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Food & Agriculture
Cash crop boom in Bangladesh’s hills puts ecosystems at risk
The hill districts in the Chittagong region in Bangladesh have seen a large-scale switch from the traditional shifting agriculture, or jhum, to more profitable cash crop cultivation in recent years.
Policy & Finance
Asia-Pacific set to miss most UN development goals as environmental decline deepens, report warns
Advances in health and industry are being overwhelmed by declines in climate action, biodiversity and marine conservation.
Carbon & Climate
Five climate adaptation ideas to watch in 2026
Local adaptation models are being used to redesign community responses to climate change.
Policy & Finance
How LGBTQ+ rights funding collapsed in 2025
The US and other countries cut funding for LGBTQ+ rights as a global backlash spreads, but activists vow to keep up their work.
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19 December 2025
Manufacturing
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Q&A: ‘Pakistan will have to adapt to floods as the new normal’
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Manufacturing
Q&A: How fashion brands can help suppliers go green
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