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Rohingya refugees sit on a makeshift boat as they are interrogated by the Border Guard Bangladesh

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Rohingya lawsuit against Facebook a 'wake-up call' for social media

...the lawsuit, as could the company's admission that it was "too slow" to contain the abuse. The lawsuit highlights that "a company can apologise all they like, but at the end of the day, people were ha...

14 Dec 2021

Rohingya lawsuit against Facebook a 'wake-up call' for social media

News / Carbon & Climate

As net-zero pressure mounts, Singapore corporates grapple with setting 2050 targets without visibility

...There is also good reason to put the cart before the horse in setting a 2050 target without perfect visibility of how to get there, he said. “When you articulate [the target], you get the ball rolling...

14 Jun 2023

As net-zero pressure mounts, Singapore corporates grapple with setting 2050 targets without visibility

News / Cities

What next for Jammu and Kashmir’s medicinal plants, as pharmaceutical companies move in?

...then they will allow the company to go in the particular area. The BMCs can monitor the activities of the company,” Sagar says, adding: “The Biodiversity Council will get their royalty from the produc...

10 May 2023

What next for Jammu and Kashmir’s medicinal plants, as pharmaceutical companies move in?

News / Energy

Low-carbon culture? Energy transitions urged to prioritise people

...they view their development needs as the shale oil industry is phased out. "The approach we took since the beginning is that the 'just transition' is not just a matter of numbers," Ristkok told an eve...

1 Dec 2022

Low-carbon culture? Energy transitions urged to prioritise people

News / Carbon & Climate

Dark future? Climate change fuels higher heat, flood threats for children

...the Children advisor. Children from the Philippines to the Solomon Islands spoke of how increasing climate disasters left them vulnerable, affecting their mental health and disrupting their education....

29 Sep 2021

Dark future? Climate change fuels higher heat, flood threats for children

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Restoring wildlife to oil palm landscapes

...the paper published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. “The bigger the buffer zone, the better,” says Dr Matthew Struebig, a conservation scientist at the University of Kent’s Du...

23 Feb 2023

Restoring wildlife to oil palm landscapes

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Wildlife trade summit ends with increased protections for South Asian species

...their livelihoods. But the EU and Canada, among others, said that these identification techniques are not available to enforcement officials in practice. In the end, CITES Parties determined that the ...

30 Nov 2022

Wildlife trade summit ends with increased protections for South Asian species

Podcasts / Carbon & Climate

Mosquitoes, sun dimming, and the lives at stake

...When can we expect to see the results for the malaria study? I expect to be able to have discussions on this topic in the second-half of this year, by publishing the results and presenting them at nat...

22 Feb 2023

Mosquitoes, sun dimming, and the lives at stake

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SOS! Scientists sound climate alarm with exclamation mark

...their work: the exclamation mark. "SOS! Summer of smoke" reads the title of one study referenced in a flagship series of reports by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...

24 Aug 2022

SOS! Scientists sound climate alarm with exclamation mark

News / Food & Agriculture

Invasive species prevention ‘could save trillions’

...them, an international study suggests. The research, published in Science of the Total Environment earlier this month, highlights the huge economic burden of invasive species and says their prevention...

22 Feb 2022

Invasive species prevention ‘could save trillions’

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'They tried to erase us': Rohingya IDs deny citizenship

...the person was Rohingya from the ID card," he added. While Myanmar authorities have said the NVC was a step towards citizenship under the 1982 law, the back of the card states that the holder needs to...

29 Nov 2022

'They tried to erase us': Rohingya IDs deny citizenship

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Climate tech – a new horizon or red herring for jobless tech professionals?

...the latest increase being the largest since 1994. As a result, many tech companies were unable to service their debt and had to lay off the excess workers they accrued during the pandemic to stay aflo...

29 Nov 2022

Climate tech – a new horizon or red herring for jobless tech professionals?

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As Singapore vaunts familyhood, LGBT couples long for meaningful change

...The question is not whether the government can be inclusive towards the LGBT community. It is whether the LGBT community will even participate in the activities that they want us to participate in,” h...

13 Apr 2022

As Singapore vaunts familyhood, LGBT couples long for meaningful change

News / Food & Agriculture

Planning and planting future forests with climate change in mind

...the researchers mapped areas of the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia where historical growing conditions from 1945 (the earliest era of province-wide weather records) mirrored the expected clima...

9 Jun 2021

Planning and planting future forests with climate change in mind

News / Water

Diving ban not enough to save Pakistan’s coral paradise

...the water from power plants nearby. “When we were allowed to set off from Manjhar for Churna, at times I would notice how warm the water was when we would step into the sea from the coast because of t...

8 Jun 2021

Diving ban not enough to save Pakistan’s coral paradise

News / Energy

‘A huge mistake’: alarm bells ring as deep-sea mining negotiations progress

...the gaps in the scientific knowledge that … exists over what the impacts will be of mining — the extent of the impacts, the scope of the impacts, and so forth,” Gianni told Mongabay. One way these kno...

12 Apr 2022

‘A huge mistake’: alarm bells ring as deep-sea mining negotiations progress

News / Policy & Finance

Rich biomes under threat despite zero-deforestation commitments, warns study

...the impact of the industry over rainforests and their biodiversity. It is now clear that this supposedly “sustainable” development is starting to affect other areas, the researchers argue. “The first ...

10 Jan 2023

Rich biomes under threat despite zero-deforestation commitments, warns study

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Rentokil Initial launches VIRUSKILLER™ air decontamination for complete indoor air safety

...When we breathe these in, our lungs have to filter all out these pollutants to provide our body with air. The worse the quality of the air, the harder your lungs have to work at filtering them out and...

28 Jul 2021

Rentokil Initial launches VIRUSKILLER™ air decontamination for complete indoor air safety

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Concern for gender equality overshadowed by Ukraine war, climate and Covid-19: study

...ther issues, including climate change. When you have large swaths of the population acting with hands tied, or being told their futures are less promising, humanity’s pace of change slows down," she s...

9 Mar 2022

Concern for gender equality overshadowed by Ukraine war, climate and Covid-19: study

News / Policy & Finance

Singapore MPs push for wider carbon tax coverage ahead of expected levy hike

...there have been no significant change in carbon emissions the year the carbon tax was levied. MPs called for the government to be transparent about the timeline of the future carbon price hike. They a...

13 Jan 2022

Singapore MPs push for wider carbon tax coverage ahead of expected levy hike

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