Eco-Business

Urban heat islands can face higher temperatures than green or rural areas, increasing risk of illness and death for city residents.

As Western countries cut reliance on China for renewable energy technologies, shifting power dynamics could see other Asian nations like India and Indonesia emerge with bigger roles in the global green energy supply chain, says former UN sustainable investment envoy.

For the partnerships to support developing nations to move towards clean energy, the criteria for receiving finance need streamlining.

Birding clubs in Kashmir have reported a post-pandemic surge in interest, potentially bringing long-term gains for the region’s biodiversity.

Oleh Simrin Sirur

Oleh Arathi Menon

Oleh Robin Hicks

Oleh Vanshika Lohia

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Founder and managing director Jessica Cheam investigates the relationship between business and our natural world, and shares about the genesis of Eco-Business in this book chapter contribution to 'Peace and Nature', a book compilation of 50 essays and edited by Professor Tommy Koh, Lye Lin Heng and Shawn Lum launched in Singapore recently. Oleh Jessica Cheam

Recovery is being led by high-income countries, with low-income countries lagging far behind, worsening the global employment divide. Oleh Olivier De Schutter

An Indian policy getting banks to open branches in underserved districts could be linked to lower rates of acute illnesses and pregnancy risks, and higher vaccination rates. The model could work for improving education globally too. Oleh Kim Fe Cramer

Children on railway damaged by Pakistan floods 2010

Forced migration is a major cause of language extinction. Environmental disasters are driving these displacements in the very regions richest in languages. Oleh Anouschka Foltz

Oleh Abdul Waheed Bhutto

Oleh Chirag Dhara dan Roxy Mathew Koll

Oleh Bertrand Badré dan Peter Blair Henry

Oleh Liu Yuanling

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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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