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Opinion / Food & Agriculture

War and weather show how fragile food systems are - we must act

As 2025 draws to a close, one lesson stands out from a year of conflict, climate shocks and economic turbulence: food systems now sit on the frontline of social protection and global stability. When...

31 Dec 2025

War and weather show how fragile food systems are - we must act

News / Food & Agriculture

Young Indian farmers using agri-tech could narrow a generational gap

A group of young people gather in an open field in Telangana, southern India. They take turns trying out flying an agricultural drone meant to spray pesticides, in a session organised by a drone merch...

20 Aug 2026

Young Indian farmers using agri-tech could narrow a generational gap

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

How to feed ten billion people

With the world struggling to feed eight billion people today, how will we feed ten billion by 2050? Meeting the nutritional needs of a growing population requires not just a radical increase in food...

22 Jan 2026

How to feed ten billion people

News / Waste

Bangladesh turns to areca leaves, rice bran to ditch single-use plastic tableware

Bangladeshi people love to throw a party, as the disposable tableware industry has increasingly seen. They get together or organise social gatherings often, be it to celebrate festivals or go on group...

2 Jun 2025

Bangladesh turns to areca leaves, rice bran to ditch single-use plastic tableware

News / Policy & Finance

Indonesia's energy transition could be turbocharged by Chinese green finance, study finds

Indonesia could unlock billions in clean energy investment, create high-quality jobs and strengthen its regional influence by capitalising on China’s pivot toward green finance, according to a new stu...

20 Nov 2025

Indonesia's energy transition could be turbocharged by Chinese green finance, study finds

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

COP30 must do good, not just avoid harm

When indigenous peoples are mentioned in the context of climate change, my mind immediately goes to images of my grandmother’s roofless and flooded house, destroyed by a Category 5 hurricane and a C...

17 Nov 2025

COP30 must do good, not just avoid harm

News / Policy & Finance

Climate accounting body proposes inaugural standard for Scope 4 emissions

Nearly a decade after the concept was first coined, the financial sector is taking a stab at developing a new methodology for reporting “avoided emissions”, also known as Scope 4 emissions. Up until 2...

11 Dec 2024

Climate accounting body proposes inaugural standard for Scope 4 emissions

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Trade wars destroy the planet

Tariff wars are often justified as necessary to protect or reshore manufacturing jobs and to improve national security. But, according to new research, these conflicts produce another outcome that i...

15 Dec 2025

Trade wars destroy the planet

News / Carbon & Climate

UN report: Five charts showing how global deforestation is declining

These are the findings of the Global Forest Resources Assessment – a major new report from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization – which says that an estimated 10.9 million hectares (Mha) of land...

29 Oct 2025

UN report: Five charts showing how global deforestation is declining

News / Energy

Asia Pacific investment in smart grids could free up US$2.3 billion by 2040: study

Asia Pacific’s renewable energy capacity has more than doubled over the past decade, and national targets continue to rise. But this rapid buildout coincides with fast-growing energy-intensive sectors...

14 Oct 2025

Asia Pacific investment in smart grids could free up US$2.3 billion by 2040: study

Press Releases / United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Sustaining transregional cooperation: Lessons from Asia and the Pacific and Latin America

As part of the second High-Level Conference of Middle-Income Countries, I had the privilege of moderating a panel discussion on Strengthening Global and Regional South-South Cooperation. ...

9 Jan 2026

Sustaining transregional cooperation: Lessons from Asia and the Pacific and Latin America

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

China’s five green economy challenges in 2026

As China heads into the new year it will start rolling out its 15th five‑year plan, this one is for 2026-2030. Beijing is doubling down on greening its economy, and aims to hit two major climate goals...

9 Jan 2026

China’s five green economy challenges in 2026

News / Cities

Extreme heat is worsening other climate impacts on health

Europe’s recent record-breaking heatwaves are a prescient reminder of how dangerous heat can be. During one seven-day stretch in late June, more than 10,000 excess deaths were recorded in the region b...

10 Sep 2026

Extreme heat is worsening other climate impacts on health

Press Releases / United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

UN report highlights urgent financing solutions to achieve the SDGs in Asia and the Pacific

A new report from the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) offers over 40 innovative and actionable strategies for countries in the region to close the ...

3 Aug 2025

UN report highlights urgent financing solutions to achieve the SDGs in Asia and the Pacific

Press Releases / United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Myanmar’s youth 'on hold' as education and employment crisis deepens

New analysis from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) highlights the precarious learning situation facing Myanmar’s young people, who make up more than one-third of the country&rsquo...

6 Oct 2025

Myanmar’s youth 'on hold' as education and employment crisis deepens

News / Policy & Finance

How will planned US tax on remittances hit poor countries?

President Donald Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' will hit poor countries that rely on money sent home by loved ones working US jobs, with analysts predicting a new 1 per cent tax will shave hundreds of...

1 Aug 2025

How will planned US tax on remittances hit poor countries?

News / Cities

China’s bird tourism boom sparks calls for regulation

In November 1989, Chinese farmer Hou Tiguo was hunting birds with a slingshot near his home in Baihualing, a remote village in subtropical Yunnan province, when a chance encounter changed his life. He...

5 May 2026

China’s bird tourism boom sparks calls for regulation

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News / Water

Timor-Leste president warns of era of 'water refugees' and climate-induced water conflict

The president of Timor-Leste has called on young people entering the job market to become skilled in water management and conservation as he warned of climate-induced conflict over water resources. Sp...

19 Sep 2025

Timor-Leste president warns of era of 'water refugees' and climate-induced water conflict

News / Energy

Pakistan’s solar revolution leans on workers toiling in extreme heat

Abdul Rehman used to clean solar panels on Karachi’s rooftops during the hottest part of the day. But working through last year’s sweltering summers left the 33-year-old dizzy and severely dehydrated....

23 Jul 2026

Pakistan’s solar revolution leans on workers toiling in extreme heat

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

As climate diplomacy stalls, the economics are racing ahead

The latest United Nations Climate Change Conference ended in a political deadlock. COP30 in Belém produced no agreement to phase out fossil fuels, no binding plan to halt deforestation, and no meani...

21 Jan 2026

As climate diplomacy stalls, the economics are racing ahead

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