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19 May 2020

OmniMeat Luncheon

Food & Agriculture

Vegan luncheon meat launches in Hong Kong

South Korea farmers

Food & Agriculture

South Korea's farming culture points to the future for sustainable agriculture

coronavirus cape town

Cities

Cities hastily add pandemics to long list of 21st-century threats

18 May 2020

A protest against industrial pulpwood firm PT Wirakarya Sakti by villagers from Lubuk Mandarsah in Jambi, Sumatra. Image: Mongabay

Food & Agriculture

NGOs call on businesses to break off deals with APP after poison sprayed on villagers' crops in land dispute

sample of coronavirus

Carbon & Climate

Global push urged for Covid-19 vaccine could help climate too

Asian Palm Civet in Borneo, Malaysia

Carbon & Climate

As Covid-19 pandemic deepens, global wildlife treaty faces scrutiny

Brahmaputra festival India

Carbon & Climate

Global heating means a wetter and warmer world

15 May 2020

Yaowarat Road in Chinatown in Bangkok, Thailand

Policy & Finance

Digital lifeline for women running Asia's small businesses

Pelješac bridge Croatia

Policy & Finance

In Croatia, China’s building its bridge to Europe

14 May 2020

Coal power plant, Bangladesh

Energy

Bangladesh to double fossil fuel imports in coming decade as renewables lag behind

Dr Ashley Brooks has worked on one of the world's most ambitious conservation projects - to double the population of wild tigers by 2022. Image: Ashley Brooks

Carbon & Climate

24 hours with... WWF tiger conservationist Dr Ashley Brooks

Former World Bank and JP Morgan executive Kamran Khan, DB

Policy & Finance

Deutsche Bank hires Kamran Khan as first Asia Pacific head of ESG

bushfire victoria australia2

Carbon & Climate

As Australia’s logging ‘madness’ fuels more fires, will it hasten ecosystem collapse?

farmer thailand2

Corporate Responsibility

Thai social entrepreneurs helping ex-cons and farmers call for coronavirus cash

palm oil indonesia8

Food & Agriculture

Will Indonesia end smallholder guarantee meant to empower palm oil farmers?

13 May 2020

Clarisse Kehler Siebert, Nexus for Development

Carbon & Climate

Nexus for Development appoints Clarisse Kehler Siebert as executive director

HER Planet 1

Carbon & Climate

HER Planet Earth first all-female team to fatbike across Greenland

An advertisement for Dove soap.

Corporate Responsibility

Unilever has pioneered sustainable business for the last decade. But has it done enough?

Hambantota Port Sri Lanka

Carbon & Climate

China enters a new low-sulphur shipping era

Antartica meltwater drains into oceans

Waste

Plastic waste now litters Antarctic shore

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