2. Zero hunger
After a prolonged decline, world hunger appears to be on the rise again. Conflict, drought and disasters linked to climate change are among the key factors causing this reversal in progress. It is time to rethink how we grow, share and consume our food. If done right, agriculture, forestry and fisheries can provide nutritious food for all and generate decent incomes, while supporting people-centred rural development and protecting the environment.
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Ideas from Vietnam and the Netherlands claimed the grand prizes at the sustainability innovation competition for the first time.
He was drawing from a buzz phrase made popular by the Chinese, which means doing the bare minimum to get by. Avoid complacency but don’t adopt "catastrophic thinking", says Tharman Shanmugaratnam at the Ecosperity sustainability conference.
An analysis of public health data in Cambodia has found increased rates of malnutrition among children born in areas where deforestation had recently occurred.
Problematic switches to shrimp farming in areas of rising salinity in India and Bangladesh underline the need for political reform.
Pangan & Agrikultur
Recipes for sustainable food systems
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Don't forget women in new UN climate fund, policymakers urged
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Fasting is a key part of Ramadan, but for many Muslims, climate change is making food scarce all year
Many Muslim-majority populations live in areas considered to be most vulnerable to climate impacts. The World Food Program says the practice of abstaining from food has become an ongoing reality for millions throughout the year.
Pangan & Agrikultur
Making AI work for food security in Asean
To leverage artificial intelligence to address Southeast Asia's growing threats to food security in light of climate change, the region needs to build capacity, improve financing access and alleviate risks for technology users.
Pangan & Agrikultur
Women bear the brunt of Asia’s climate failures
What does the future hold for the millions of women left to work in Asia's agriculture sector battling a climate in collapse?
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Rich countries must compensate the Global South for biodiversity loss
Wealthy nations’ overconsumption is destroying nature, but is often not accounted for by ‘loss and damage’.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
My country needs climate finance now to face difficult years ahead
Pangan & Agrikultur
Decarbonising our food
Karbon & Iklim
Planning for a future beyond 1.5°C
Karbon & Iklim
Gender justice is climate justice
Video
Pangan & Agrikultur
Singaporeans love food, but are they valuing food enough?
Studio EB
Singaporeans are well-known foodies, but around 800,000 tonnes of food is wasted every year. Why is so much food wasted, and what can consumers do about it?
Pangan & Agrikultur
Can palm oil plantations be elephant-friendly?
From conflict to co-existence: Earthworm Foundation has come up with a solution to managing human-elephant conflict in palm oil plantations in Sabah.
Pangan & Agrikultur
Mission Impossible: Satisfying Asia’s meat appetite with plant-based food?
Can Impossible Foods, the plant-based food tech company from California, take a bite out of Asia's growing appetite for meat? Eco-Business spoke to founder Pat Brown to find out.
Pangan & Agrikultur
Expansion of oil palm plantations into forests appears to be changing local diets in Indonesia
With no forests, people lose access to wild food and are forced to purchase more unhealthy food, including packaged foods.
Podcasts
Pangan & Agrikultur
Looking past the label: the nutritionists’ guide to plant-based milk
Studio EB
Plant-based milks have grown in popularity in recent years, driven by a combination of health, environmental and practical concerns. Nutritionists on the Eco-Business podcast, produced in association with Kerry, weigh the pros and cons of non-dairy milk.
Pangan & Agrikultur
Plant-based protein – fad or the future?
Studio EB
The booming alternative protein sector has experienced turbulence this year. The Eco-Business Podcast asks if growth in plant-based meat alternatives can go the distance.
Karbon & Iklim
Relentless work, for no money: Southeast Asian climate scientists share their IPCC experience
What's it like co-writing a 3,500 page report on the dangers of climate change with hundreds of scientists worldwide, over Zoom calls during a pandemic? Eco-Business speaks to authors from the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore who were in the thick of the action.
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.
