Eco-Business

Oil covers a beach in Singapore after a spill

The number of ageing, uninsured oil tankers passing through Asian waterways has mushroomed since Western sanctions were imposed on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. Southeast Asian coastal areas are particularly prone to oil spills, with a cleanup costing up to US$1.6 billion, new analysis finds.

Research cruises can be prohibitively expensive, so cargo ships, fishing vessels and yachts are being enlisted to help understand the ocean.

Though they have only just set sail, battery-powered ships have huge potential for cutting transport emissions.

Studio EB With the shipping sector responsible for about 3 per cent of global anthropogenic methane emissions, leveraging existing solutions will greatly help amid lacklustre regulations.

Oleh Nanticha Ocharoenchai

Oleh Robin Hicks

Oleh Anna Napolitano

Oleh Ng Wai Mun

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While shipping is essential to the global economy, so is reducing the associated pollution. Requiring shipping companies to pay for their vessels’ greenhouse-gas emissions would go a long way toward advancing this objective, while generating much-needed revenues for climate-vulnerable developing countries. Oleh Shania Scotland

Road emissions are the leading contributor to transport emissions across the Indo-Pacific, surpassing those from shipping and aviation. Oleh James Goldie

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has one more chance to commit to a 1.5°C future. Oleh Razan Al Mubarak

A shoal of Pacific sardines in the open ocean.

As with many common resources, the high seas are not yet protected by a truly comprehensive, agreed-upon framework. But this must change if there is to be any hope of achieving global biodiversity goals. Oleh Jennifer Morris

Oleh Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana

Oleh Adair Turner

Oleh José María Figueres

Oleh Erna Solberg dan Tommy Remengesau

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Studio EB Asia's green transition pathways need to be socially inclusive given huge differences in economic development across the region, says experts at the Boston Consulting Group. State-owned enterprises have an "outsized" role to play, they add.

A coalition of scientists and environmentalists found “widespread economic impacts” for communities in the Philippine province, heightening calls for accountability from the sunken tanker reportedly chartered by a San Miguel Corp subsidiary.

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Oil clumps on a beach in the resort island of Bintan, Indonesia, near Singapore.

The waste oil dumped into the ocean by ships every year is equivalent to eight Exxon Valdez oil spills, and nowhere is the problem as severe as Southeast Asia. The EB Podcast talks to hotelier Andrew Dixon about how a clever idea using a ship tracking system can help curb an environmental crime that has been largely ignored.

The billion-dollar Gardens by the Bay project is built on 101 hectares of land in Marina Bay, the heart of Singapore's Central Business District.

Climate change is causing sea levels to rise at an alarming rate, and nowhere is more at risk than archipelagic Southeast Asia. Climate scientist Professor Benjamin Horton of the Earth Observatory of Singapore tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the risks of rising waters and what can be done to address the problem.

Studio EB [The EB Podcast] In the third episode of the series Tomorrow’s cities: Engineering the energy transition, we explore how the shipping industry is charting a course to a low-carbon future.

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