thailand to get Gold Certification from EarthCheck
- Eco-Business, 10 Jul 2015 - For the past five years, Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas Krabi has been working with EarthCheck to improve their sustainability ...
- Greener clothes? Environmental initiatives and tools in the garment sector in Asia
- The goal of this research is to map and analyse the activities that specifically incorporate environmental sustainability across the sector.
- Now climate change is affecting jobs NGOs need to nurture 'green-skills'
- The Guardian, 07 Sep 2015 - A report shows extreme weather is affecting youth unemployment in south-east Asia. Is training the answer?
- Cabinet seeks jobs boost from water and road projects worth Bt57 billion
- The Nation, 30 Mar 2015 - Bangkok, THE CABINET has approved water-management and road-maintenance measures worth a combined Bt57 billion, as proposed by the ...
- Hit by drought and seawater, Bangkok tap water may run out in a month
- Reuters, 08 Jul 2015 - Bangkok’s tap water supply may run out in a month, as the country waits for long overdue rains to replenish sources depleted by drought ...
- The Little Green Data Book 2013
- The Little Green Data Book is a pocket-sized ready reference on key environmental data for over 200 countries. Key indicators are organized under the headings ...
- Ford CFO’s sustainability call emphasises greener profit
- “We have strategies in place, particularly as we put down all these new facilities in Asia-Pacific, to make sure that we’re also applying a lot of the ...
- Environment plan creates new jobs
- "Quang Nam has a total of 276,000ha of forest. The PFES policy had helped generate stable jobs and income for local residents while encouraging them to protect ...
- Managing floods in a changing climate for a green future
- Climate change, population growth, and urbanization are bringing some of the greatest challenges of our time. Just a few days ago we experienced one of the ...
- China proposes double taxes on excess emissions.
- Eco-Business, 11 Jun 2015 - The State Council, China’s cabinet, on Wednesday released for public opinion a draft law on environmental taxes, which proposes ...
- Role of Bank Indonesia to support GREEN INVESTMENT
- Role of Bank Indonesia to support GREEN INVESTMENT
- Green Economy in Action: Articles and Excerpts that Illustrate Green Economy and Sustainable Development Efforts
- The review, selection and documentation of articles emerged in response to the need to fill the knowledge gap on practical, concrete, and on the ground green ...
- Green tech for growth
- Green Tech Malaysia is drawing up a low-carbon city framework outlining the steps needed to grow a green city and to measure its environmental impact
- Estimating Green Jobs in Bangladesh
- Report of a study assessing the scale and distribution of green employment in Bangladesh, within the UNEP/ILO joint 'Green Jobs Initiative'.
- Water Nobel winner seeks water rights for people
- The Third Pole, 27 Aug 2015 - Stockholm Water Prize winner Rajendra Singh of India speaks exclusively to thethirdpole.net on the eve of the award ceremony and ...
- The United Nations World Water Development Report 2014
- The United Nations World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) is hosted and led by UNESCO and brings together the work of 31 UN-Water Members as well as 34 ...
- Singapore discovers world’s first water treatment method using apple and tomato peels
- The National University of Singapore (NUS) announced a scientific breakthrough that purified water using the peels of apples and tomatoes.
- World Bank unit to buy carbon credits from Vietnam hydro plants
- The World Bank's Carbon Partnership Facility (CPF) has agreed to purchase carbon credits generated through small hydropower developments in Vietnam under the ...
- IFC aims to speed up emerging green construction markets
- “Green buildings are part of a global solution. Beyond emissions reduction and environmental protection, green buildings have extensive co-benefits, including ...
- Green Economy Scoping Study: Modelling Report of South Africa (SAGEM) - Focus on Natural Resource Management, Agriculture, Transport and Energy Sectors
- This study assesses potential opportunities and options to promote a green economy in South Africa, with a focus on key economic sectors. The evaluation was ...
- Has the blue economy finally arrived for business?
- Eco-Business, 07 Oct 2015 - Ocean ecosystems account for a major part of many East Asian economies. In a region so dependent on its seas, can economic growth ...
- Singapore to produce electricity from water sludge, food waste
- Bernama, 22 Jun 2015 - PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, and Anaergia Pte Ltd (Anaergia) announced on Friday the commencement of Singapore’s first ...
- Biodegradable Plastics Are Not the Answer to Reducing Marine Litter, Says UN - UNEP
- UNEP, 23 Nov 2015 - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recently published its new report: Biodegradable Plastics and Marine Litter. ...
- World Water Day 2015: Water and Sustainable Development
- World Water Day is marked on 22 March every year. It’s a day to celebrate water. It’s a day to make a difference for the members of the global population who ...
- Green Jobs Paper in the South Pacific - A Preliminary Study
- The purpose of this report is to assess the challenges and opportunities that are associated with the expansion of specific economic sub-sectors, which are ...
- Green Economy: Sustainable Transition in a Changing Arab World
- "Green Economy: Sustainable Transition in a Changing Arab World is the fourth of a series of annual reports produced by the Arab Forum for Environment and ...
- Promoting safety and health in a green economy
- The report looks at different “green industries” from an OSH perspective, and shows that while green jobs improve the environment, revitalize the economy and ...
- Vital GEO Graphics
- An electronic booklet that is based on "Global Environment Outlook: environment for development (GEO-4)." This is one of many publications produced within the ...
- Landscapes for People, Food and Nature: The Vision, the Evidence, and Next Steps
- This paper explains the rationale for the ‘whole landscape’ approach, describes its main elements, and summarizes the existing evidence on the prevalence and ...