#pandemics Berita
The global market for e-bikes is surging. These bicycles, usually equipped with pedals and an electric motor assist, are popular with consumers and commuters and are becoming part of local business delivery systems. The trend could significantly reduce particulate pollution and smog, as well as cut carbon emissions in the transportation sector.
Karbon & Iklim
SDGs in Asia – mind the widening gap
The Asia Pacific region lags significantly on all 17 SDGs, with setbacks in climate action and clean energy, amid UN struggles to motivate national governments.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
How China completely redefined a key energy target
By shifting the meaning of “energy intensity”, China has reduced its overall ambition and made the 2025 carbon-intensity goal harder to achieve.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Which Southeast Asian nations are best prepared for pandemics?
A health security index by the Asian Development Bank found that early investment in health infrastructure limited the impacts of Covid-19. Thailand topped the ranking. Vietnam did not score well, but prevented the highest number of cases.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Q&A: What does China’s ‘two sessions’ mean for climate policy in 2024?
#pandemics Opini
It's ironic that as scientific evidence on climate change and vaccines have become more compelling, public opinion on social media appears more divided.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Developing countries need debt relief to act on climate change
Climate change is not some distant menace; its effects are already being felt worldwide, especially in climate-vulnerable developing economies.
Transportasi
Aviation flying high on alternative sources of power
Transport is one of the world's biggest polluters, but on the path to net zero, aviation is reinventing itself, potentially building a new kind of jet age.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
To tackle the climate crisis, the Green Climate Fund needs serious money
Rich countries must step up with more investment in climate action to achieve a safe and prosperous future for all.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Rosy unemployment rates mask a grim reality
Kebijakan & Keuangan
How can fintech innovation supercharge global women's development?
Kebijakan & Keuangan
China’s climate diplomacy in a turbulent world
Karbon & Iklim
We can stop disaster risk spiralling out of control
#pandemics Video
Pangan & Agrikultur
Pandemics and the exploitation of wildlife — what’s the connection?
The origin of Covid-19 is believed to be a market selling live wild animals. Eco-Business asked Anbarasi Boopal of Singapore-based animal welfare charity Acres about the link between the exploitation of animals and pandemics, and what can be done to curb the illegal wildlife trade.
#pandemics Rilis Pers
Asian Development Bank
ADB forecasts developing Asia’s economy to grow 4.9 per cent in 2024
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
The future of global trade: UNCTAD announces first-ever Global Supply Chain Forum
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Climate change impacts severely impede SDGs: ADB-UN report
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN forum underscores need for collaborative action to ensure crisis resilient urban futures
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN forum opens with a resounding call to accelerate SDG action in South Asia
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
US$300 million ADB loan to boost Philippines' financial inclusion goals
#pandemics Riset
Eco-Business, supported by Boehringer Ingelheim
Moving towards a rabies-free Southeast Asia
Wunderman Thompson
Wunderman Thompson launches regeneration rising: Sustainable futures
WWF-Singapore
The business case for a UN treaty on plastic pollution
