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Buying green can drive China’s climate action
With most of its climate rules on the books, green procurement is a new frontier for China’s climate action, write two experts.
Manufacturing
Carbon crossroads: Can Indonesia cut plastic waste and grow its petrochemical industry?
Reducing plastics dependence may be a better way to ensure supply and meet environmental and climate commitments.
As Malaysia prepares to move from voluntary to mandatory extended producer responsibility (EPR), Annupa Mattu Ahi of Tomra said the success of the country’s recycling transformation will depend on whether policymakers can establish a framework that holds producers accountable while giving businesses the certainty to invest.
Food & Agriculture
Vietnam’s coffee boom rooted in decades of deforestation: report
New research links decades of coffee expansion to widespread forest loss in Vietnam's Central Highlands, raising concerns over the crop's long-term resilience.
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