Opinion / #sanitation
Better water access and sanitation is a social and public good, and it needs investment.
Technology for modernising waste management favours male workers. Urban development should focus on the needs of everyday people, instead of chasing aesthetic ideals and profit-making imperatives.
As the world warms, diseases transmitted by insects may spread. For World Health Day, we look at how certain prevention strategies can break the link between climate change and animal diseases which spread to humans.
Ahead of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November, Eco-Business highlights some of the major issues the Southeast Asian country must address to attain its vision of a low-carbon future.
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Policy & Finance
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Policy & Finance
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5 June 2020
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Food & Agriculture
Microwaving sewage waste may make it safe to use as fertiliser on crops
23 December 2019
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Strengthening health systems to end deadly epidemics
18 November 2019
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