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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.
Bandar-bandar
Nepal has ‘world’s highest’ lung disease death rate
Chronic obstructive lung disease is mainly due to environmental causes, but in poor Asian countries, smoking and indoor pollution from cooking are the leading causes.
A survey of advertising and PR executives in Australia finds discomfort among young people asked to create campaigns for big polluters. But how pervasive are these views elsewhere in a region still heavily dependent on fossil fuels?
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Hong Kong single-use plastic ban stirs debate over affordability of alternatives
The city's disposable tableware ban which comes into force today has spooked small retailers who fret about the … -
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Petrochemicals lobby ‘spreading misinformation, false solutions’ as plastic treaty talks begin
Plastics lobbyists are pushing recycling as a remedy to the plastic crisis, which NGOs decry as a "false … -
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Berita / Polisi & Kewangan
How microloans exacerbate deforestation in Cambodia
Cambodia’s reliance on microloans, long touted as a way to reduce poverty, belies concerns over debt-fuelled deforestation. -
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Berita / Pembuatan
NGO links H&M and Zara cotton to deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado
Earthsight says Asian garment manufacturers supplying top fashion brands use cotton linked to land-grabbing in the Cerrado region. -
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Pendapat / Pegurusan Sisa Kumbahan
UN Plastics Treaty: What can we learn from other international environmental agreements?
Applying lessons from the Montreal Protocol and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will forge an … -
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Berita / Pegurusan Sisa Kumbahan
How can the world use less plastic and reduce pollution?
As UN talks in Canada seek global plastics treaty, research says levels of plastic waste have become unmanageable.
