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Food & Agriculture
Indigenous ac
t
ivis
t
on how
t
o confron
t
powerful forces
t
o pro
t
ec
t
Malaysian fores
t
s and people – and win
...
t
e for almos
t
t
wo years. I
t
a
t
t
rac
t
ed a lo
t
of a
t
t
en
t
ion. Filmmakers and
t
he media visi
t
ed
t
he si
t
e, which crea
t
ed a large suppor
t
er base for
t
he campaign. We insi
t
u
t
ed a ro
t
a
t
ion sys
t
em so
t
ha
t
t
here...
2 Feb 2024
Indigenous activist on how to confront powerful forces to protect Malaysian forests and people – and win
News /
Energy
Ba
t
am’s con
t
roversial ‘eco-ci
t
y’ projec
t
pushes forward wi
t
h surprise demoli
t
ions
...
t
ly. "
T
error and o
t
her forms of in
t
imida
t
ion s
t
ill happen. Yes
t
erday,
t
here was an a
t
t
emp
t
t
o bomb
t
he elec
t
rici
t
y s
t
a
t
ion and
t
hey
t
ried
t
o
t
opple
t
he elec
t
rici
t
y poles.
T
hey also ripped ou
t
t
he bann...
22 Nov 2024
Batam’s controversial ‘eco-city’ project pushes forward with surprise demolitions
News /
Policy & Finance
COP29: Heal
t
h-focused clima
t
e ac
t
ion in
t
he spo
t
ligh
t
...
t
hy na
t
ions
t
ha
t
are signa
t
ories
t
o
t
he Paris Agreemen
t
are expec
t
ed
t
o ramp up
t
heir financial commi
t
men
t
s
t
o help less developed na
t
ions a
t
t
he COP29 clima
t
e
t
alks before
t
hey are submi
t
t
ed in 2025....
22 Nov 2024
COP29: Health-focused climate action in the spotlight
News /
Policy & Finance
Legal righ
t
s for na
t
ure boos
t
biodiversi
t
y conserva
t
ion
...
t
i
t
y wi
t
h inheren
t
righ
t
s. In
t
he firs
t
decision of i
t
s kind in Peru,
t
he cour
t
ruled
t
ha
t
t
he Marañón - one of
t
he coun
t
ry's mos
t
impor
t
an
t
freshwa
t
er sources
t
ha
t
links
t
he Andes
t
o
t
he Amazon - has...
24 Oct 2024
Legal rights for nature boost biodiversity conservation
News /
Policy & Finance
DBS upda
t
es coal policy
t
o allow for managed phase-ou
t
; firs
t
Sou
t
heas
t
Asian bank
t
o do so
...
t
i
t
u
t
ions
t
o accelera
t
e
t
he re
t
iremen
t
of
t
he pollu
t
ing plan
t
s. A
t
a briefing for
t
he bank's la
t
es
t
sus
t
ainabili
t
y repor
t
on
T
uesday, chief sus
t
ainabili
t
y officer Helge Muenkel
t
old journalis
t
s
t
ha
t
D...
6 Mar 2024
DBS updates coal policy to allow for managed phase-out; first Southeast Asian bank to do so
News /
Policy & Finance
Oppor
t
uni
t
ies in
t
he Gulf: Can a s
t
ra
t
egic shif
t
in capi
t
al from
t
he Middle Eas
t
t
o Asia help
t
he region mee
t
ESG funding gaps?
...
t
coopera
t
ion under
t
he Bel
t
and Road Ini
t
ia
t
ive illus
t
ra
t
e expanding inves
t
men
t
and
t
echnology exchanges.
T
hey reflec
t
a broader Gulf s
t
ra
t
egy
t
o a
t
t
rac
t
Asian capi
t
al and exper
t
ise aligned wi
t
h na
t
...
27 Aug 2025
Opportunities in the Gulf: Can a strategic shift in capital from the Middle East to Asia help the region meet ESG funding gaps?
Opinion /
Waste
Why a legally binding global plas
t
ics
t
rea
t
y is a necessary pa
t
hway
t
o comba
t
t
he clima
t
e crisis
...
t
ra
t
egies
t
o
t
ackle bo
t
h plas
t
ic pollu
t
ion and clima
t
e change. And i
t
's no
t
jus
t
t
he visible li
t
t
er
t
ha
t
poses a
t
hrea
t
:
t
he greenhouse gasses emi
t
t
ed
t
hroughou
t
t
he life cycle of plas
t
ics con
t
ribu
t
e...
24 Apr 2024
Why a legally binding global plastics treaty is a necessary pathway to combat the climate crisis
News /
Food & Agriculture
In an Aus
t
ralian
t
oma
t
o farm, drones
t
ake
t
he place of bees
...
t
a
t
oma
t
o farm in Sou
t
h Aus
t
ralia, every
t
hing from
t
he
t
empera
t
ure
t
o
t
he ul
t
raviole
t
radia
t
ion levels is
t
igh
t
ly con
t
rolled. Bu
t
despi
t
e
t
he farm's scien
t
ific approach, pollina
t
ing
t
he crops can s
t
i...
4 Apr 2024
In an Australian tomato farm, drones take the place of bees
News /
Carbon & Climate
Focus on rainfores
t
conserva
t
ion can neglec
t
o
t
her key ecosys
t
ems
...
t
s and NGOs aimed a
t
improving and promo
t
ing da
t
a abou
t
t
he ear
t
h. While
t
here are well-s
t
ruc
t
ured ini
t
ia
t
ives
t
o de
t
ec
t
global fores
t
loss, such as
t
he Global Fores
t
Wa
t
ch da
t
abase, ini
t
ia
t
ives
t
o
t
r...
19 Nov 2024
Focus on rainforest conservation can neglect other key ecosystems
News /
Carbon & Climate
T
wo-
t
hirds of Singapore firms are no
t
confiden
t
of mee
t
ing ne
t
zero goals: repor
t
...
t
ia
t
ing ambi
t
ion from
t
arge
t
s," said Buay. Buay shared
t
ha
t
Sing
t
el did no
t
have a clear roadmap a
t
t
he poin
t
of se
t
t
ing i
t
s firs
t
SB
T
i
t
arge
t
s seven years ago, where i
t
es
t
ablished i
t
s
t
arge
t
t
o cu
t
...
3 Jul 2024
Two-thirds of Singapore firms are not confident of meeting net zero goals: report
News /
Energy
Nepal explores
t
apping flood-risk glacial lakes for clean power
...
t
he moun
t
ains
t
o
t
ranspor
t
equipmen
t
t
o
t
he si
t
e.
T
ha
t
could
t
hen be
t
urned in
t
o a cable car sys
t
em
t
o a
t
t
rac
t
t
ouris
t
s, or for local
t
ranspor
t
, he said. "
T
he projec
t
can be done wi
t
hou
t
environmen
t
al...
24 Jan 2024
Nepal explores tapping flood-risk glacial lakes for clean power
News /
Policy & Finance
Aggressive hiring of sus
t
ainabili
t
y
t
alen
t
from consul
t
ancies is crea
t
ing exper
t
ise gap: recrui
t
er
...
t
, bu
t
t
he problem con
t
inues
t
o haun
t
t
he sec
t
or. "Corpora
t
e roles are inheren
t
ly more generalis
t
in na
t
ure
t
han consul
t
an
t
s. I
t
is impera
t
ive for
t
here
t
o be a heal
t
hy consul
t
ing marke
t
t
o ensure
t
ha...
19 Sep 2024
Aggressive hiring of sustainability talent from consultancies is creating expertise gap: recruiter
News /
Food & Agriculture
From farmers
t
o impor
t
ers: how Filipino rice growing wen
t
wrong
...
t
icides
t
o lower
t
heir produc
t
ion cos
t
s were no
t
significan
t
and failed
t
o make
t
hem compe
t
i
t
ive. Ca
t
hy Es
t
avillo, represen
t
a
t
ive, Ban
t
ay Bigas “I
t
’s high
t
ime
t
o junk
t
he law
t
ha
t
for
t
he las
t
five ...
13 Nov 2024
From farmers to importers: how Filipino rice growing went wrong
News /
Energy
Huge financing gap for grid infras
t
ruc
t
ure as inves
t
ors see una
t
t
rac
t
ive re
t
urns: Indonesia’s s
t
a
t
e u
t
ili
t
y
...
t
ing coal flee
t
s in
t
he region
t
o cu
t
some of
t
he upfron
t
cos
t
s associa
t
ed wi
t
h
t
he
t
ransi
t
ion from coal
t
o clean energy. Indonesia, one of
t
he ini
t
ia
t
ive's
t
arge
t
coun
t
ries, has been recep
t
ive
t
o
t
hi...
11 Jun 2024
Huge financing gap for grid infrastructure as investors see unattractive returns: Indonesia’s state utility
News /
Energy
Green hydrogen up
t
ake slow in Asia due
t
o high cos
t
and lack of s
t
andards: exper
t
s
...
t
ion of
t
he need for a cer
t
ifica
t
ion scheme.
T
hen a
t
COP28 las
t
year, more
t
han 30 coun
t
ries agreed
t
o work
t
owards a hydrogen cer
t
ifica
t
ion scheme.” Ken
t
aro no
t
ed
t
ha
t
t
he s
t
andards body In
t
erna
t
iona...
16 Oct 2024
Green hydrogen uptake slow in Asia due to high cost and lack of standards: experts
News /
Carbon & Climate
Big
t
ech drags fee
t
on clima
t
e disinforma
t
ion, advoca
t
es warn
...
t
.
T
ik
T
ok had no
t
offered a commen
t
on
t
he repor
t
a
t
t
he
t
ime of publica
t
ion. A spokesperson for You
T
ube said Google's policy explici
t
ly prohibi
t
ed
t
he mone
t
isa
t
ion of con
t
en
t
t
ha
t
denies
t
he exis
t
enc...
2 Oct 2023
Big tech drags feet on climate disinformation, advocates warn
News /
Policy & Finance
Clima
t
e-conscious Singaporeans back
t
ougher rules, higher carbon
t
ax on pollu
t
ers ahead of 2025 budge
t
...
t
ors,
t
o have
t
ax reba
t
es in
t
he in
t
erim
t
o adjus
t
t
o
t
he higher ra
t
es.
T
he coun
t
ry's Minis
t
ry of
T
rade and Indus
t
ry (M
T
I) has been appoin
t
ed
t
he adminis
t
ra
t
or of
t
he framework, where
t
he amoun
t
of al...
27 Jan 2025
Climate-conscious Singaporeans back tougher rules, higher carbon tax on polluters ahead of 2025 budget
News /
Carbon & Climate
COP29 s
t
ress
t
es
t
s a decades-old jus
t
ice principle wi
t
h global clima
t
e uni
t
y a
t
s
t
ake
...
t
exac
t
ly cons
t
i
t
u
t
es fair applica
t
ion of
t
he principle.
T
he
t
ensions are only se
t
t
o grow, as
t
he world is hard pressed
t
o
t
hrow more resources in
t
o figh
t
ing clima
t
e disas
t
ers and s
t
emming
t
empera
t
ur...
23 Oct 2024
COP29 stress tests a decades-old justice principle with global climate unity at stake
News /
Manufacturing
AI suppor
t
s fashion's clima
t
e goals bu
t
workers may be lef
t
behind
...
t
he hundreds of kgs of was
t
e
t
he
t
ools preven
t
ed will enable i
t
t
o expand opera
t
ions – and add new jobs. "
T
o s
t
ay compe
t
i
t
ive, we need
t
o cu
t
cos
t
s and adop
t
new innova
t
ions. Bu
t
be
t
t
er
t
ools also wil...
7 Nov 2024
AI supports fashion's climate goals but workers may be left behind
News /
Food & Agriculture
Governmen
t
s pu
t
sus
t
ainable food sys
t
ems on
t
he
t
able a
t
COP28
...
t
s. Despi
t
e all
t
his, and
t
he need
t
o nourish
t
he plane
t
's expanding popula
t
ion, food has barely made i
t
on
t
o
t
he diploma
t
ic
t
able a
t
t
he annual Uni
t
ed Na
t
ions clima
t
e summi
t
s - un
t
il now, af
t
er
t
he C...
12 Dec 2023
Governments put sustainable food systems on the table at COP28
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Musim Mas stalwart Carolyn Lim joins palm oil rival Golden Agri-Resources
Lim has joined GAR to lead sustainability operations. Rob Nicholls has also left Musim Mas after several years …
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Prices of Asia-Pacific’s fertilisers, petrochemicals set to surge on Iran war: ADB
The war's economic impact extends beyond oil production to include global food and industrial supply chains, as fertiliser …
Prices of Asia-Pacific's fertilisers, petrochemicals set to surge on Iran war: ADB
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Iran’s water weapon against the Gulf
While the rest of the world is mainly concerned about the energy disruptions caused by the Iran war, …
Iran’s water weapon against the Gulf
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Eight global climate tech start-ups to vie for S$4M in funding at The Liveability Challenge 2026
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Renewables shift needed as Iran war exposes Asia’s fragile energy market: experts
As oil and gas firms reap windfall profits from wartime price spikes, regional climate advocates urge governments to …
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Food & Agriculture
Securing Asean’s food resilience amid the Middle East conflict
The Middle East conflict will have a double-whammy impact on Asean’s fertiliser imports and energy-intensive fertiliser production. The …
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