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The Global Wetland Outlook 2025 reveals alarming wetland losses since 1970 and outlines key actions needed to protect and restore these critical ecosystems before mid-century.

Historical emitters should face legal consequences, argues the country's attorney general Arnold Kiel Loughman.

As climate change brings record heatwaves, architects are innovating to keep temperatures down in the classroom.

PromptZero claims to be able to trim AI-generated text to lower emissions, as experts explore how artificial intelligence can both contribute to and help manage environmental risks.

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The increasing presence of microplastics in the bodies of birds poses a global challenge. By Syed Shariq Hussein

We must accelerate decisive action on climate change that protects health because the climate crisis is a health crisis. By Katrín Jakobsdóttir

Against a backdrop of global uncertainty and questions about whether multilateral processes can still deliver, the countries represented at the latest UN Ocean Conference were largely united on the need for a more ambitious response to the challenges facing our ocean. Here is what needs to happen now. By John F Kerry

To enable cities to adapt to extreme heat, authorities must clearly understand the risks and which solutions work best for whom. By Pablo Lazo and Eric Mackres

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Launched as policymakers lock horns with petrochemicals lobbyists over a treaty to end plastic pollution, the documentary produced by Eco-Business asks why opportunities to solve humanity's waste crisis are being wasted. It will premiere in Singapore and screen on the sidelines of the upcoming COP28 climate summit.

Watch: Singapore researchers are trying to give banana skins and coconut husks a new lease of life in water purification kits that can be used in disaster situations. They could one day also be used in the manufacture of batteries.

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Do children ask the toughest questions? This World Oceans Day, we get renowned oceanographer Dr Sylvia Earle, founder of Mission Blue, to field questions from curious kids on the mysteries of the deep.

Exclusive In this exclusive interview to mark Earth Day, Eco-Business speaks to Dr Sylvia Earle, oceanographer and founder of Mission Blue, who draws the link between our climate crisis and the health of our oceans.

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In a new series 'On the frontlines' that spotlights the challenges facing corporate changemakers, the sustainability chief for the Indian conglomerate argues that while language around ESG has become muddled, this should not prevent climate action.

EB Studio Plastic waste is flooding the planet. Instead of waiting for regulation to drive change, give value to recyclables and mobilise the people, says Plastic Bank.

Eyes are on whether the city’s plan to build the world’s “greenest highway” will take off. The Eco-Business Podcast speaks to Marwa Nahlawi from Diamond Developers, the real estate developer behind Dubai's "Sustainable City" brand, which adopts a similar green spine concept.

"We are already at 1.1°C of warming – a matter of life and death for the Global South", says Professor Winston Chow, the recently appointed co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's working group on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.

The Singapore scientist, recently elected to the UN's top climate body, tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the precarious state of climate adaptation in developing Asia. The region is not well-prepared to manage the cascading risks of extreme climate events, he says.

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