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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Karbon & Iklim
India’s heat action plans overlook the vulnerable
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.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Bangladesh tests climate finance for disaster-hit communities
As rural Bangladeshis lose crops and homes to climate change impacts, insurance and microfinance could offer some protection.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
In crisis-hit Pakistan, rogue loan apps add to financial pain
As low-income Pakistanis fall foul of unscrupulous lending apps, complaints of fraud, data abuse and blackmail alarm authorities.
Bihar’s heat action plan contains important strategies but is underfunded and poorly implemented – a theme common across Indian states’ responses to the growing problem of extreme heat, experts say.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Modern slavery numbers soar to 50 million, driven by global crises
Kebijakan & Keuangan
As world's poor face 'compounding crises', what could curb risks?
Opini
Kebijakan & Keuangan
We need creative solutions to the sovereign debt and climate crises
Linking work on nature and climate goals to debt repayment could give indebted countries the space they need to build resilience.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
The World Bank in a new world
The World Bank is uniquely equipped to mobilise the financing needed to tackle global poverty and global warming, but efforts to mitigate climate change must not come at the expense of development. To address the root causes of poverty and economic slowdown, the Bank must undertake reforms in four areas.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Who gets squeezed by austerity?
The precarious nature of informal employment, together with often hazardous working conditions, leaves informal workers particularly vulnerable to health risks.
Pangan & Agrikultur
Food security is national security
According to the Brookings Institution, Africa spent around $43 billion on food imports in 2019. Due to the current inflationary environment, most recent estimates are probably higher.
Pangan & Agrikultur
Small-scale farmers feed the world, but we are at a breaking point
Kebijakan & Keuangan
There should be some tough talk on loss and damage at COP27
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
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.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Mining and the cost of the energy transition
Studio EB
Mining can come at great environmental cost, but is necessary to fuel the energy transition. Michael Salvatico from Trucost tells the Eco-Business podcast about the risk and opportunity confronting Australia's mining sector — and what it could mean for Asia Pacific.
