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‘Heat is no equaliser’: Women and households may be forced to bear cost of Super El Niño
UN Women warns climate shocks can push more unpaid work and health risks onto households, while WHO says months of advance warning should be used to strengthen public systems before pressures escalate.
Extreme heat is becoming a workplace health crisis for Bangladesh’s garment workers amid rising temperatures and prolonged heat waves, increasing concerns about occupational heat exposure.
Makanan & Pertanian
South Korea tightens migrant fisher safeguards, but advocates say they fall short
South Korea has recently revamped national guidelines on human trafficking to make it easier for law enforcement officials to spot and stop forced labour and other abuses in the fishing industry.
Hong Kong’s heat stress warning system has been widely criticised as ineffective, failing to raise alerts even when temperatures hit a record high.
Polisi & Kewangan
Critical minerals race goes far beyond green energy: report
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Polisi & Kewangan
Decolonising economics means questioning where its ideas came from
Decolonising economics challenges Eurocentric assumptions and extractive systems while elevating Global South perspectives and alternative models of economic development.
Workers’ suffering is an integral part of the fisheries system, say four experts.
COP30 agreed to triple adaptation finance, but the fashion industry needs adaptation measures now.
Polisi & Kewangan
India’s climate diplomacy must account for domestic inequalities
Economic liberalisation in India has shifted the emissions burden from more equal and developed states to less equal ones. This needs to change.
Polisi & Kewangan
Street vendors are workers – they should have workers’ rights
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Asbestos: Singapore's toxic past is catching up with it
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City where the promise of good health turns to ash
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Andrew Buay, vice president for group corporate sustainability at Singtel, tells the EB Podcast that CSOs should not be precious about losing part of their job as the function evolves.
Karbon & Cuaca
Competence greenwashing: Are questionable ESG credentials putting climate goals at risk?
Former Monetary Authority of Singapore sustainability chief Darian McBain and recruiter Paddy Balfour tell the Eco-Business podcast why people are exaggerating their ESG expertise and why that's a problem in a key region for sustainable development.
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International Labour Organization
Youth unemployment rises as young people face a harder road to decent work
Wilmar International Limited
Wilmar extends sustainability leadership with fifth consecutive inclusion in Dow Jones Best-in-Class World Index
the World Bank Group
Women’s economic opportunity laws only half-enforced globally: study
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