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Odd jobs, digital cards help Rohingya refugees navigate aid cut

...the Middle East - swallow a growing share of the global aid pot. Last year, the monthly ration in the camp was slashed from US$12 to US$8 per head as the world delivered only half of the £876 million ...

24 Jun 2024

Odd jobs, digital cards help Rohingya refugees navigate aid cut

News / Cities

Students for sustainability… Post-Growth Singapore founder Lim Lecarl

...the pursuit of limitless economic growth. While the terms "post-growth" and "degrowth" are often used interchangeably, they differ in the intensity of the change they propose. Post-growth broadly ackn...

21 Jun 2024

Students for sustainability… Post-Growth Singapore founder Lim Lecarl

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Rising temperatures threaten India's wheat production

...the experiences of the past two rabi marketing seasons, the government lowered the wheat procurement target for the current season further to 30–32 million tonnes. However, as in the past two seasons,...

21 Jun 2024

Rising temperatures threaten India's wheat production

News / Water

India and Pakistan may bicker, but climate disasters won’t wait

...the stripping of the territory’s semi-autonomous status. More recently, The Guardian’s report alleging that the Indian government ordered killings in Pakistan has further complicated matters. While th...

21 Jun 2024

India and Pakistan may bicker, but climate disasters won’t wait

News / Carbon & Climate

AI to play a bigger role in solving Asia’s sustainability challenges: Google

...the El Niño weather phenomenon bringing searing heatwaves and droughts interspersed with stronger and more unpredictable typhoon seasons. The region, which sweltered through the hottest year on record...

21 Jun 2024

AI to play a bigger role in solving Asia’s sustainability challenges: Google

News / Lifestyle

Game changer: extreme heat stifles women's sports in Pakistan

...the city of nearly 300,000 people. The girls have started training later in the day in a bid to beat the heat but parents are unhappy with their daughters returning home late on their own. And there i...

21 Jun 2024

Game changer: extreme heat stifles women's sports in Pakistan

News / Policy & Finance

Asia's independent directors lack independence; controlling shareholders to blame, says investor group

...when they had previously raised concerns with SGX RegCo, it tended to take the view of the majority of the board, even if some of the independent directors may be aligned with the management or contro...

20 Jun 2024

Asia's independent directors lack independence; controlling shareholders to blame, says investor group

News / Transport

China’s position in the global race for alternative EV batteries

...the US have the opportunity to surpass China and reshape the competitive landscape of the future EV battery industry,” it wrote. But Zhang thinks the race is too early to call because the technology i...

20 Jun 2024

China’s position in the global race for alternative EV batteries

News / Carbon & Climate

Why are rainforests crucial for the planet?

...the water cycle. The forests' dense canopies hold moisture and feed water vapour back into the atmosphere, driving further rains. This is critical in South America, sub-Saharan Africa and the islands ...

20 Jun 2024

Why are rainforests crucial for the planet?

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

Opinion / Cities

Refugees in transit flee one crisis for another

...the world, mainly depending on the host country’s signatory status to the 1951 Refugee Convention and the wealth of the host country. Bangladesh is a non-signatory to the convention, so when the infl...

20 Jun 2024

Refugees in transit flee one crisis for another

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

The diet change that can also help the planet

...the study in order to optimise the nutritional composition of their diets while still meeting the emission targets. There is much more to the sustainability of our diets than only reducing the environ...

19 Jun 2024

The diet change that can also help the planet

News / Water

Singapore counts costs of oil spill to biodiversity-rich waters as shore cleanup expands

...the site, as well as the rocky sea-cliff at the adjacent Labrador Nature Reserve and the Southern Islands as key areas where the spill's impacts could be high, given their proximity to the source of t...

19 Jun 2024

Singapore counts costs of oil spill to biodiversity-rich waters as shore cleanup expands

News / Waste

Singapore's plastic recycling rate drops to 5 per cent

...the lowest for more a decade, with the exception of 2020, the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, when waste recovery services were disrupted. The drop in overall recycling rate has been attributed to a ...

19 Jun 2024

Singapore's plastic recycling rate drops to 5 per cent

News / Water

Toxic fumes and slick-coated coasts: Singapore's oil spill cleanup, in pictures

...their high viscosity. They can also cause death by hypothermia in birds by coating their feathers, which are essential for thermal insulation. Despite signage to warn people of the disaster, the area...

19 Jun 2024

Toxic fumes and slick-coated coasts: Singapore's oil spill cleanup, in pictures

News / Carbon & Climate

‘We need to make old buildings cooler’, says Bangladesh’s chief heat officer

...There is also an upcoming heat action week that begins from 23 June with volunteers training for the survey on heat resilience among the citizens of Dhaka North. The survey begins on 27 June. The seco...

18 Jun 2024

‘We need to make old buildings cooler’, says Bangladesh’s chief heat officer

News / Policy & Finance

Top banks 'bankrolling destruction' in Amazon, says report

...the report's authors said in a statement. They added that the report "underscores the abyss between the environmental and social policies claimed by the top financiers versus the destruction the...

18 Jun 2024

Top banks 'bankrolling destruction' in Amazon, says report

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Philippines’ BDO Unibank on urgency of blue bond and green financing: ‘We want to take the lead and work with regulators'

...the regulators that the limit should not become a hindrance [to the implementation of the project]. When there are issues at a statutory or congressional level where we think the government should pla...

14 Jun 2024

Philippines’ BDO Unibank on urgency of blue bond and green financing: ‘We want to take the lead and work with regulators'

News / Policy & Finance

Singtel expands internal carbon pricing scheme as part of accelerated 2045 net-zero push

...the most ambitious target so far among its Asian peers. Since then, it has upgraded its interim emissions and renewable energy procurement goals, and became the first Southeast Asian telco to make the...

13 Jun 2024

Singtel expands internal carbon pricing scheme as part of accelerated 2045 net-zero push

News / Policy & Finance

Beyond compliance: Nurturing a company culture that values corporate integrity

...the right thing to do for the common good, beyond what is best for themselves or for the bottom line. Leaders should agree upon shared corporate values and set the tone at the top by consistently demo...

13 Jun 2024

Beyond compliance: Nurturing a company culture that values corporate integrity

News / Cities

Hell or high water: Filipino schools lashed by climate extremes

...they are due to reopen after the holidays in July, rather than August, as authorities rework the education calendar to adapt to extreme weather. The immediate threat comes from storms as typhoon seas...

12 Jun 2024

Hell or high water: Filipino schools lashed by climate extremes

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