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Energy End-use Trilemma - Energy Efficiency, Thermal Comfort and Productivity - Post-COVID-19

16 June 2020
As we emerge from the months of personal physical isolation to the gradual process of regaining productivity at work, we are likely to face numerous challenges in securing a workspace with reduced risks of infection. This presentation seeked to highlight the technical challenges and contradictions…

Toxic Waste Control: Control of Biohazardous Wastes

6 April 2020
Guidance from the Government of Singapore on the handling of infectious medical waste.

Building a Community of Integrity Champions: Collaborating with the Private Sector

9 December 2019
Corruption remains the biggest challenge in the ASEAN region. This presentation shares how members of the ASEAN CSR Network are working together to say no to corruption.

Netatech Pte Ltd

28 October 2019
Netatech Pte Ltd developed CrowdFarmX, the world's first cooperative farming platform on the blockchain. The goal of CrowdFarmX is to overcome the world's food crisis by facilitating smallholder farmers' direct access to best-practice farming protocols, monitoring, and control of their farms to…

UN Commits to Help Pacific island Agriculture Adapt and Survive Climate Crisis

28 October 2019
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) pledged to work hand in hand with the people of the Pacific to improve nutrition, and mitigate the worst effects of climate change, which pose an existential threat to many island nations across the region.

Breakout Session Results

8 October 2019
Andrew Raine and Matthew Baird led a session which aimed to formulate a regional strategy for Pacific judiciaries. With Mentimeter, the facilitators gathered the participants' thoughts about the (i) setting up of a judicial secondment or exchange program between Asia, Pacific, and other…

Sustainable Infrastructure Development Strategies (SIDS) for SIDS

8 October 2019
Sonia Chand Sandhu talked about the sustainability challenge, response to environmental degradation and climate change, total asset management approach, core problems and sustainable solutions for coastal cities, and the role of judges in upholding the rule of law.

Judicial Cooperation and the Way Forward

8 October 2019
Andrew Raine and Matthew Baird discussed the results of the breakout session and identified three key actions moving forward, namely: (i) the development of judicial capacity building tools, such as manuals, judges' certification or training, and green benches, environmental courts or environmental…

Passoon

8 October 2019
Passoon is a short profile of a young climate activist in Dir, Pakistan named Manal Shad. In Pashto, Passoon means to rise up for a cause, and this film documents climate activism from rural Pakistan which tends to be overlooked internationally. Women in developing countries are disproportionately…

Sustainability of Climate Mitigation and Adaptation: Resource Depletion

8 October 2019
Sarah Jehaan Khan highlighted the role of women in addressing environmental and climate challenges. Their dependence on natural resources leads to both their vulnerability and their being valuable source of solutions. It is important that they are trained in four eco-friendly methods that tackle…