#poverty Berita
'TB champions' are a key plank in India's programme to end tuberculosis, but their work has stalled with the halt in USAID funding.
The “wealthiest 10 per cent” of people on the planet are “responsible” for 65 per cent of the 0.61°C increase in global average temperatures over 1990-2020, according to new research.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Is it possible to work with China for development?
‘Trilateral cooperation’ with China has a surprisingly rich history. Does it have a future too?
It will be the foundation’s first office in Southeast Asia. Speaking at the annual Ecosperity conference convened by Singapore state investor Temasek, the American billionaire philanthropist also said the Trump-led pushback on climate will subside.
Karbon & Iklim
Global warming weighs heaviest on those who can’t escape it
#poverty Opini
Kebijakan & Keuangan
How to defuse the climate-debt time bomb for small island states
We need innovative solutions to allow small island nations to manage debt and build climate resilience as global funding declines.
Pangan & Agrikultur
Why Donald Trump’s trade tariffs are a threat to global food security
Donald Trump’s tariffs risk driving up global food and fertiliser prices, deepening food insecurity in developing countries already struggling with poverty, climate shocks and market volatility.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Street vendors are workers – they should have workers’ rights
Street vendors work together to fight multiple challenges but they should not have to stand alone: governments must do more.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Philanthropy in an era of declining development aid
Some want philanthropy to fill the gap, and others have shamed governments for stepping back. The former is unrealistic, while the latter ineffective. But even with constrained budgets, governments can provide assistance to scale up proven solutions.
Perkotaan
Mapping India’s geography of inequality
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Financial inclusion must reach the last billion
Perkotaan
India needs to redefine 'urban'
#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
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
How cleaner production bolsters economic resilience in developing countries
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Human development progress slows to 35-year low: UNDP report
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Bridging peace and development at Japan-UNDP dialogue
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
The poor, vulnerable risk being overlooked in escalating trade tensions
