by Abriel | Oct 9, 2018 | 2018, Climate Action
Fighting climate change might seem like a big problem that is for governments to solve. However, Dr Peter Newman of the Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute in Perth said that ordinary people play a crucial role especially by reducing their power...
by Abriel | Oct 9, 2018 | 2018, Climate Action
The most effective weapons in the fight against climate change – a tree. However, widespread land clearing raises local temperatures, and rising global temperatures are, in turn, triggering more wildfires. Yet, big forest countries such as Indonesia, Brazil and...
by Abriel | Mar 22, 2018 | 2018, Climate Action
Singapore may envision itself as a zero-waste nation, but new statistics show the country still has some way to go to achieve this. Despite the slew of measures to make recycling easier, people recycled less waste last year compared with the year before. The National...
by Abriel | Mar 3, 2018 | 2018, Climate Action
The latest is Malibu, Calif. Before that came Seattle; Davis and San Luis Obispo, Calif.; and Miami Beach and Fort Myers, Fla. They’re all cities that have banned or limited the use of plastic straws in restaurants. Straws, routinely placed in glasses of water or...
by Abriel | Mar 3, 2018 | 2018, Climate Action
The Arctic spring is arriving 16 days earlier than it did a decade ago, according to a new study which shows climate change is shifting the season earlier more dramatically the further north one go. The research, published on Friday in the journal Scientific Reports,...
by Abriel | Mar 2, 2018 | 2018, Climate Action
Singapore’s declaration of 2018 as the “Year of Climate Action”, backed by plans to soon implement a carbon price, has served to demonstrate the country’s determination to lead by example. Furthermore, as ASEAN chair in 2018, Singapore has a key...
