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26 September 2018

Plastic litter washed up on the coasts of Sabah, Malaysia. Image: WWF-Malaysia

Waste

Malaysia to ban single-use plastic

25 September 2018

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Energy

Standard Chartered Bank quits coal

Drone image shows Greenpeace activists unfurling a banner reading "Drop Dirty Palm Oil Now" at the Wilmar International refinery in Bitung, North Sulawesi.

Food & Agriculture

Activists scale Wilmar refineries to protest deforestation in Indonesia

meat lady

Food & Agriculture

Asia's appetite for meat spells 'environmental destruction'—are there better ways to produce food?

19 September 2018

Experts from industry and civil society discuss the role of women in advancing the climate agenda in a panel titled 'Tackling Climate Change: Designing ASEAN's sustainable future.' Image: Women's Forum / Sipa Press

Carbon & Climate

Women's voices key to carving a sustainable future

Singapore's 'City in a Garden' plan has seen a network of parks, nature reserves and greened buildings span the 70 kilometre-squared island—but the country has just 0.5 per cent primary forest cover left. Image: Eco-Business

Green Buildings

Can Singapore, the city in a garden, grow into a city in nature?

14 September 2018

An energy-efficient cooler from Airbitat was one of the exhibits at the Sustainable Solutions Expo. Image: UN Global Compact Network Singapore

Lifestyle

More Asian firms are selling sustainability—but are consumers buying it?

13 September 2018

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Policy & Finance

Starting the digital revolution in sustainability

12 September 2018

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Policy & Finance

Criminalisation and violence used to silence indigenous protest — UN report

11 September 2018

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Carbon & Climate

The promise and peril of blockchain

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Cities

With more data, Asia Pacific can build more resilient cities

10 September 2018

urban farm hydroponics

Food & Agriculture

Why we need to rethink how we produce food

4 September 2018

His Excellency Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister, Sri Lanka delivering the keynote address. Image: SIWW

Water

Singapore International Water Week 2018: A milestone in water

3 September 2018

A burning peatland inside the area palm oil concession of PT Sumatera Unggul Makmur in West Kalimantan on 22 August 2018. Image: Greenpeace

Carbon & Climate

Deforestation is a bigger climate threat than 'green' coal, says Indonesian official

lady at the well in Maharashtra

Water

Squeezing profits from a dry rock: Business models for a water-scarce world

29 August 2018

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Food & Agriculture

Rising carbon levels threaten diets of hundreds of millions of poor

28 August 2018

The Conscious Festival by Green is the New Black was held in Hong Kong early this year, bringing together local and international brands that promote sustainable lifestyle and consumption choices. Image: Green Is The New Black Asia

Lifestyle

Will sustainability ever trump price for Asian consumers?

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Water

Half the world's schools lack clean water, toilets and handwashing

27 August 2018

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Food & Agriculture

Hungry and overweight: what's being done about Asia’s nutrition paradox?

21 August 2018

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Energy

Laos dam disaster hasn't dampened region's thirst for hydropower

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