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As online platforms expand throughout the country, red tagging and fabricating Indigenous consent can spread faster, enabling land grabs and rights abuses against Indigenous Peoples, found research by nonprofit Asia Centre.
The US will be a major influence at the global COP30 climate summit in Brazil in November, whether it attends or not.
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Lobby group rep raises alarm at HK event with ‘denialist’ claim that plastics don’t harm humans or marine ecosystems
Comments made by materials scientist Chris DeArmitt that plastics are not toxic and their impact on ecosystems has been overstated became the centre of debate at the ReThink sustainability conference. An NGO appealed to DeArmitt's audience to carefully review the science.
Disinformation on solar and wind energy, fueled by Trump, has stalled projects in the West. In Asia, the world's most fossil fuels-dependent region, renewables misinformation has helped to slow the energy transition.
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Singapore launches coalition to boost demand for high-integrity carbon credits
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As sustainability retreats, Singapore youths face a green jobs reality check
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Southeast Asia sees $540 billion in planned green power, but over a third of clean energy investment at risk: study
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China’s new hydrogen push could be a step towards cleaner steel
The new five-year plan and a pilot scheme signal China is getting serious about green hydrogen, with steelmaking … -
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Japan launches programme to cut data centre emissions as AI power demand surges
Government-backed scheme will fund low-carbon cooling and optimisation technologies as rising AI-driven electricity use raises concerns over emissions, … -
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Short term renewables, long term gas: investors are turning to fossils for returns, finds survey
Asian institutions are caught between pressure to follow returns from fossil fuels and the risk of climate-related litigation, …
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