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Fish in Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Waste

Plastic litter could triple and outweigh fish in the world's oceans by 2040: report

Oceans pollution could balloon to 700 million tonnes by 2040, warns the Environmental Investigation Agency, as it pushes for a global treaty to curb plastic waste. Companies, including top polluters Coke and Unilever, echo the call.
The Pluto LNG project in Western Australia

Policy & Finance

Banks are trashing their own net-zero pledges by funding 'carbon bomb' natural gas project in Australia, say NGOs

The Scarborough-Pluto LNG project in Western Australia will produce 3.5 times the United Kingdom’s annual emissions over its lifetime, torpedoing the decarbonisation pledges of the banks that are funding it, says Market Forces.
A rainforest in Costa Rica

Carbon & Climate

The COP26 climate talks saw progress on nature

Awareness of nature’s role in climate change mitigation and adaptation has grown. But to what extent is delivery matching rhetoric?
Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use

Policy & Finance

7 trends that will shape sustainability in 2022

In the coming year, we should expect to see stricter laws to expose 'greenwashers' and rising demand for clear disclosure and reporting standards.

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10 December 2021

A giant panda in Ya'an, Sichuan province

Policy & Finance

Omicron variant threatens UN talks to seal global nature deal

6 December 2021

civet in cage

Policy & Finance

Indonesia ranks high on legal wildlife trade, but experts warn it hides illegal trade

1 December 2021

Rishi Kalra. Image: Olam

CSR

Rishi Kalra joins Accounting for Sustainability as co-chair of Asia Pacific chapter

22 November 2021

Banana leaf packaging

Waste

Should Southeast Asia return to 'native' packaging to tackle the plastic crisis?

27 October 2021

Fresh wave of climate protests to target gas ahead of COP26 summit

Carbon & Climate

The blame game and missing money: your guide to COP26

21 October 2021

Brunei oil field

Energy

Brunei banks on technology to preserve its economic lifeline: fossil fuel

20 October 2021

Smithsonian's National Zoo Panda

Policy & Finance

Kunming COP15: big challenges remain after first session

Sustainability Exchange 2021

Carbon & Climate

Youth are the agents for change in the search for climate solutions

19 October 2021

rainforest in Lake Sentarum National Park in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Carbon & Climate

Natural regeneration: when to let forests restore themselves

13 October 2021

ocean biodiverisity 1

Policy & Finance

WEF’s head of nature and biodiversity: we are using public funds to destroy public goods

aerial view of deforested plot in amazon

Carbon & Climate

No end in sight for deforestation, as national goals and funding fall short

12 October 2021

munduruku tribe

Policy & Finance

Indigenous leaders call for stronger rights as UN nature summit begins

8 October 2021

Verde Island Passage

Energy

New gas development threatens Philippine marine protected area

4 October 2021

trashed waters of indonesia

CSR

Everybody wants to do right by nature. They just need a nudge, study shows

30 September 2021

village council member poses for a picture near mine

Policy & Finance

Billions in welfare kitty, yet India's mining villages stay buried in poverty

28 September 2021

White-spotted guitarfish at a fishing port in Central Java

Food & Agriculture

Overfishing threatens to wipe out bowmouth guitarfish in Indonesia

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