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News / Southeast Asia

20 March 2024

Smog in Jakarta

Carbon & Climate

El Niño, burning peatlands and coal: Air pollution in Southeast Asia got worse in 2023

19 March 2024

Workers rest in the shade outside a construction site in Singapore.

Carbon & Climate

Heat stress could sap $1.7 billion a year from Singapore economy by 2035: study

Thailand Covid

Policy & Finance

Which Southeast Asian nations are best prepared for pandemics?

18 March 2024

Aqua water bottles from Indonesia

Waste

River trash audit 'not representative' of Indonesia’s waste conditions: Danone-Aqua responds

15 March 2024

Yasser Amin_Stridy

Waste

Singapore's efficient ‘cleaning army’ has led to litter apathy: Stridy chief Yasser Amin

14 March 2024

Deforestation_Cambodia_Logging

Policy & Finance

Loggers have ‘grabbed’ around 1m hectares of Indigenous land in DRC

13 March 2024

LNG ship Japan

Energy

Japan’s LNG export pivot imperils SE Asia energy security: think tank

12 March 2024

TLC Grand Finale

Cities

Seven finalists revealed for The Liveability Challenge following record number of submissions

11 March 2024

Kong Man Jing MJ Biogirl

Carbon & Climate

Singapore influencer Biogirl MJ on going beyond 'cute animal' content to tackle climate complexities

Andy Wilson speaking at The Conscious Festival 2023

Lifestyle

Ogilvy sustainability head Andy Wilson launches new venture to scale up sustainability ideas

8 March 2024

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

Tailors working in a local garment factory in Bangladesh

Manufacturing

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

6 March 2024

Helge Muenkel, CSO, DBS

Policy & Finance

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

4 March 2024

Picture caption: Habitat loss and alteration, as well as road traffic accidents are cited among the causes of a record number of pangolin deaths in Singapore in 2023. Image: Robin Hicks / Eco-Business

Cities

New data shows record pangolin road casualties in fast urbanising Singapore

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

Food & Agriculture

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

Equatic-1

Carbon & Climate

Explainer: How the world’s largest ocean decarbonisation plant will work

1 March 2024

Natasha MEME elephants

Lifestyle

Why this researcher is looking to conservation psychology for clues to solve Malaysia's long-standing human-elephant conflict

28 February 2024

Singapore solar gas energy

Policy & Finance

Renewable energy certificates, defying criticism, take off in Southeast Asia

27 February 2024

AirAsia_Yap Mun Ching_CSO

Transport

AirAsia sustainability chief questions effectiveness of frequent flyer taxes in Asia

Krishna Ariola_protest_COP28

Energy

Activist Krishna Ariola on youths picking up the baton to lead the Philippines' multi-generational fight against coal

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