Singapore announced it is set to discontinue registering diesel-powered cars and taxis from 2025, five years ahead of previously scheduled, as part of its push to reduce emissions and encourage the adoption of electric vehicles.
Tag: Environment
Singapore Airlines to offer wider range of mains on short flights, launches eco-friendly packaging
The new initiative will reduce the amount of single-use plastics on the meal tray by 80 per cent by weight.
UK invites PM Modi to attend upcoming virtual climate summit
The United Kingdom has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Climate Ambition summit that will take place in December. Sir Philip Barton, Permanent Under-Secretary at the UK’s Foreign Office, handed over the invitation to India’s foreign secretary Harsh Shringla during the latter’s L
US, UK produce more plastic waste per person than India: Report
The United States and United Kingdom produce more plastic waste per person than any other major countries in the world, according to new research.
23-year-old Mumbai-based wildlife photographer becomes first Indian woman to win Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award
Mumbai-based wildlife photographer Aishwarya Sridhar has become the first Indian woman to win the 56th Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award. The announcement was made at the Natural History Museum in London.
Experts in SE Asia call for regional collaboration in fighting air pollution
Experts from various south Asian countries have emphasised the need for regional coooperation in fighting air pollution and agreed that people in the region can live longer if the World Health Organisation’s guidelines on air quality were met.
Abu Dhabi to ban single-use plastics by 2021
Abu Dhabi’s Environment Agency (EAD) has announced a policy that will ban single-use plastics from 2021 and will parallelly encourage the use of reusable bags.
NEWBrew, Singapore’s very own beer made from recycled water
PUB is partnering local brewery Brewerkz to bring back NEWBrew for the Singapore International Water Week 2020.
Singapore urged to adopt harsher penalties and “zero tolerance” towards illegal wildlife trade
Singapore has been identified as a notable transit hub for endangered wildlife goods, due to records of large amounts of ivory and pangolin scales that have been seized.
Former IPCC, TERI chief RK Pachauri dies at 79
RK Pachauri, the former chief of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), passed away on Thursday after a prolonged heart disease.
