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8 March 2024

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Policy & Finance

Internet shutdowns: Are we likely to see more in 2024?

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Energy

Schoolchildren in Zimbabwe drop out for lithium mines

Through the carbon offsetting function on its app, Grab neutralised the emissions of more than 43 million trips and saved about 30,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in 2022, the company claims. But these claims are based on carbon credits of questionable credibility, according to non-profit RimbaWatch. Image: Robin Hicks / Eco-Business

Transport

Ride-hailing app Grab's 'carbon neutral' travel fee risks greenwashing: NGO

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Manufacturing

Can joint financing for Asian manufacturers help clean up fast fashion’s supply chain?

7 March 2024

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Policy & Finance

Analysis: Trump election win could add 4 billion tonnes to US emissions by 2030

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Energy

Q&A: What does Biden’s LNG ‘pause’ mean for global emissions?

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Food & Agriculture

In rural India, climate migrants 'have hysterectomies to survive'

6 March 2024

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Transport

Two Sessions: EVs dominate Chinese provincial plans

Helge Muenkel, CSO, DBS

Policy & Finance

DBS updates coal policy to allow for managed phase-out; first Southeast Asian bank to do so

5 March 2024

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Energy

Will floating solar prove pivotal in archipelagic Philippines?

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Food & Agriculture

Indian farmers cut off as activists warn of pre-election blackouts

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Policy & Finance

India bets on green credits, but could they reward deforestation?

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Policy & Finance

Q&A: What does the EU ‘nature restoration’ law mean for climate and biodiversity?

4 March 2024

Women working on a palm oil plantation in Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Food & Agriculture

The skipped chapter of the sustainable palm oil story: Women smallholders

2 March 2024

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Policy & Finance

Singapore to offset a third of climate reporting costs for large non-listed companies

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Energy

Singapore’s upcoming LNG terminal faces no significant stranding risk from renewables push: minister

1 March 2024

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Carbon & Climate

Analysis: Record drop in China’s CO2 emissions needed to meet 2025 target

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Cities

Overworked and underpaid, Nepal's nurses quit jobs to head abroad

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Cities

India's X takedown orders prompt fears of pre-election crackdown

29 February 2024

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Food & Agriculture

Analysis: As farmers protest, India must urgently deal with its water crisis

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