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Podcasts / Carbon & Climate

Relentless work, for no money: Southeast Asian climate scientists share their IPCC experience

...ties that Rodel was talking about, which are also very important in Southeast Asia. The other thing we want to point out is that potential adaptations and resilience solutions to the risks that we are...

22 Mar 2022

Relentless work, for no money: Southeast Asian climate scientists share their IPCC experience

News / Waste

Nearly 90% of plastics circularity capital in emerging markets went to Asia, mostly to recycling and recovery

...truggle then to find the capital required to grow after a small initial investment, making it difficult for them to reach maturity and attract larger investments,” the report said. It notes that the t...

31 Mar 2023

Nearly 90% of plastics circularity capital in emerging markets went to Asia, mostly to recycling and recovery

News / Manufacturing

A decade after Rana Plaza, Bangladesh garment workers fight on

...Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, climate change, resilience, women’s rights, trafficking and property rights. Visit https://www.context...

25 Apr 2023

A decade after Rana Plaza, Bangladesh garment workers fight on

News / Water

Indigenous Filipinos fight plans to build a dam on their land

...told Context that there was "no truth" to these criticisms. He said the agency followed the FPIC process, but critics had refused to participate, meaning they did not get the opportunity to vote. Land...

30 Mar 2023

Indigenous Filipinos fight plans to build a dam on their land

Press Releases / Eco-Business

ESGpedia champions effective green finance by launching registry platform

...t Citi, said: “Sustainability is at the heart of our corporate strategy, both in the way Citi conducts its business, and the client initiatives that we support. We are helping clients to fi...

6 Jul 2022

ESGpedia champions effective green finance by launching registry platform

News / Policy & Finance

Will COP28 deliver a new fund for climate loss and damage?

...tical strategy for Climate Action Network International. "The loss and damage fund has to be the top-level mechanism that should have oversight on whether people are getting sufficient support or not....

8 Jun 2023

Will COP28 deliver a new fund for climate loss and damage?

News / Policy & Finance

The changing complexion of divestment, as managing polluters turns vogue

...tone, said at an event hosted by think-tank Economist Impact last week. Stick and signal But experts and activists warn that relying entirely on active management of polluters is not the optimal solut...

11 Oct 2022

The changing complexion of divestment, as managing polluters turns vogue

News / Policy & Finance

Indian children without Aadhaar digital ID shut out of school

...ts, according to investigative outlet The Reporters' Collective. In response, the women and child development ministry said in a tweet that a child's Aadhaar is "not mandatory", but that the Aadhaar o...

31 Jul 2022

Indian children without Aadhaar digital ID shut out of school

Podcasts / Policy & Finance

Former Verra veteran envisions an unshackled carbon market and a new endgame

...ts that you need to transform sectors of the economy. We need to identify activities that have potential, support them up till a certain point with climate finance, and then stop the support to let th...

23 Jul 2024

Former Verra veteran envisions an unshackled carbon market and a new endgame

News / Food & Agriculture

Marginalised farmers struggle to adapt to climate change in Uttarakhand

...ts take three to five years to start bearing fruit. Another climate adaptation initiative the government and other organisations are suggesting is the cultivation of herbs and medicinal crops. But thi...

27 Jun 2023

Marginalised farmers struggle to adapt to climate change in Uttarakhand

News / Water

Water warning: economic stability threatened by vanishing rainfall

...ter that powers the delivery of that service," Rockström said. "Right now we just take it for granted". Rethinking water Changing the trajectory toward growing water scarcity - with all the risks that...

21 Mar 2023

Water warning: economic stability threatened by vanishing rainfall

News / Lifestyle

Making movies, not mess: Three sustainably produced films to watch

...tourists who increasingly threaten the town's authentic character and traditional ways of life. Apart from its unusual subject matter, the film's aesthetic qualities also stand out. Bait was shot wit...

23 Dec 2022

Making movies, not mess: Three sustainably produced films to watch

News / Cities

Philippines fishermen balk at land reclamation projects

...ty representatives and environmentalists. Several groups asked the Supreme Court in 2020 to issue a writ against the construction of the airport on environmental grounds, but the court rejected it. On...

16 Mar 2023

Philippines fishermen balk at land reclamation projects

A record number of journalists were jailed this year, according to data from the Committee for the Protection of Journalists.

Opinion / Policy & Finance

When journalists are targets, we all suffer

...t the Committee for the Protection of Journalists describes as 'anti-state' charges. That's things like sedition, treason, espionage, breaches of national security, and terrorism. Although the statist...

2 May 2023

When journalists are targets, we all suffer

News / Policy & Finance

Southeast Asia chasing 'silver bullet' climate solutions at expense of proven methods: report

...tions to fight climate change. In April, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said nature-based solutions and renewable energy were the best climate mitigation options. That month, Institute...

8 Jun 2022

Southeast Asia chasing 'silver bullet' climate solutions at expense of proven methods: report

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesia's cassava push leaves bitter taste in Borneo rainforest

...taken the "lazy way out" by cutting down tropical forests to convert them for agriculture. "It's not very difficult to make the case that putting a cassava plantation in the middle of the jungle is no...

28 Jul 2023

Indonesia's cassava push leaves bitter taste in Borneo rainforest

Videos / Policy & Finance

'We are not afraid': Locals in biodiversity-rich Philippine island fight back against nickel mine

...t the island’s intact ecosystems. The extraction was part of the company’s exploration activities, which included a shipment of 50,000 wet metric tonnes of nickel ore on its way to be tested for meta...

7 Feb 2023

'We are not afraid': Locals in biodiversity-rich Philippine island fight back against nickel mine

News / Energy

Heatwaves in India drive leading clean-energy state back to coal

...the year by which the country's coal demand is estimated to rise by 60 per cent, to up to 1.5 billion tonnes, to meet growing electricity needs. On April 19, when the top temperature in the state touc...

25 Apr 2023

Heatwaves in India drive leading clean-energy state back to coal

A coal-fired power station owned by Ayala Corporation in South Luzon

News / Carbon & Climate

Green hush could lead to 'vicious circle' of corporate non-disclosure and inaction

...te solutions that are "still nascent". It took the company, whose business interests range from coal plants and manufacturing to automotive and logistics, two years just to set the net-zero target. "T...

12 Dec 2022

Green hush could lead to 'vicious circle' of corporate non-disclosure and inaction

Products labelled "sustainable" or "planet-friendly" in a promotion on e-commerce platform Lazada

News / Corporate Responsibility

Critics question labelling of plastic products as 'eco-friendly' in Earth Day promo

...tent or reduced plastic constituted a green product. "Substantial marketing efforts were built on very loose sustainability criteria. However, we will note that this initiative is intended to be for o...

27 Apr 2022

Critics question labelling of plastic products as 'eco-friendly' in Earth Day promo

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