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About four out of every five people impacted by sea-level rise by 2050 will live in East or Southeast Asia, creating an urgent need climate-smart solutions for cities. This year’s Innovate4Climate summit will look at the climate-smart solutions the region needs.
To raise awareness about plastic pollution in oceans, popular football club Manchester United has announced new uniforms made from recycled ocean plastic.
The new development - to be used for military exercises - will reclaim land using less sand, and introduces the city-state’s first sub-sea level polder.
Traditional landowners say a plan to store radioactive waste near sacred Aboriginal sites is a desecration of their heritage.
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News / Waste Management
Hong Kong single-use plastic ban stirs debate over affordability of alternatives
The city's disposable tableware ban which comes into force today has spooked small retailers who fret about the … -
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News / Waste Management
Petrochemicals lobby ‘spreading misinformation, false solutions’ as plastic treaty talks begin
Plastics lobbyists are pushing recycling as a remedy to the plastic crisis, which NGOs decry as a "false … -
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News / Carbon & Climate
South Pole and GenZero launch new centre to scale ‘high-impact first-of-a-kind’ carbon credits in Asia
Co-led by two senior South Pole staff, the Singapore-based Asia Centre of Carbon Excellence seeks to grow nascent … -
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News / Policy & Finance
How microloans exacerbate deforestation in Cambodia
Cambodia’s reliance on microloans, long touted as a way to reduce poverty, belies concerns over debt-fuelled deforestation. -
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News / Waste Management
Filipinos strongest supporters of plastic reduction ahead of UN treaty talks
Filipinos want efforts to tackle ocean pollution to focus on plastic production cuts, a survey by Greenpeace found … -
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News / Manufacturing
NGO links H&M and Zara cotton to deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado
Earthsight says Asian garment manufacturers supplying top fashion brands use cotton linked to land-grabbing in the Cerrado region.
