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As climate change makes heatwaves more frequent and severe in South Asia, India’s heat action plans offer pathways for adaptation, but experts say they lack necessary focus on vulnerable populations.

As talks start this week on a global pact to end plastic trash, informal waste pickers groups from Asia and Africa call to make social and economic benefits for those who earn a living from collecting recyclables to be part of the agenda.

High-voltage power lines are emerging as one of the main killers of birds in Nepal, affecting common species such as crows all the way to critically endangered vultures.

Rising temperatures, increased rain and less snowfall are changing the nature of snow in the Himalayas. One consequence is more frequent, more dangerous avalanches, researchers say.

Oleh Mohd Imran Khan

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Oleh Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

Thomson Reuters Foundation

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As countries prepare to meet this month to work on the first global agreement to end plastic pollution, the perspectives of South Asia must be heard loud and clear. Oleh Dharmesh Shah

As temperatures rise, the Himalayas are experiencing accelerated glacial melt. Unfortunately, the current reshuffling of the world order could overlook one of the most critical threats to global stability. Oleh Sophia Kalantzakos dan Kunda Dixit

It can provide a wider choice of green products such as energy saving appliances, e-vehicles, and sustainable building materials. Government departments can be mandated to purchase such products, and the aggregation of demand can nudge manufacturers to reduce the carbon footprint of their products and seek green certification. Oleh Jagan Shah

The precarious nature of informal employment, together with often hazardous working conditions, leaves informal workers particularly vulnerable to health risks. Oleh Christy Braham

Oleh Simon Zadek

Oleh Nidhi Menon dan Pooja Bhatia

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Oleh Sumant Sinha

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Studio EB There are vast mineral riches lying on the ocean floor that could help to power the energy transition, but is the environmental cost of extracting them worth the risk?

Produced and directed by Eco-Business managing editor Jessica Cheam and video journalist Fraser Morton, who journeyed to Norway earlier this year, the documentary has played to thousands of visitors at Marina Bay Sands’ ArtScience museum since its premiere on 4 October.

With a vision to end the drudgery of manual rickshaw pulling, social enterprise SMV Green is also helping restore clean air in one of India's most polluted cities through electric rickshaws.

Plastic pollution is a huge problem all over of the world. Will India's plastic roads be a solution?

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Studio EB Covid-19 didn't kill events, but it did change them. Teymoor Nabili and Veemal Gungadin tell the Eco-Business Podcast how a pandemic transformed the way sustainability events are conceived and organised.

"We have a choice about the speed of sea-level rise." The Eco-Business Podcast talks to climate scientist Professor Ben Horton about how close the world is to reaching crucial climate tipping points, and what can be done to stop runaway climate change.

The billion-dollar Gardens by the Bay project is built on 101 hectares of land in Marina Bay, the heart of Singapore's Central Business District.

Climate change is causing sea levels to rise at an alarming rate, and nowhere is more at risk than archipelagic Southeast Asia. Climate scientist Professor Benjamin Horton of the Earth Observatory of Singapore tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the risks of rising waters and what can be done to address the problem.

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