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Sumatran elephants cornered by oil palm industry deforestation

...the story didn’t end there. When they reached Cot Girek, the elephants found food in the villagers’ farms and destroyed four houses. The villagers were not happy. In the past few years, there’s been m...

15 Aug 2022

Sumatran elephants cornered by oil palm industry deforestation

Mark Schneider speaking at the Lombard Odier plastic event

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'It shouldn't fall on us all the time': Nestlé CEO pushes back on corporate responsibility for plastic pollution

...the responsibility of the private sector, but a shared responsibility with governments, he said. "It shouldn't have to be us all the time." Schneider said the plastic treaty would "level the playing f...

6 Oct 2022

'It shouldn't fall on us all the time': Nestlé CEO pushes back on corporate responsibility for plastic pollution

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Indonesia’s plan to relocate its capital hampered by exposed mine pits

...the 2020 mining law, and that there are no exceptions. However, he didn’t say how the Nusantara rehabilitation will be paid for, or why there were abandoned pits there in the first place if indeed the...

22 Apr 2022

Indonesia’s plan to relocate its capital hampered by exposed mine pits

News / Carbon & Climate

How much does air travel warm the planet? New report gives a figure

...when the soot from engine exhaust mixes with the cold, humid air of the atmosphere. These white streaks left across the sky function like clouds, reflecting the radiation of the sun skyward by day and...

7 Apr 2022

How much does air travel warm the planet? New report gives a figure

Press Releases / Hong Kong Trade Development Council

Eco Expo Asia spotlights electric, hydrogen transport

...The industry will discuss the safety of this emerging energy source. The Pavilion will provide more information and updates on hydrogen energy to the public and the industry. Nine thematic zones at t...

24 Oct 2023

Eco Expo Asia spotlights electric, hydrogen transport

News / Policy & Finance

What is CITES, and why does it matter for South Asia?

...then, almost every country in the world has signed up, plus the European Union. CITES currently has 184 parties. When and where will CITES COP19 be held? The 19th Conference of the Parties to CITES – ...

2 Nov 2022

What is CITES, and why does it matter for South Asia?

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With cash infusion, developing nations boost sun-dimming research

...The question is 'Who are we buying time for?' Is it the time for the global population, the poor and the vulnerable? Or is it time bought for the oil industry, the gas industry, the coal industry? Fra...

10 Feb 2023

With cash infusion, developing nations boost sun-dimming research

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Product labels may be failing to protect pangolins in China

...the legality of pangolin scale products, particularly sellers at the end of the trade chain. There was also a lack of awareness among the general public. Professor Lixing Lao, president of the Virgini...

25 Apr 2023

Product labels may be failing to protect pangolins in China

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Legitimate investors are financing environmental crime

...the most. Financial institutions sustain the incentive – often unwittingly – by investing in enterprises that benefit from such crimes. Through the profits made from these investments, these instituti...

3 Feb 2022

Legitimate investors are financing environmental crime

News / Waste

Thai gold mine set to reopen even as locals reel from heavy metal poisoning

...ther in a huge kitchen, while men exchanged stories of farming and boar hunting. Across the road stood the school where she studied from the age of 3. She loved the big playground, she says. “The gras...

12 May 2022

Thai gold mine set to reopen even as locals reel from heavy metal poisoning

Solar panels at a village on Sumba island, Indonesia

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Climate change will transform how we live, but there are reasons for optimism

...The levees necessary to hold back the water may become too expensive or so intrusive that they undermine any benefit of living near the river. The community may wither away. The riverside community co...

19 Apr 2022

Climate change will transform how we live, but there are reasons for optimism

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Resisting Brazil's retreat from green

...These include the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation and the National Foundation for the Indigenous. The c...

9 May 2022

Resisting Brazil's retreat from green

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate vulnerable Southeast Asia muted on loss and damage in COP27 speeches

...the COP27 forum. The thorny issue was added to the official COP agenda when the summit opened last week. “[Rich nations] must provide plans for loss and damage finance. We stand at the brink. There i...

17 Nov 2022

Climate vulnerable Southeast Asia muted on loss and damage in COP27 speeches

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Typhoon highlights biodiversity haven Palawan’s vulnerability — and resilience

...there are still ongoing, and the government and conservation groups have not yet provided figures on the true extent of the impacts of the storm on forests and wildlife. Where did the wildlife go? The...

26 Jan 2022

Typhoon highlights biodiversity haven Palawan’s vulnerability — and resilience

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Climate change is making us sick

...they are suffering from the floods, cyclones, and rising sea levels. The people most affected by these climate-related health issues have often done the least to create them. Many residents of Bangla...

15 Dec 2022

Climate change is making us sick

Opinion / Energy

Nuclear power is not the answer

...the grid that year, and half of these were in China. Then, in the first half of 2022, five new reactors went online, two of which were in China. But while China has the most reactors under constructio...

16 Nov 2022

Nuclear power is not the answer

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‘Digging your own grave’: illegal sand mining devastates Bihar’s rivers

...they collect sand to load onto a boat. Walk up and down either bank of this major tributary of the Ganga, and the scene replicates itself. Many more labourers wait for sunset, when the next shift will...

26 Aug 2022

‘Digging your own grave’: illegal sand mining devastates Bihar’s rivers

News / Lifestyle

‘I was my work, and it almost killed me’: Social entrepreneur Jacqui Hocking on surviving burnout

...the world on a yacht documenting the effects of climate change. Co-founded a sustainability consulting and media production firm. Birthed another company. Launched a film festival. Founded another con...

17 Feb 2023

‘I was my work, and it almost killed me’: Social entrepreneur Jacqui Hocking on surviving burnout

News / Energy

Can mining clean up its act to meet soaring demand for green metals?

...thews said there were a raft of other problems where there "isn't the same level of attention or processes in place", adding that the commission could learn from the progress made on tailings standard...

5 Feb 2023

Can mining clean up its act to meet soaring demand for green metals?

News / Cities

Heat stress rises for Dhaka's poor as green spaces shrink

...the seventh least livable city in a global ranking by the Economist Intelligence Unit, and was the fourth-placed mega-city facing the biggest challenges in another index by the Institute of Economics ...

20 Apr 2023

Heat stress rises for Dhaka's poor as green spaces shrink

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