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Toxic runoff from Myanmar rare earth mines threatens Thai waterways

1 week ago | eco-business.com | Stefan Lovgren

Just days before the water fights were set to erupt across Chiang Rai for Songkran — Thailand’s New Year celebration, held every April and known for its festive street soakings — the city’s residents received a sobering warning: avoid contact with the Kok River, which winds through this northern Thai city of 200,000. The reason? Tests conducted upstream had detected dangerous levels of arsenic and other hazardous substances.
Explainer: How human-caused aerosols are ‘masking’ global warming

1 week ago | eco-business.com | Zeke Hausfather

The warming associated with GHG emissions and cooling associated with aerosol emissions are the largest factors driving the global temperature changes, particularly over the past 70 years. In the absence of aerosol emissions, the best estimate of current warming would be approximately 0.5°C higher, with the world approaching 2°C rather than the 1.4°C that the world is experiencing today.
Asean power grid needs at least US$100 billion to build transmission lines: ADB

2 weeks ago | eco-business.com | Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

A minimum of US$100 billion would be required to build transmission lines to integrate the power grids of Southeast Asian nations by 2045, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB). “The amount stems from the need for interconnectors in domestic power grids.
One year on: Impacts of a landmark legal opinion on climate change

2 weeks ago | eco-business.com | Isabella Kaminski

The city of Hamburg lies on the banks of the River Elbe in Germany, its busy port one of Europe’s most important gateways to the North Sea and beyond. It is also home to the wave-shaped headquarters of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Itlos), a little-known court that is responsible for interpreting and upholding the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos). The court usually deals with fairly technical matters and maritime disputes between states.
Asian carbon border levy the ‘lowest-cost pathway’ to decarbonise heavy industries: report

2 weeks ago | eco-business.com | Gabrielle See

As the European Union (EU)’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) comes into effect amid the global tariff wars, a new report is calling for Asia to enact its own carbon border levy to ease the public cost of decarbonising the region’s heavy industries. Already subscribed? Sign in There's something for everyone. We offer a range of subscription plans. Access our stories and receive our Insights Weekly newsletter with the free EB Member plan.
Singapore’s blended finance initiative FAST-P office appoints Munib Madni as CEO

2 weeks ago | eco-business.com | Gabrielle See

Singapore’s central bank has appointed Munib Madni as the inaugural chief executive of its newly-established office for its blended finance initiative, Financing Asia’s Transition Partnership (FAST-P). Already subscribed? Sign in There's something for everyone. We offer a range of subscription plans. Access our stories and receive our Insights Weekly newsletter with the free EB Member plan. Unlock unlimited access to our content and archive with EB Circle.
China is Southeast Asia's biggest public funder of clean energy with US$2.7bn in investments: study

2 weeks ago | eco-business.com | Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

China is the leading source of public clean energy investments in Southeast Asia over the last decade, channeling over US$ 2.7 billion into projects across the region, according to a report by international research organisation Zero Carbon Analytics. Most of the country’s funding between 2013 and 2023 went to hydroelectric and wind projects, with Indonesia as the biggest recipient, researchers said.
Explainer: What is China’s ‘Shenzen model’ for low-carbon transition in cities?

2 weeks ago | eco-business.com | Henry Zhang |Wanyuan Song

Shenzhen, a city of nearly 18 million people bordering Hong Kong, is known for pioneering China’s economic reforms40 years ago. Now, it is taking carbon mitigation measures ahead of others and acts as a “pilot” for the construction of “low-carbon cities” in China.
Palm oil waste can potentially replace Malaysia’s coal power capacity, says minister

2 weeks ago | eco-business.com | Gabrielle See

Malaysia could potentially tap on palm oil waste as a renewable source of energy to replace coal, which will gradually be phased out of the country’s energy systemover the next decade, said plantation and commodities minister Johari Abdul Ghani. Already subscribed? Sign in There's something for everyone. We offer a range of subscription plans. Access our stories and receive our Insights Weekly newsletter with the free EB Member plan.
Global wheat yields would be 10 per cent higher without climate change

2 weeks ago | eco-business.com | Orla Dwyer

The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, looks at data on climate change and growing conditions for wheat and other major crops around the world over the past 50 years. It comes as heat and drought have this year been putting wheat supplies at risk in key grain-producing regions, including parts of Europe, China and Russia. The study finds that increasingly hot and dry conditions negatively impacted yields of three of the five key crops examined.