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Carbon & Climate
From gold to green: Can the Paris 2024 Olympics slash emissions?
Organisers of the Paris Games have pledged to cut planet-heating emissions in half but how will they deliver on this ambition?
Filipinos want efforts to tackle ocean pollution to focus on plastic production cuts, a survey by Greenpeace found ahead of the penultimate meeting for the first ever pact on plastic trash. But environmentalists fret that negotiators are prioritising waste recovery instead.
The region’s per-capita burden is low but its recycling laws cannot handle the sheer volume of junked phones and fridges. Globally, improperly discarded gadgets, including solar panels, add to a mounting health and environmental crisis.
Waste
Why Southeast Asia’s growing waste problem presents huge opportunity for climate tech start-ups
EB Studio
With Asean contributing to roughly 25 per cent of waste worldwide, innovative tech solutions could help to manage waste and prevent refuse from contaminating the environment. While more climate tech start-ups are eager to drive change, many still lack support, exposure, and a platform to grow.
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