Eco-Business

After a year of war between Israel and Hamas, Gazans have endured daily traumas that will scar them for life.

The sandy beaches of South Lebanon are a crucial nesting ground for sea turtles. This year, 2,500 sea turtle hatchlings safely reached the Mediterranean from Al-Mansouri Beach, a key nesting site near the city of Tyre, according to a volunteer group that has been tending the beach and its turtles for two decades.

While this year’s forum is the first to include civil society talks, NGOs say the China-based multilateral bank did not give them control over the agenda. Doubts have also been cast on the efficacy of AIIB's accountability mechanism for environmental and social issues, which has rejected all five complaints to date.

The Philippine government has approved 99 hydropower projects in the mountainous Cordillera region, part of a broader plan to rely on renewable energy sources for 35 per cent of the country’s power by 2030.

Oleh Isis Sartori Reis, Tom Baxter

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Oleh Ashley Yeong

Oleh Spoorthy Raman

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Funders put billions into the ‘blue economy’ but are ignoring its core principles of equity and sustainability, says Essam Yassin Mohammed. Oleh Essam Yassin Mohammed

What role can technology play in Indigenous land conservation around the world? Oleh Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez dan Amy Coughenour Betancourt

Activists calling for climate finance COP27

The International Court of Justice should address investment protection in its advisory opinion on states’ duty to take climate action. Oleh Lorenzo Cotula dan Camilla More

Despite Thailand’s energy surplus, the country continues to support environmentally damaging hydropower in Laos, revealing just how removed financers are from the impacts of their investments. Oleh Ming Li Yong

Oleh Tarja Halonen dan Hindou Oumarou

Oleh Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

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Oleh Veryl Hasan

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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.

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.

Dr Jane Goodall, known for her pioneering study of chimpanzees nearly 60 years ago in Tanzania, continues her work to conserve nature in Africa by joining an expedition to protect the continent’s highest peak.

As the UN climate change conference enters its crucial final days, global social media campaign #EarthtoParis wants to send a strong message to world leaders: Make this the turning point against climate change.

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Civic groups charge that an anti-foreign interference bill will muzzle civil society. How can activists safely advocate for human rights? Eco-Business asked Vanessa Ho from Project X and Fair Finance Asia's Bernadette Victorio.

Pro-miners argue that deep-sea mining is essential to enable the energy transition. On the Eco-Business podcast, Sian Owen of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition argues why nature's last frontier should be protected, not exploited.

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