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Cities
India’s LGBTQ+ election vows ring hollow for rights activists
As millions of LGBTQ+ Indians prepare to vote, BJP and Congress manifestos ignore calls for same-sex marriage and trans job quotas.
18 Apr 2024
India's LGBTQ+ election vows ring hollow for rights activists
Energy
Half a million hectares of Indonesian forest under threat from nickel mining, study finds
The race to electrify transport is causing extensive deforestation in Indonesia, a Mighty Earth report finds. Will the destructive practices continue under incoming president Prabowo Subianto, who has pledged to ramp up the nickel trade?
Half a million hectares of Indonesian forest under threat from nickel mining, study finds
Water
Analysis: Sandeshkhali and the exploitative aquaculture of the Bengal Delta
Problematic switches to shrimp farming in areas of rising salinity in India and Bangladesh underline the need for political reform.
Analysis: Sandeshkhali and the exploitative aquaculture of the Bengal Delta
Policy & Finance
Don’t forget women in new UN climate fund, policymakers urged
The loss and damage fund's success hinges on women's participation and recognising their uneven climate burden, rights groups say.
Don't forget women in new UN climate fund, policymakers urged
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7 April 2024
Carbon & Climate
More health professionals should back fossil fuels phase-out: ‘It is a planetary health solution’
More health professionals should back fossil fuels phase-out: ‘It is a planetary health solution’
3 April 2024
Policy & Finance
Rain check: Climate change hits vulnerable Indonesian trans women
Rain check: Climate change hits vulnerable Indonesian trans women
2 April 2024
Policy & Finance
Consultancy launches in Singapore to confront 'defensive' approach to human rights in Asia
Consultancy launches in Singapore to confront 'defensive' approach to human rights in Asia
1 April 2024
Policy & Finance
Indonesia’s president-elect must move to ratify Indigenous Peoples Bill
Indonesia’s president-elect must move to ratify Indigenous Peoples Bill
28 March 2024
Policy & Finance
As Asean environmental rights draft takes shape, advocates fear weakened safeguards
As Asean environmental rights draft takes shape, advocates fear weakened safeguards
Energy
For mineral-rich Philippines, green metals rush is a balancing act
For mineral-rich Philippines, green metals rush is a balancing act
27 March 2024
Policy & Finance
Women in Southeast Asia’s conservation space face culture of harassment
Women in Southeast Asia’s conservation space face culture of harassment
21 March 2024
Cities
Russia jobs scam traps Indians on Ukraine war frontlines
Russia jobs scam traps Indians on Ukraine war frontlines
19 March 2024
Policy & Finance
UN investigates contentious forest carbon pact in Malaysian Borneo
UN investigates contentious forest carbon pact in Malaysian Borneo
14 March 2024
Policy & Finance
Loggers have ‘grabbed’ around 1m hectares of Indigenous land in DRC
Loggers have ‘grabbed’ around 1m hectares of Indigenous land in DRC
13 March 2024
Carbon & Climate
How is Europe cracking down on climate protests?
How is Europe cracking down on climate protests?
12 March 2024
Policy & Finance
X factor: Twitter ban hits businesses, news in Pakistan
X factor: Twitter ban hits businesses, news in Pakistan
11 March 2024
Policy & Finance
Indigenous Australians fear exclusion by digital ID
Indigenous Australians fear exclusion by digital ID
8 March 2024
Policy & Finance
Internet shutdowns: Are we likely to see more in 2024?
Internet shutdowns: Are we likely to see more in 2024?
Energy
Schoolchildren in Zimbabwe drop out for lithium mines
Schoolchildren in Zimbabwe drop out for lithium mines
7 March 2024
Food & Agriculture
In rural India, climate migrants 'have hysterectomies to survive'
In rural India, climate migrants 'have hysterectomies to survive'
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Hong Kong single-use plastic ban stirs debate over affordability of alternatives
The city's disposable tableware ban which comes into force today has spooked small retailers who fret about the …
Hong Kong single-use plastic ban stirs debate over affordability of alternatives
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Waste Management
Petrochemicals lobby ‘spreading misinformation, false solutions’ as plastic treaty talks begin
Plastics lobbyists are pushing recycling as a remedy to the plastic crisis, which NGOs decry as a "false …
Petrochemicals lobby 'spreading misinformation, false solutions' as plastic treaty talks begin
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Carbon & Climate
South Pole and GenZero launch new centre to scale ‘high-impact first-of-a-kind’ carbon credits in Asia
Co-led by two senior South Pole staff, the Singapore-based Asia Centre of Carbon Excellence seeks to grow nascent …
South Pole and GenZero launch new centre to scale ‘high-impact first-of-a-kind’ carbon credits in Asia
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Policy & Finance
How microloans exacerbate deforestation in Cambodia
Cambodia’s reliance on microloans, long touted as a way to reduce poverty, belies concerns over debt-fuelled deforestation.
How microloans exacerbate deforestation in Cambodia
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Waste Management
Filipinos strongest supporters of plastic reduction ahead of UN treaty talks
Filipinos want efforts to tackle ocean pollution to focus on plastic production cuts, a survey by Greenpeace found …
Filipinos strongest supporters of plastic reduction ahead of UN treaty talks
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Manufacturing
NGO links H&M and Zara cotton to deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado
Earthsight says Asian garment manufacturers supplying top fashion brands use cotton linked to land-grabbing in the Cerrado region.
NGO links H&M and Zara cotton to deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado
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