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Climate change compounding inequalities faced by women in agriculture, FAO says

...the amount of work they can do outside the home. The report says that the Covid-19 pandemic had a “greater negative impact on women’s livelihoods in agrifood systems than they do on men’s”. During the...

18 Apr 2023

Climate change compounding inequalities faced by women in agriculture, FAO says

News / Energy

All talk? Oil majors big on green claims, slow on clean energy investments: study

...The report noted that none of the companies assessed disclosed the strategies that inform their public messaging on climate change nor the resources they are spending on realising these ambitions. Ang...

8 Sep 2022

All talk? Oil majors big on green claims, slow on clean energy investments: study

News / Green Buildings

The workplace of the future: smart, sustainable, holistic

...the way in greening their offices, and their examples might provide insights into the future of the sustainable workplace. One of them is Meta, which operates the social media platform Facebook and ai...

10 Jun 2022

The workplace of the future: smart, sustainable, holistic

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Today’s disappointing federal court decision undoes 20 years of climate litigation progress in Australia

...the court’s view that it’s not their place to set policies on climate change. Instead, they say, it’s the job of our elected representatives in the federal government. What did the judges say? In the ...

15 Mar 2022

Today’s disappointing federal court decision undoes 20 years of climate litigation progress in Australia

News / Cities

Nepal environmentalists work to disprove ‘all snakes are venomous’ stereotype

...the team describes the role snakes play in the ecosystem. “Then there are those who don’t understand any of the aforementioned reasons,” Devkota said. “For them, we talk about the religious importance...

17 Jun 2022

Nepal environmentalists work to disprove ‘all snakes are venomous’ stereotype

Press Releases / United Nations Environment Programme

UNEP, UN Climate Change provide fashion communicators with practical guide to contribute to sustainable change

...their skills, communicators can be a part of the solution rather than contributors to the problem, and, in doing so, help advance towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the&nbs...

13 Jul 2023

UNEP, UN Climate Change provide fashion communicators with practical guide to contribute to sustainable change

News / Food & Agriculture

Singapore plans to build fish farms next to corals; a report says it is possible

...the farm sites, though the report said species diversity there is low. There would be no impact to the seabed and organisms living there when fish farms are being built, as the footprint of anchoring ...

8 Jun 2022

Singapore plans to build fish farms next to corals; a report says it is possible

Despite being pretty, lantana is an invasive weed in India that threatens tiger habitat

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Coordination and action would protect India from pests

...thening the existing biosecurity infrastructure of the country. The invasive species threat to the Indian economy and environment is real and looming large with each passing day. India has the potenti...

6 Mar 2023

Coordination and action would protect India from pests

News / Carbon & Climate

Can courts trump diplomacy in delivering climate justice?

...the frustration with the international process," said Yeb Sano, executive director of Greenpeace Southeast Asia, which was among the groups that petitioned for the inquiry together with survivors of t...

7 Jun 2022

Can courts trump diplomacy in delivering climate justice?

News / Food & Agriculture

More Vietnam boats encroach into Indonesian waters as clampdowns ease

...the reports from the Natuna fishers about the presence of the Vietnamese boats and has deployed patrol boats to the area. It added that the fishing vessels had left by the time the patrol boats got th...

23 May 2022

More Vietnam boats encroach into Indonesian waters as clampdowns ease

News / Policy & Finance

CDP's new global focus does not change that Asia is central to our strategy: impact chief Nikki Bartlett

...the grade curve. In Asia, that progression is much faster at the moment. That's really heartening – because Asia is the region with the fastest growing missions, but is also the region with the fastes...

14 Mar 2024

CDP's new global focus does not change that Asia is central to our strategy: impact chief Nikki Bartlett

News / Carbon & Climate

Proposed Thailand quarry encroaches on UNESCO global geopark

...the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment. Due to local opposition, the office sent the EIA back to the company to revise. The company has still not formally submitted the revised EIA to t...

12 Jul 2022

Proposed Thailand quarry encroaches on UNESCO global geopark

Oil and gas fields located in Tarim Basin in central Xinjiang, China.

Opinion / Energy

Helping middle-income energy exporters kick the fossil-fuel habit

...the clean-energy transition. Nearly half the world’s fossil-fuel workers live in Africa, Asia, or South America, and they would need to find new jobs – and the training to fill them. In addition, thes...

2 Feb 2023

Helping middle-income energy exporters kick the fossil-fuel habit

Flooding in Mentakab Town central Pahang, Malaysia, in December 2021.

News / Policy & Finance

'Woefully inadequate' adaptation finance seen stifling developing Asia's climate response

...when there is no global leadership, there's no incentive at the national level to do the right thing." Malaysia is among the countries eligible for climate finance from the United Nations. The Southe...

2 Sep 2022

'Woefully inadequate' adaptation finance seen stifling developing Asia's climate response

News / Policy & Finance

Coal divestment not yet on the cards for India's banks?

...the 34 banks have mentioned financing green activities without disclosing the amount disbursed. The remaining 15 banks have either a broad commitment to extend lending towards the sector with no furth...

14 Sep 2023

Coal divestment not yet on the cards for India's banks?

News / Waste

Singapore anti-waste drive raises eyebrows by giving away coffee in disposable cups

...the event. “While the intention [behind the event] is good and the idea is creative, the execution left much to be desired,” she added. NEA said the trash collected from the pop-up will be used in rov...

2 Feb 2023

Singapore anti-waste drive raises eyebrows by giving away coffee in disposable cups

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

Four ways Southeast Asian journalists are under digital attack

...ther powerful institutions such as the royal family and the head of government. The tactic results in lower public trust. According to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, trust in the ...

6 May 2022

Four ways Southeast Asian journalists are under digital attack

News / Food & Agriculture

How I got here... Bayer sustainability head Cherie Tan

...The other was Hernando de Soto, who wrote The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else. The book is about understanding the informal economy and the inability ...

25 Mar 2022

How I got here... Bayer sustainability head Cherie Tan

News / Policy & Finance

As world's poor face 'compounding crises', what could curb risks?

...the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan, among other regions, for the FCDO. The reality for poor communities is "the more you build up their resilience, the more they're resilient to not only climat...

22 May 2023

As world's poor face 'compounding crises', what could curb risks?

News / Energy

Tax hikes, decreasing subsidies threaten India’s clean energy development

...the key to unlocking the flow of capital (to the tune of Rs. 759.84 billion) from the bond market to the RE sector,” Aggarwal emphasised. The study said that the total financial support the sector rec...

22 Jun 2022

Tax hikes, decreasing subsidies threaten India’s clean energy development

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