New data published by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) reveals that the overall 2023 air pollution levels in Jakarta were arguably the worst since 2019. Despite improvements between 2020 and 2022, the rise of pollution in 2023 is a notable setback. Over 29 million people …
Japan has selected 15 groups of companies to conduct feasibility studies for emission-cutting projects in nine developing countries to promote clean-energy technologies, a newspaper reported on Sunday.Since U.N. climate talks have stalled, Japan is hoping that contributions to cut greenhouse gas emissions abroad will produce carbon credits to offset emissions …
This guide seeks to inform conservation practice in the tropical Western Pacific, including the island states of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia, as well as Indonesia, the Philippines and East Timor.
Letter to Ron Kirk, US Trade Representative from Charles E. Schumer, senator on the U.S. honey industry is under slege from imports of Chinese-origin honey transshipped through third countries in order to evade payment of U.S. antidumping duties. This transshipping or
David Adam Report says governments, pressure groups and private sector all share credit for protecting extra 17 million hectares of tropical rainforest. Efforts to tackle illegal destruction of the world's rainforests have been a success, according to a new report that details a significant fall in unauthorised logging. The study, …
Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) is aware of the recently released Greenpeace report regarding theIndonesian forestry industry. The claims made against Indonesian policy and APP in this reportare unequivocally inaccurate and deliberately misleading. We are disappointed thatGreenpeace continues to publish misleading reports containing false claims and we would like toset …
The story of how pharmaceutical companies influenced scientists and official agencies like the World Health Organization (WHO) in the recent swine flu scare and the saga of the undeclared conflicts of interests of members of the WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts has set off alarm bells around the world. …
The Madhya Pradesh government has imported 50,000 metric tonnes of coal from Indonesia to deal with its shortage which is affecting power generation in the state, official sources said. "The imported coal has reached a port in Gujarat and will reach the state shortly," Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company Limited …
More than half the world’s population depends on the Asian monsoon water for agriculture. Beginning with the British mathematician Sir Gilbert Walker in the 19th century, much time has been devoted in trying to understand the summer rains. But the observational record is too short to explain long-term variability in …
What are the best approaches for Southeast Asian countries to exploit their large renewable energy potentials? Focusing on Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, this report investigates the potentials and barriers for scaling up market penetration of renewable energy technologies in the countries
It is a neighbour, a secular Muslim nation and a G-20 power Few people in India are aware that India and Indonesia are geographically contiguous, sharing a settled maritime boundary. The last island in the Andaman and Nicobar chain is only 80 kilometres from the first island of the Indonesian …
In 2006 seven foreign ministers from Brazil, France, Indonesia, Norway, Senegal, South Africa, and Thailand initiated a dialogue on the inter-linkages between health and foreign policy, with a focus on how health matters to foreign policy and whether foreign policy can make a difference to health. What brought the ministers …
HYDERABAD: Officials in nine coastal districts were on their toes even as people spent anxious moments following an alert about the possibility of rise in sea levels after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurred off the west coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, at 11.29 a.m. on Sunday. Following the earthquake, the …
In December 2009, an important United Nations climate change conference (COP15) took place in Copenhagen, Denmark. This conference resulted in the Copenhagen Accord, which forms the basis for further negotiations in Cancun, Mexico, later this year. As part of the Copenhagen Accord, industrialised countries have submitted greenhouse gas emission reduction …
Are earthquakes becoming more frequent? This is a question that every seismologist is used to. I was asked it 30 years ago. Thanks to large quakes in Haiti and Chile
Energy insecurity, water scarcity, and climate change pose growing risks for the real estate sector in South and Southeast Asia, yet the connections between these trends and financial impacts are not well understood by analysts, investors, companies, and governments in the region. This report presents a framework to assess risks …
This WRI report assesses financial implications of climate change and water scarcity on the Food & Beverage sector in South & Southeast Asia. Warns that as a large water user, this sector is at risk from decreasing water supplies in parts of emerging Asia , specially India. This report identifies …
MUMBAI: The Essar group on Thursday said it had signed a definitive agreement to purchase the Aries' coal mines in Indonesia to secure long-term fuel linkages and capture the complete value-chain in all its power generation (Essar Power) businesses. The deal will provide Essar Power access to an estimated resource …
