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7 August 2023

Jay Mariyappan Headshot Updated

Energy

Jay Mariyappan joins PetroChina International to lead its carbon and renewables division

Sulawesi, Indonesia paddy field

Carbon & Climate

'People of the forest': Indigenous Indonesians stake claim to land

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Food & Agriculture

Why the collapse of Russia-Ukraine Black Sea grain deal matters

China_Ecuador_debt_Xi Jinping_Lenin Moreno

Policy & Finance

Is China ready to play larger role in ‘debt-for-nature swaps’ to help nations facing climate and debt distress?

3 August 2023

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Policy & Finance

Why China and India disagree on green mineral supply chains

Tuna_Fishing_Deep_Sea_Mining

Water

‘Climate-altered’ Pacific could see conflict between tuna fishing and deep-sea mining

Workers in lorries in Singapore

Transport

Singapore not banning lorries for migrant worker transport despite accidents injuring dozens

2 August 2023

A palm oil plantation next to tropical forests in Indonesia.

Food & Agriculture

Palm oil plantations absorb more carbon than tropical forests, claims Indonesian palm lobbyist

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Energy

How to keep coal unprofitable in China

Sorghum_Women_India

Carbon & Climate

Warming world 'brutalises' women as heatwaves deepen gender divide

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Cities

Young Bangladeshis push for climate action but workers left out

1 August 2023

Cirebon plant worker 2014

Energy

No model to follow for early coal-phase out: ADB regional director

Deep-sea_Mining_Octopus_Equipment

Water

Deep-sea mining not essential for the energy transition, say activists as extraction talks stall

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Policy & Finance

As jobs law stalls, Philippines struggles to green economy

31 July 2023

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Manufacturing

Steel industry makes ‘pivotal’ shift towards lower-carbon production

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Carbon & Climate

New IPCC head says open climate 'toolbox' to keep 1.5°C goal alive

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Carbon & Climate

As El Niño fuels fire risk, Southeast Asia braces for haze crisis

Thomas Milburn, DBS

Policy & Finance

Thomas Milburn leaves Corporate Citizenship after 10 years to join Singapore bank DBS

28 July 2023

Heatwave_Cow_Ganges

Carbon & Climate

Record-breaking 2023 heat events are ‘not rare anymore’ due to climate change

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Food & Agriculture

Indonesia's cassava push leaves bitter taste in Borneo rainforest

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