#poverty Berita
Pangan & Agrikultur
Climate disasters deepen food insecurity in the Punjab
Following devastating floods that destroyed crops in the breadbasket region of India and Pakistan, food insecurity continues to loom large.
India's shift to licensed recycling to gain critical minerals takes away work from informal hubs like Delhi's Seelampur district.
The government has recorded multiple environmental violations at the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park, but locals are yet to see action.
After decades of industrial pollution, the people of Talcher now face economic decline after the thermal power plant closure, underscoring how poorly managed transitions worsen social and environmental vulnerabilities.
Pangan & Agrikultur
Chinese market boosts Brazilian coffee exports and tests small producers
#poverty Opini
Karbon & Iklim
How to measure climate progress
Ending reliance on oil, coal, and gas, and embracing technologies that will only improve and become cheaper over time, is not just smart climate policy. It is the best way to improve economic competitiveness and human prosperity for decades to come.
Researchers found that people in poorer communities face a far higher risk of death from diseases after typhoons – with limited healthcare access and flooding from heavy rainfall worsening the impacts.
Deadly protests by youths in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal show how lack of attention to inclusive development can fuel public anger.
Nepal’s Gen Z–led uprising, sparked by a social media ban and fuelled by anger over corruption, inequality and joblessness, toppled the government and opened an uncertain path toward political reform.
Perkotaan
Hashtags hurt, hashtags heal too
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Financing for development must account for women
Kebijakan & Keuangan
India’s digital divide and the consequent welfare bias
#poverty Video
Launched as policymakers lock horns with petrochemicals lobbyists over a treaty to end plastic pollution, the documentary produced by Eco-Business asks why opportunities to solve humanity's waste crisis are being wasted. It will premiere in Singapore and screen on the sidelines of the upcoming COP28 climate summit.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
‘No income, insufficient aid’ for Oriental Mindoro fisherfolk after oil spill: Research group
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.
After 20 years without electricity, more than 50 households in Cebu's poorest district have been provided with solar energy, financed by carbon offsets.
Southeast Asia's largest energy consumer has been slow to transition to renewables, but recent policies point to greater expansion of the country's solar, tidal and geothermal energy production.
#poverty Podcasts
Kebijakan & Keuangan
‘Never give in to fear’: Nobel peace prize nominee and Filipino Indigenous leader Vicky Tauli Corpuz
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.
#poverty Rilis Pers
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Poorest nations will see sharp drop in crop yields, impacting human development: UNDP
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Amid rising heat, sustainable cooling can slash emissions and save trillions of dollars
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Food Waste Breakthrough launches to help cities halve food waste, cut methane emissions and reduce hunger
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Nearly 80% of the world's poor live in regions exposed to climate hazards: report
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Environmental damage in Gaza harming human health, threatening long-term food, water security: UNEP
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Myanmar’s youth 'on hold' as education and employment crisis deepens
