6 December 2021 By Stella Chen and Khoa Tran This week we close our coverage of COP26 with some main takeaways, and discuss two new green innovative projects in Asia: a net-zero emissions airport in India and lab-grown seafood in Singapore. COP26 highlights On 13 November 2021, nation parties attending the conference…

10 November 2021 By Chermaine Lee and Khoa Tran Talks at COP26 have finally begun. Here’s catchup on what has been discussed so far, including important takes for Asia. Are countries walking the talk? Will we really be able to effectively fight climate change? Nearly everyone in the world pitched…

26 October 2021 By Khoa Tran and Stella Chen This week, we explore methane emissions in Turkmenistan, what they are and what is being done about them; a concerning document leak ahead of COP26; and more extreme weather forecasts for Northern China. Turkmenistan’s methane problem Although we often give carbon dioxide the spotlight…

20 October 2021 By Khoa Tran and Stella Chen This week, we touch upon a few important points to expect from COP26 happening at the end of the month, the struggle for China to balance out its new climate commitments with its ongoing urban development goals, and COP15, the UN…

12 October 2021 By Stella Chen and Bonnie Au Nobel Prize in Physics goes to a Japanese scientist who has dedicated his academic life to studying global warming and climate change. A restaurant has decided to embrace the ongoing heavy floods in Thailand by offering meals in the floods. Indonesia…

6 October 2021 By Chermaine Lee and Avery Choi The world’s largest carbon credit trading system officially kicked off, with the first major deal completed. What’s the future for it? China’s carbon trading exchange opens to lukewarm reception China kicked off its carbon-trading exchange — the world’s largest — on…

29 September 2021 By Khoa Tran and Chermaine Lee A year after pledging carbon neutrality by 2060, China made another climate commitment at the UN General Assembly to stop funding coal projects overseas. Following a year of Covid-related slumber, climate protests are back on the global agenda of activists. Also…

23 September 2021 by Khoa Tran and Chermaine Lee Despite a good track towards deforestation goals, Indonesia has pulled out of a US$1 billion deal with Norway to protect its rainforests. China opens a vitrification plant, turning nuclear waste into glass for safer storage. …

1 September 2021 By Khoa Tran and Chermaine Lee Millions of electric car batteries are expected to retire in the next decade. So how are they dealt with after they come to the end of their lifetime? …