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Environmental issues are top priority for Asia’s youthMore than 60 per cent of the world’s young people live in Asia-Pacific, where calls to protect the environment now ring the loudest. -
Asean's dilemma: Must economic growth cost the Earth?A week after a UN report revealed Southeast Asia’s slow progress on the SDGs, government and business leaders came together at the 5th Singapore Dialogue on Sustainable World Resources to discuss how Asean can achieve green growth.
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Bonn climate talks: key outcomes from the May 2018 UN climate conferenceOver the past two weeks, more than 3,000 diplomats and observers have been in Bonn, Germany, to discuss how to bring the Paris Agreement on climate change to life when it enters force in 2020. -
Are ‘no deforestation’ commitments working?In 2014, many of the world's major palm oil, pulp and paper companies made a joint commitment to stop clearing natural forests by 2020. As the deadline draws near, how are these 'No deforestation' commitments progressing?
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Boosting renewable energy bankability in Southeast Asia– A combination of growing energy demand, strong wind and solar resources, and political support for development has made investing in renewable energy an attractive prospect in the region. Aaron Daniels explains how companies can ensure their projects are bankable. -
Don’t blame climate change for the Hurricane Harvey disaster—blame society– Hurricane Harvey isn't a "natural disaster" because disasters are not natural, says University College London researcher Ilan Kelman. Rather, they are the result of social and political forces which shape people's vulnerability to events.
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Borneo study draws lessons from children’s perceptions of forests–
247 children between the ages of 10 and 15 living in the Indonesian provinces of East and West Kalimantan were asked to draw the present and future of their ...
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