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1. No poverty
While extreme poverty has eased considerably since 1990, pockets of the worst forms of poverty persist. Ending poverty requires universal social protection systems aimed at safeguarding all individuals throughout the life cycle. It also requires targeted measures to reduce vulnerability to disasters and to address specific underserved geographic areas within each country.
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Pangan & Agrikultur
Homestead farming is empowering Indigenous women in central India
Women in Mandla, Madhya Pradesh are becoming leaders of their homestead farms.
Displaced by coastal erosion, people began moving to Bagapatia in the 2010s, but continue to decry the village’s inadequate and dangerous conditions.
Pangan & Agrikultur
India’s pesticide reforms overlooks human health
India’s pesticide industry has grown into a multi-billion-rupee sector, even as concerns over health, environmental and food safety have intensified.
Study of 1,100 Singapore companies by the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre reveals broad belief in corporate responsibility, but only 30 per cent of firms participate in society-related impact areas – an area of potential growth.
Pangan & Agrikultur
Climate, pests and pollution fuel crop losses across India
Pangan & Agrikultur
Kerala Adivasi families emancipated by growing yam, tapioca
Kebijakan & Keuangan
How to improve Chinese farmers’ resilience to climate change
Opini
Kerala’s experience in fighting poverty holds some important lessons for developing Asean countries. The Indian state removed severe destitution by addressing nutritional, health and educational needs.
Pangan & Agrikultur
War and weather show how fragile food systems are - we must act
In Gaza and parts of Africa, we've seen how vulnerable food systems can be and we must act urgently to strengthen them worldwide.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
India’s climate diplomacy must account for domestic inequalities
Economic liberalisation in India has shifted the emissions burden from more equal and developed states to less equal ones. This needs to change.
Karbon & Iklim
COP30 must do good, not just avoid harm
As the host of this year's UN Climate Change Conference, Brazil seeks to make COP30 the “COP of implementation.” Translating commitments into robust action should include providing indigenous peoples with direct access to predictable and sustainable finance, and treating them as equal partners, rather than as beneficiaries.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
While the West retreats, Asia powers ahead on sustainable finance
Video
Studio EB
What has been the effect of this agribusiness company's dual-income policy on the households of its Indonesian workers?
Pangan & Agrikultur
For Southeast Asia’s migrant fishers, modern slavery is still alive on the high seas
On International Human Rights Day, Greenpeace releases shocking testimonies from Southeast Asian migrants working on board foreign fishing vessels, plying the remote waters to meet Asia's surging demand for seafood.
The Philippine government has begun the process of relocating more than 200,000 families living along waterways to restore Manila Bay, the main body of water in the capital.
Transportasi
A social venture on the road to improve lives, reduce emissions with electric rickshaws
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.
Podcasts
Studio EB
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.
Studio EB
Eco-Business talks to 'Aulani Wilhelm of Conservation International about why a plan to protect the ocean is critical, and why it might just work.
The World Economic Forum – best known for its Annual Meeting in Davos since 1971 – has been a dynamic platform bringing together the best in business, politics and society to shape global industry agendas. How is WEF helping to shape China’s economic goals alongside its environmental and societal priorities?
Pangan & Agrikultur
Can plant-based diets save the planet?
Humanity and the planet are suffering from a serious case of food poisoning. Eco-Business spoke to Brent Loken, WWF's global lead food scientist, about how changes to our diet can help fix our broken food system, and restore our health and the planet's strained ecosystems.
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