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Special Reports

This section features in-depth special reports by our editorial team on various issues related to sustainable development in the region and beyond.

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The Covid-19 pandemic hit them hard and nearly took away their livelihoods. But with new initiatives launched to champion traditional textile makers and sustainable fashion, the artisans of Iloilo, Philippines, are back at work on their looms. This International Women's Day, we spotlight their stories and how they have overcome their struggles.

8 Mar 2023

Eco-Business Youth A-List 2022

The Eco-Business Youth A-List 2022 demonstrates that “sustainability is not just a big-city trend”, say judges. From Bali Island in Indonesia to a rustic geological park in the Philippines, young sustainability changemakers are trying to do impactful work outside of capital cities.

Eco-Business A-List 2022

In a year that war broke out in Europe, disrupting supply chains and energy prices, these individuals worked to keep climate action and social equality on the agenda.

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EB Studio The story of the Cirebon 1 coal power project is symptomatic of the obstacles in Indonesia’s coal phase-out plan. As the first pilot for the Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM), Cirebon 1 may be decommissioned 10 to 15 years earlier than planned, but its environmental and social impacts remain unaddressed, while a new plant is being built nearby.

12 January 2023

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4 January 2023

Bantar Gebang landfill

Singapore district cooling

16 December 2022

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23 November 2022

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19 October 2022

Pandawa Agri_organic farming

3 August 2022

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8 March 2022

Margilyn Cosmiano- fish seller

14 February 2022

Women sift sand, hunting for tiny plastic pellets and other debris still washing ashore since the sinking of the X-Press Pearl, a vessel containing chemicals and plastics, in May 2021 off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka

2 February 2022

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28 January 2022

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4 January 2022

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28 December 2021

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16 December 2021

Youth A-List 2021

13 December 2021

Cracked earth; climate crisis

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