Environmental issues

Penang to enforce single-use plastic bag ban from Sept 1

The policy is currently in the awareness phase but will move into enforcement in the coming months.

Deforestation surge, El Nino raise fears of repeat of Indonesia’s 2015 haze crisis

This handout photo taken in Merauke regency, South Papua, on March 17, 2025 and released by Mighty Earth shows a deforested area that will be converted into a sugar cane plantation.

Indonesian forest loss surges by 66% in 2025, driven by Prabowo’s self-sufficiency drive: Report

Indonesia's government allocated 20.6 million hectares of forest areas for food-, energy- and water-related programmes in 2025, 43 per cent of which was natural forest.

German ‘green village’ rides out Middle East energy storm

Feldheim, a village in Germany with 130 residents, has its own electricity and heating networks powered entirely by local, low-cost renewable energy.

Laos delivers emergency aid after over 2,000 households hit by rare hailstorm in Vientiane

Smashed roofs after a hailstorm hit Vientiane on March 22.

Future heat danger differs starkly between rich and poor countries

The research is designed to help cities and communities understand and respond to the dangers they face from rising temperatures.

‘Nappy ending’: Dirty diapers born again in Japan recycling breakthrough

A staff member collects a bag of used diapers at a nursery school in Osaki town, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Jan 16, 2026.

Planet trapped record heat in 2025: UN

The 11 hottest years ever recorded were all between 2015 and 2025, the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization said.

Community farm Edible Garden City to leave Queenstown in June, pondering next steps

ccfarm/ST20260204_202665000327/Ng Sor Luan/Edible Garden City, an urban farm, has to evaluate its options with their lease fast ending in June 2026. Co-founder and chief urban farmer of social enterprise Edible Garden City (EGC), Bjorn Low.

Myna Changes and Tether: TP students design book and fashion collection to promote environmental sustainability

Design Show, at Temasek Polytechnic on Mar 12, 2026.

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