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The energy transition is fuelling a power transition
In the battle to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and avert the worst impacts of climate change, the world has a vast resource that remains largely untapped: women. Preventing the catastrophic effects ...
6 Jul 2023
The energy transition is fuelling a power transition
News /
Food & Agriculture
Former RSPO co-chair Carl Bek-Nielsen appointed chairman of Malaysian Palm Oil Council
...
smallholders
have protested the law, with industry growers saying that it could render sustainable palm oil certification irrelevant. Bek-Nielsen’s appointment as MPOC chairman is effective 1 May 2023...
27 Mar 2023
Former RSPO co-chair Carl Bek-Nielsen appointed chairman of Malaysian Palm Oil Council
Press Releases /
Grow Asia
AGRA, Grow Asia enter collaboration agreement to drive South-South cooperation between Africa, Asia
AGRA and Grow Asia have signed a collaboration agreement to accelerate food system transformation in Africa and Asia. Grounded in the spirit of South-South Cooperation between the leading agri-food pl...
27 Oct 2022
AGRA, Grow Asia enter collaboration agreement to drive South-South cooperation between Africa, Asia
News /
Policy & Finance
How microloans exacerbate deforestation in Cambodia
In Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, spanning 490,000 hectares, expansive tracts of protected forest are being illegally converted to cassava, cashew and rubber plantations. Husband and wife Pi...
22 Apr 2024
How microloans exacerbate deforestation in Cambodia
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Carbon & Climate
Clear climate targets can help clean up palm oil’s image: Malaysian plantation giant KLK sustainability chief
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smallholders
and planters. That is very difficult and complicated for us, though over the next 18 months, we will try to identify the different types of platforms and technologies that we can use [to...
6 Jul 2023
Clear climate targets can help clean up palm oil’s image: Malaysian plantation giant KLK sustainability chief
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Governing the right to food
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smallholders
, transforming Global South countries into food importers vulnerable to price spikes. Financial power also buys narrative power, which can be used to praise the latest food tech. No one sh...
21 Jul 2023
Governing the right to food
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Food & Agriculture
India's farmers wrestle with shift to eco-friendly agriculture
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smallholders
and make farming more climate-friendly, India is promoting organic and natural farming, encouraging diversification to cut dependence on one major crop and incentivising solar-powered wat...
22 Nov 2023
India's farmers wrestle with shift to eco-friendly agriculture
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Food & Agriculture
In India, 'natural farming' draws young people back to the land
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smallholders
, have embraced natural farming - up from 40,000 when the state government launched a "community-managed natural farming" scheme in 2015. Natural farming shuns synthetic fertilisers and pe...
22 Nov 2023
In India, 'natural farming' draws young people back to the land
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Cities
Record high deforestation hits Sumatra’s ‘orangutan capital’ as palm oil industry expands
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smallholders
. These locally influential individuals wield power and have access to the resources needed to establish significant oil palm plantations, according to RAN. Often this power stems from a p...
28 Mar 2023
Record high deforestation hits Sumatra’s ‘orangutan capital’ as palm oil industry expands
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Food & Agriculture
Practising human rights due diligence in the palm oil industry
Concerns over labour rights abuse in Malaysia’s palm oil sector has put the industry under scrutiny in recent years. In 2022, the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) found that eight out of...
3 May 2024
Practising human rights due diligence in the palm oil industry
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Manufacturing
Palm oil derivatives: are sustainability promises lost in the supply chain?
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smallholders
, who grow oil palm on land less than 50 hectares in area. The company’s palm commitment does acknowledge the need to include
smallholders
in supply chains but, based on its ACOP, it has n...
1 Sep 2022
Palm oil derivatives: are sustainability promises lost in the supply chain?
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Food & Agriculture
First crops, now animals: Climate change hurts Bangladesh farmers
Along Bangladesh's southern coast, farmers threatened by the impacts of climate change are striving to boost their resilience to rising salinity in the soil and water by growing salt-tolerant crops a...
25 Aug 2023
First crops, now animals: Climate change hurts Bangladesh farmers
News /
Food & Agriculture
What does the future of climate-resilient rice look like?
Although rice is a diet staple for many in Asia, the harvesting of the crop is fraught with many challenges, including decreasing yield productivity due to the effects of climate change and the pressu...
28 Apr 2022
What does the future of climate-resilient rice look like?
News /
Food & Agriculture
Booming investor interest in agritech is inspiring a wave of Cambodian entrepreneurs. But can the solutions scale?
Vanilla, a vining orchid, is arguably the second most expensive spice in the world, behind saffron, and seen by most farming communities as an extremely lucrative crop. Even though its commercial vari...
10 Oct 2023
Booming investor interest in agritech is inspiring a wave of Cambodian entrepreneurs. But can the solutions scale?
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Policy & Finance
World needs global carbon price and tax reform for carbon-heavy trade – or will miss 2030 climate goals, warns WTO chief
The head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has called for a global carbon tax and reforms to trade regulations to enable the world to meet decarbonisation goals this decade. Speaking at the World...
25 Jan 2023
World needs global carbon price and tax reform for carbon-heavy trade – or will miss 2030 climate goals, warns WTO chief
News /
Carbon & Climate
Climate disinformation campaigns that tried to block climate action in Asia Pacific
Climate disinformation – where scientific data is misrepresented to erode trust in climate science – has been around since the 1980s, when fossil fuel companies ran advertorials in newspapers denying ...
23 Aug 2023
Climate disinformation campaigns that tried to block climate action in Asia Pacific
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
How technology can help address challenges in agriculture
When agriculture first took root around 12,000 years ago, it triggered a change in how people lived. Dubbed the “Neolithic Revolution", the promise of a reliable food supply enabled humans to give up...
8 Apr 2022
How technology can help address challenges in agriculture
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Energy
Rose, jasmine teas flourish in Indian push for renewable energy
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smallholders
, earning about 10,000 rupees per month. Investments in renewable energies are often unaffordable, except for groups of farmers. An exception, Nishad has set up a small centre outside the ...
21 Jul 2023
Rose, jasmine teas flourish in Indian push for renewable energy
Press Releases /
The Earthshot Prize
Prince William unveils 15 global finalists for the 2023 Earthshot Prize
Prince William and The Earthshot Prize have announced the 15 Finalists for this year’s Prize at the second Earthshot Innovation Summit, an event hosted in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropi...
23 Sep 2023
Prince William unveils 15 global finalists for the 2023 Earthshot Prize
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Carbon & Climate
'Just the beginning': dawn of greenwash era for journalism in Asia?
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smallholders
of millions owed to them. Legally, palm oil companies have had to ensure that rural communities benefit from the large palm oil plantations near them. Geall said that the palm oil trade h...
26 Aug 2022
'Just the beginning': dawn of greenwash era for journalism in Asia?
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Energy
Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025
Solar power, electric vehicles (EVs) and other clean-energy technologies drove more than a third of the growth in …
Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025
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Energy
Inside China’s solar villages
For a decade, solar power has been bringing opportunities to China’s villages. What does that mean today?
Inside China’s solar villages
Opinion /
Policy & Finance
Sanae Takaichi supermajority opens path to nuclear-led, industry-driven energy transition in Japan
Landslide election win strengthens push to link decarbonisation with economic security, boosting nuclear, domestic clean tech and state-led …
Sanae Takaichi supermajority opens path to nuclear-led, industry-driven energy transition in Japan
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Cities
Thirsty tech: Why chips and data centres are a growing water risk for investors
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has published a new case study examining the financial risks that …
Thirsty tech: Why chips and data centres are a growing water risk for investors
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Waste Management
Chile’s Julio Cordano elected chair of UN plastic pollution treaty talks
The position had been vacant for four months amid a deadlock in negotiations for the treaty to curb …
Chile’s Julio Cordano elected chair of UN plastic pollution treaty talks
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Policy & Finance
Taiwan delays 20 per cent renewables target beyond 2026 as tighter solar rules slow rollout
The government shifts focus to rooftop solar and offshore wind, says power supply will remain stable despite regulatory …
Taiwan delays 20 per cent renewables target beyond 2026 as tighter solar rules slow rollout
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