Articles tagged with 'Sustainability' | National University of Singapore

The term ‘bioeconomy’ is complex yet vital. It generally refers to a departure from industries powered by fossil fuels to those that are based on renewable resources and may also include an emphasis on using living organisms to create new products. …

The downbeat news on climate change developments seemed only to gather pace in 2023, with the UN’s World Meteorological Office reporting that last year was the hottest observed in 175 years of record-keeping. The agency also reported that global …

Lianhe Zaobao, 29 April 2024, p3

By Dr Serina Abdul Rahman, Lecturer from the Dept of Southeast Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at NUSSuria News Online, 28 April 2024

8world Online, 22 April 20248world Online, 22 April 2024Suria News Online, 22 April 2024Suria News Online, 22 April 2024

The NUS Environmental Research Institute (NERI) and L'Oréal Singapore have joined forces to improve the plant yield and plant health of commercially important crops through greener and more environmentally-friendly methods. This new partnership was …

By Asst Prof (Adjunct) Jean Liu from Yale-NUS College and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at NUSCNA Online, 22 April 2024

As companies grapple with rapid changes in the global economic environment, ASEAN nations can support businesses in the region by capitalising on strong diplomatic relationships and tackling geopolitical and climate-related obstacles together, said …

The Straits Times, 15 April 2024, Opinion, pB4Berita Harian Online, 15 April 2024Berita Harian, 16 April 2024, p9

Lianhe Zaobao, 9 April 2024, p6

1.75 earths. That is how many planets it will take – on average – to keep up with the rate at which humanity is exhausting the earth’s natural resources.It is a dire statistic, and NUS University Professor Shih Choon Fong’s public lecture …

The Straits Times, 8 April 2024, Science, pA17

Lianhe Zaobao, 8 April 2024, p6

The Straits Times, 1 April 2024, The Big Story, p3Lianhe Zaobao, 1 April 2024, p5

At first glance, the finance industry’s links to climate change may not be obvious, especially compared to others like the automotive and oil and gas industries. Yet, financial factors like high costs and carbon taxes crop up frequently in …

By Dr Roger Fouquet, Senior Research Fellow at the Energy Studies Institute at NUSCNA Online, 29 March 2024

The Straits Times, 27 March 2024, Singapore, pA16 and pA17

Tamil Murasu, 25 March 2024, p1

Lianhe Zaobao, 23 March 2024, p7

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In 2017, with the collective efforts of the climate change research community, researchers established five Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP) to facilitate climate change research and policy analysis. The SSPs can be combined with a range of …

The Business Times, 18 March 2024, p22

Lianhe Zaobao, 14 March 2024, p23

Lianhe Zaobao, 14 March 2024, p8

Research endeavours at NUS to spearhead innovations in low-carbon technologies have received a shot in the arm recently in the form of funding from the Low-Carbon Energy Research (LCER) Programme, a national initiative that supports research and …

Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a novel triple-junction perovskite/Si tandem solar cell that can achieve a certified world-record power conversion efficiency of 27.1 per cent across a solar energy absorption …

The Straits Times, 4 March 2024, The Big Story, Front PageThe New Paper, 4 March 2024

Lianhe Zaobao, 28 February 2024, p8

Fish is commonly consumed but many may not be aware that the food and aquaculture sectors generate a huge amount of fish scale waste from processes such as preparation, canning, filleting, salting and smoking. Disposal of fish scale waste in …

The Straits Times, 13 February 2024, Singapore, pA12 to pA14Beritan Harian Online, 13 February 2024Tamil Murasu, 13 February 2024, p3