Eco-Business

For a decade, solar power has been bringing opportunities to China’s villages. What does that mean today?

Despite a history of flooding and forecasts of heavy La Niña rains, the Thai city of Hat Yai received little effective warning before floodwaters surged last November to devastating levels.

The move reclassifies electronic waste under absolute prohibition to tighten border controls and curb environmental risks in the country amid recent corruption probes.

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Small-scale mining in developing Asian economies bring new challenges to the fight against mercury pollution and its lasting harms.

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Oleh Keith Anthony Fabro

Oleh Siva Selan

Oleh Aisiri Amin

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As climate change and great-power rivalry intensify, oceans are emerging as a geopolitical frontier – testing whether diplomacy can manage rising tensions over shipping routes, seabed minerals and fishing grounds. Oleh Hossain Ahmed Taufiq dan Jonas Gamso

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. Oleh Vinod Thomas dan Jayant Menon

COP30 agreed to triple adaptation finance, but the fashion industry needs adaptation measures now. Oleh Jason Judd dan Kalpona Akter

Economic liberalisation in India has shifted the emissions burden from more equal and developed states to less equal ones. This needs to change. Oleh Prakash Kashwan dan Ashok Swain

Oleh Eileen Mairena Cunningham

Oleh Akhilendra Pratap Singh

Oleh Hamish Clarke

Oleh Deepanshu Mohan, Ankur Singh dan Anania Singhal

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Studio EB As Malaysia forges ahead with its 2050 net zero climate ambition, businesses must reshape their supply chains for a low carbon future. This Eco-Business video looks at how SMEs can adapt to new sustainability reporting requirements.

A coalition of scientists and environmentalists found “widespread economic impacts” for communities in the Philippine province, heightening calls for accountability from the sunken tanker reportedly chartered by a San Miguel Corp subsidiary.

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.

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Trash piled high at the Bantar Gebang landfill in Bekasi, near Jakarta.

The head of waste management non-profit Ocean Recovery Alliance tells the EB Podcast that recycled content mandates will drive the circular economy better than caps on virgin plastic production. Brands should be pressured more than petrochemical producers to phase out unnecessary plastics, he says.

The sea-level rise expert has moved to Hong Kong – now seen as a gateway to more collaboration with China on climate science. But he tells the EB Podcast that data from US agencies is still critical for calculating climate defences in Asia.

In celebration of Indigenous Peoples' month in the Philippines, the former United Nations special rapporteur tells the Eco-Business Podcast about her lifelong work to empower communities in Asia’s most dangerous country for environmental defenders.

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