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October 8, 2024 Sustainability

New auditing rules finalised as Asia mulls mandatory sustainability assurance

As Asian firms scale up disclosures, the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB)’s guidance – effective from December 2026 – could help curb greenwash if backed by strong regulatory frameworks, say industry players.

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October 7, 2024 Sustainability

Power-purchase agreements are good news for China’s energy transition

Longer contracts will provide certainty to buyers and sellers of clean power, but many questions remain.

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October 7, 2024 Sustainability

Malaysia’s draft climate change bill seeks to establish emissions trading scheme

Emissions thresholds will be set for organisations, starting with hard-to-abate sectors or large emitters. The draft bill also grants power to the environment minister to set national climate targets, subject to approval from Cabinet.

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October 7, 2024 Sustainability

Can regenerative agriculture make palm oil sustainable?

Large trials in Indonesia and Malaysia are showing it is possible to become sustainable without damaging productivity or local economies.

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October 7, 2024 Sustainability

Crowd-sourcing data could help Philippines tackle deadly floods

Citizen science could save lives by helping to better predict where floods and other natural disasters will strike.

October 7, 2024 Manufacturing

Criticisms Of LNG Export Emissions Study Don’t Withstand Scrutiny

For the past year, a preprint paper has been undergoing one of the most public, rancorous and extensive peer-review processes in the history of US academics. Is it on race relations? Tax cuts for the rich? Hollywood starlets? No, it’s on liquified na...

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October 7, 2024 Manufacturing

A New 200 kW Solar PV, 915 kWh Battery Minigrid Brings Electricity To Hakwaka Village In Zimbabwe For The First Time!

We still have not achieved universal access to electricity on the African continent. A lot of countries are yet to bring access to electricity to more than 50% of their citizens. We always hear that more than 600 million people in Africa don’t have a...

October 7, 2024 Manufacturing

It’s Happening: See-Through Solar Windows Kick Fossil Energy To The Curb

The see-through solar field is poised for widespread adoption, as indicated by an array of more than 200 sleek, black solar windows to be installed at a building in Australia. The post It’s Happening: See-Through Solar Windows Kick Fossil Energy To T...

October 7, 2024 Manufacturing

YOLO: Sydney to Darwin — 5,000 km on an Energica Experia Green Tourer

CleanTechnica readers will remember Ed Darmanin’s previous electric motorcycle adventures published here and here. He recently shared his latest adventure on an Energica Experia Green Tourer with me: By Ed Darmanin In the early 1980s, I was a young s...