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Global rainforest loss 'relentless' in 2020, but SE Asia offers hope

With just days to go before the end of the year, it has closed two more projects in Indonesia, bringing the initiative to complement the palm oil industry's efforts to end deforestation in Southeast Asia closer to its near-term target.

Palm oil companies across Southeast Asia are liable for the recovery of a Puerto Rico-sized area of forest because of their history of environmental harm, a new report shows.

Mark Harper, group sustainability head, John Swire & Sons

The conglomerate has promoted Mark Harper to replace the outgoing Mark Watson.

Nickel facility Kolaka, Sulawesi, Indonesia

With Chinese companies having invested heavily in Indonesian nickel, greening the sector is vitally important.

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Four in five of the world’s workforce is on lockdown due to Covid-19, with no end in sight. The post-pandemic world order needs one familiar function to tie social sustainability together – human resources. By Amita Chaudhury and Junice Yeo

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. By Ilan Kelman

Here’s what to consider as the global climate agreement set in motion at the COP21 in Paris moves towards implementation. By Stephen Leonard

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Papua New Guinea is the first to formally submit a national climate action plan following COP 21, marking an important step forward in the global fight against climate change.

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