By Eugene on Nov 12, 2008 in China, Climate Change | 1 Comment
(This article is contributed by our guest writer, Julian Wong, and was first published in The Green Leap Forward.)
China releases comprehensive white paper on its climate change policy ahead of key international meetings.
Ahead of the high level technology transfer summit in Beijing next week; next December’s 14th Conference of Parties under the United Nations Framework […]
By Eugene on Nov 11, 2008 in Malaysia, Thailand, China, Asia, Singapore | 0 Comments
China pays high environmental and social price for reliance on coal (Guardian) - The True Cost of Coal, a new report published by Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Fund and The Energy Foundation, says that the social and environmental impacts of using coal cost China an additional 1.7 trillion yuan.
New deal to rescue Borneo orangutans in […]
By Eugene on Oct 27, 2008 in China, Energy and Transportation | 0 Comments
(This article is contributed by our guest writer, Julian Wong, and was first published in The Green Leap Forward.)
This is the 50th post for The Green Leap Forward! To celebrate, we visited the 2008 China (Beijing) International Energy Saving and Environmental Protection Exhibition held at the Beijing Exhibition Center this past weekend (Oct 17 through […]
By Eugene on Oct 24, 2008 in Japan, China, Asia, Singapore | 0 Comments
Japan launches voluntary CO2 market (Reuters) - Japan recently launched a voluntary carbon market based on companies setting voluntary emission cuts.
Hong Kong night light pollution under the spotlight (Reuters) - Environmentalists are critical of the unnecessary and wasteful practice of keeping neon signs and buildings brightly lit all night.
New book on how Singapore achieved environmental […]