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16 March 2021

aussie bushfires

Carbon & Climate

Covid lockdowns improved air quality in 2020, but climate calamities worsened air pollution in US, Thailand and Australia

15 March 2021

Australian drylands viewed from the air.

Carbon & Climate

New study challenges finding that climate change will drive dryland expansion

China Carbon brief

Carbon & Climate

Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions surged 4 per cent in second half of 2020

12 March 2021

homeless man in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

Cities

Poorest people will suffer worst from cities’ heat

Pigs bred at the Qi Bu farm in Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China.

Food & Agriculture

Closing the hunger gap through better animal farming

10 March 2021

Women in Europe need ‘greater economic independence’ to avoid poverty: UN Special Rapporteur

Cities

Women in Europe need ‘greater economic independence’ to avoid poverty: UN special rapporteur

8 March 2021

India’s new farming laws driven by WTO demands

Food & Agriculture

India’s new farming laws driven by WTO demands

China to cut energy intensity, but no consumption cap in new 5-year plan

Carbon & Climate

China to cut energy intensity, but no consumption cap in new 5-year plan

3 March 2021

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Food & Agriculture

Report: Chinese alternative protein market poised for growth as flexitarianism rises and big food dives in

2 March 2021

Oil and gas fields located in Tarim Basin in central Xinjiang, China.

Policy & Finance

UN: New national climate pledges will only cut emissions ‘by 2%’ over next decade

1 March 2021

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Energy

Asian banks are the biggest backers of the coal industry—and their support for the dirtiest fossil fuel is growing

26 February 2021

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Corporate Responsibility

Businesses join hands to find 'right recipe' for zero-carbon industries

25 February 2021

Aerial view of the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil.

Carbon & Climate

Are we killing those tropical trees we’re counting on to absorb carbon dioxide?

Workers on an RSPO-certified plantation in Jambi, Indonesia.

Policy & Finance

Certification fails to transform the palm oil industry–what next?

24 February 2021

Grabfood worker Indonesia

Policy & Finance

Workers' rights under threat as online work surges five-fold—UN

23 February 2021

How will China’s internet giants become carbon neutral?

Corporate Responsibility

How will China’s internet giants become carbon neutral?

22 February 2021

Fragile cities are being inundated with people fleeing the impacts of climate change. How can they cope?

Cities

Fragile cities are being inundated with people fleeing the impacts of climate change. How can they cope?

Do Asian consumers care how clean energy is - as long as its cheap?

Energy

Will Asian consumers pay for clean energy?

19 February 2021

Asia-Pacific, Climate Change, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Headlines, Humanitarian Emergencies, TerraViva United Nations CLIMATE CHANGE India Glacier Disaster: In a Warming World is there no Less Lethal Way to Power Development?

Water

India glacier disaster: In a warming world, is there no less lethal a way to power development?

17 February 2021

transition forest Bokito, Cameroon

Carbon & Climate

Shell says new ‘Brazil-sized’ forest would be needed to meet 1.5C climate goal

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