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14 sustainable innovations that gave us hope in 2025
From carbon-lite AI to recycled human hair, Eco-Business sifts through the technologies that tackled environmental and social problems in a year that artificial intelligence use exploded and climate impacts intensified.
The Singapore firm has said it would acquire the Chow Tai Fook Enterprises-owned coal, gas, wind and solar firm, but there are no plans to retire a 1,200-megawatt coal plant, arguing it needed to provide affordable and secure energy, even as Australia grows its renewables capacity.
Food & Agriculture
Asia’s banks are failing to grasp growing food system risks: study
Research warns that Southeast Asian and Indian lenders are overlooking major climate, biodiversity and public-health risks tied to Asia’s fast-growing protein demand. Only three banks reference animal welfare principles in their lending policies.
Policy & Finance
Indonesia’s energy transition could be turbocharged by Chinese green finance, study finds
Redirecting the energy funding Indonesia receives from China entirely into renewables could mobilise up to US$9 billion over the next decade. But enabling Chinese investment will require stronger industrial policies, a study finds.
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