Reuse cutlery but shun public transport? What’s driving inconsistent behaviour in climate change

We know climate change is a serious issue, but don’t practise sustainable behaviour all the time. CNA explores the mental hurdles possibly standing in the way.

Can Paris 2024 deliver a ‘climate positive’ Olympics?

PARIS: Organisers of the 2024 Paris Olympics say they plan to make the Games the world's first "climate positive" sporting event, a boast experts claim is "misleading". "We want to

ING completes Ant Group’s first sustainability-linked derivative deal worth $400 million

SINGAPORE : ING said on Friday that it has completed Ant Group's first sustainability-linked derivative transaction worth $400 million, which is also the first in China's technology sector. The deal will give Ant Group, a financial affiliate of China's tech giant Alibaba Group Holding, incentives for reac

Donated clothing worsening Kenya’s plastic pollution: Report

PARIS: One-third of all second-hand clothing shipped to Kenya in 2021 was "plastic waste in disguise", creating a slew of environmental and health problems for local communities, a new report said Thursday (Feb 16). Every year, tonnes of donated clothing are sent to developing countries, but an estimated 3
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Climate Change Environment Global Warming. Renewable Energy. Sustainability

Commentary: I spent S$6 to fix my sofa instead of throwing it away

It’s common for people to throw away things as they spring clean and declutter ahead of Chinese New Year. Repair Kopitiam’s Danny Lim almost tossed out his favourite sofa, then decided to repair it himself.
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Global Warming.

Hurricane Ian, drought supercharged US weather extremes in 2022

DENVER: Costly weather disasters kept raining down on America last year, pounding the nation with 18 climate extremes that caused at least US$1 billion in damage each, totalling more than US$165 billion, federal climate scientists calculated Tuesday (Jan 10). Even though 2022 was not near record hot for th
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Lim Tuang Liang appointed as first Government Chief Sustainability Officer from Jan 1

He will step down from his current position as Chief Science and Technology Officer (CSTO) at the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) when his replacement is appointed.
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Climate Change Global Warming.

Growing evidence of climate change leading to extreme weather, but experts say it’s not too late

Experts warned that more of such adverse weather events can be expected in 2023, even as countries race to combat the climate crisis.
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Environment

Singapore’s Sea to freeze salaries, slash bonuses amid ‘worsening economic environment’

SINGAPORE: Local e-commerce giant Sea will freeze salaries for most employees and pay out lower bonuses this year as part of measures to prepare for a “worsening global economic environment” in 2023, according to Bloomberg on Thursday (Dec 22). Sea is the parent company of gaming unit Garena and e-commerce