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Philippine Asean chairship pressed to deepen cooperation against illegal trade, including fuel, wildlife
The European Union-Asean Business Council called on the Phillippines to steer member states into strengthening licensing and oversight frameworks for high risk goods like fuel, wildlife, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, and alcohol.
Karbon & Cuaca
Amid industry decline, Asia’s media struggles to answer a hard question – should we stop accepting fossil fuel advertising?
No publisher in Asia has publicly rejected Big Oil ad dollars to date, and most provide a platform for fossil fuel brands, described by UN chief Antonio Guterres as "godfathers of climate chaos". Journalists and news consumers believe dirty energy advertising discredits climate-related content, but support for a tobacco-style ad ban is limited.
Polisi & Kewangan
WHO calls on Asian countries to quit tobacco farming
WHO advises Asian countries to stop subsidising tobacco farms and grow rice and vegetables instead. Asian countries devote more than a million hectares to tobacco cultivation.
Karbon & Cuaca
11 times sustainability wasn’t very funny in 2022
Eco-Business looks back at the handful of times the gloomy world of sustainability was amusing, sort of, in 2022.
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Oil shocks and crashes: where are we headed with the 2026 crisis?
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Tourism boom in Goa has locals fighting to save their land and water
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