11. Sustainable cities and communities
More than half of the world’s population now live in urban areas. By 2050, that figure will have risen to 6.5 billion people – two-thirds of all humanity. Extreme poverty is often concentrated in urban spaces, and national and city governments struggle to accommodate the rising population in these areas. Making cities safe and sustainable means ensuring access to safe and affordable housing, and upgrading slum settlements. Sustainable development cannot be achieved without significantly transforming the way we build and manage our urban spaces.
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Berita
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Poor nations have 'every right to be angry' on climate, says UN chief
Developing countries call for more support to fight global warming at a climate ambition summit which failed to attract the world's biggest emitters.
COP28 faces extra pressure to shift world from fossil fuels after many leaders criticise oil, coal and gas at UN climate summit.
As Bangladesh faces increasingly extreme weather from floods to storms, psychologists fear rise in anxiety and depression.
By continuing to approve new coal power plants and polluting factories, China’s local governments are courting future environmental and economic problems.
Opini
Unhappiness among villagers in Rempang, close to Batam island, has led to riots in Batam City and threatens existing and future foreign investment.
Karbon & Iklim
Exploring the intersection of business and our ecology
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.
Southeast Asia must prioritise climate resilience, encompassing adaptation and mitigation. The process must be strategically managed, informed by data and applied across a broad range of solutions.
There is already an existing solution to some of Jakarta’s urban pollution woes, but this requires the present government to more seriously revive and maintain the city’s much-needed green spaces.
Energi
Closing the clean tech gap
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Rosy unemployment rates mask a grim reality
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Thai investment in Laos hydropower reveals dire disconnect in the Mekong
Video
Kebijakan & Keuangan
'Environmental defenders are the glue of the Philippines’ democracy': Delikado director Karl Malakunas
The veteran journalist talks to Eco-Business about how his Emmy-nominated documentary depicts the lives of environmental crusaders in Asia's deadliest country for guardians of the seas and forests.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
As anti-mining protests heighten in the Philippines, industry observers call for ‘prudence’ in police intervention
Video footage appears to show protestors, who were demonstrating against mining operations, being dragged away by police near Ipilan Nickel Mine in Brooke’s Point, Palawan. Mining insiders are calling for maximum tolerance in similar standoffs.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
'We are not afraid': Locals in biodiversity-rich Philippine island fight back against nickel mine
Mining operations at Altai Philippines Mining Corporation have been suspended for now, after week-long protests from locals of Sibuyan Island in Romblon, who claimed the extraction of nickel ore will disrupt the island’s intact ecosystems.
After 20 years without electricity, more than 50 households in Cebu's poorest district have been provided with solar energy, financed by carbon offsets.
Podcasts
Pangan & Agrikultur
Dimsum from microbes, anyone?: How alternative proteins are cheaper, tastier and going local
Studio EB
What are the latest trends in the alternative proteins industry today? The Eco-Business podcast discusses new hybrid products, more localised offerings and cheaper prices due to economies of scale.
GoTo sustainability head Tanah Sullivan tells the Eco-Business Podcast that regulating net-zero claims would decarbonise Southeast Asia faster. Indonesia's biggest internet firm aims to cut emissions to zero by 2030 — a target critics say is unrealistic.
Can the hotels sector, traditionally resource-intensive and wasteful, reinvent itself and go green? Eco-Business asks two hospitality executives about balancing post-Covid recovery, and if luxury can be made compatible with sustainability.
Studio EB
The built environment's sprawling carbon footprint can be reined in by giving old buildings a 'climate makeover' as cities grow. The Eco-Business Podcast talks to Vinod Jethani about the benefits and challenges of retrofitting old buildings.
