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Powering the blue economy with blue finance
Attracting much-needed investment into the blue economy can be spurred by tailor-made initiatives.
Indonesia risks losing its exclusive rights to all of the resources in and under the waters between its …
Not everyone is happy with the COP15 agreement to protect nature. Thankfully, research has revealed a lot about the best ways to revive and strengthen biodiversity.
Civil society’s calls for change rang loud and clear at the 2022 United Nations Ocean Conference last week. But from deep sea mining to plastic pollution, major roadblocks remain in protecting our oceans.
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News / Waste Management
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 … -
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News / 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 … -
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News / 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 … -
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News / 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. -
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News / 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. -
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Opinion / Waste Management
UN Plastics Treaty: What can we learn from other international environmental agreements?
Applying lessons from the Montreal Protocol and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will forge an …
