2. Zero hunger
After a prolonged decline, world hunger appears to be on the rise again. Conflict, drought and disasters linked to climate change are among the key factors causing this reversal in progress. It is time to rethink how we grow, share and consume our food. If done right, agriculture, forestry and fisheries can provide nutritious food for all and generate decent incomes, while supporting people-centred rural development and protecting the environment.
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Food & Agriculture
Climate disasters deepen food insecurity in the Punjab
Following devastating floods that destroyed crops in the breadbasket region of India and Pakistan, food insecurity continues to loom large.
Four island residents take a Swiss cement giant to court while restoring nature at home.
Food & Agriculture
Asia’s banks are failing to grasp growing food system risks: study
Research warns that Southeast Asian and Indian lenders are overlooking major climate, biodiversity and public-health risks tied to Asia’s fast-growing protein demand. Only three banks reference animal welfare principles in their lending policies.
Food & Agriculture
Brazil’s Indigenous battle with a dry Amazon rainforest
As pastures and thirsty crops dry up the Amazon, Indigenous people try to adapt traditional farming methods.
Food & Agriculture
At COP30, Brazil's farmers defend record on forests
Food & Agriculture
Q&A: The role of soil health in food security and tackling climate change
Opinion
Carbon & Climate
COP30 must do good, not just avoid harm
As the host of this year's UN Climate Change Conference, Brazil seeks to make COP30 the “COP of implementation.” Translating commitments into robust action should include providing indigenous peoples with direct access to predictable and sustainable finance, and treating them as equal partners, rather than as beneficiaries.
Food & Agriculture
India’s farm policies behind bad air, unhealthy diet, water crisis
Law and policy measures that prioritise sustainable agriculture are needed to address India’s environmental challenges.
Carbon & Climate
How climate became China’s strategy for survival and security
China’s climate pivot has been shaped by its survival strategy, and this is now quickly redefining its resilience in the 21st century. Whether that power endures will depend on Asean – arguably China’s closest testbed for clean energy development. The recent Asean Summit and Apec meetings suggest China’s successes in climate and development will see a far larger reach beyond its shores.
Carbon & Climate
We tried to move a mountain: Reflections on youth activism and the fossil fuel divestment movement in Singapore
The longtime organiser of Students for a Fossil Free Future says that despite the bureaucratic obstacles and cultural resistance that ultimately slowed the campus movement, it will one day return – stronger and more sustainable than before.
Policy & Finance
While the West retreats, Asia powers ahead on sustainable finance
Food & Agriculture
A food security imperative for the Johor-Singapore SEZ blueprint
Food & Agriculture
Feed the world but feed it well: Why food systems must be reformed
Policy & Finance
India’s digital divide and the consequent welfare bias
Videos
Food & Agriculture
Singaporeans love food, but are they valuing food enough?
EB Studio
Singaporeans are well-known foodies, but around 800,000 tonnes of food is wasted every year. Why is so much food wasted, and what can consumers do about it?
Food & Agriculture
Can palm oil plantations be elephant-friendly?
From conflict to co-existence: Earthworm Foundation has come up with a solution to managing human-elephant conflict in palm oil plantations in Sabah.
Food & Agriculture
Mission Impossible: Satisfying Asia’s meat appetite with plant-based food?
Can Impossible Foods, the plant-based food tech company from California, take a bite out of Asia's growing appetite for meat? Eco-Business spoke to founder Pat Brown to find out.
Food & Agriculture
Expansion of oil palm plantations into forests appears to be changing local diets in Indonesia
With no forests, people lose access to wild food and are forced to purchase more unhealthy food, including packaged foods.
Podcasts
Food & Agriculture
Looking past the label: the nutritionists’ guide to plant-based milk
EB Studio
Plant-based milks have grown in popularity in recent years, driven by a combination of health, environmental and practical concerns. Nutritionists on the Eco-Business podcast, produced in association with Kerry, weigh the pros and cons of non-dairy milk.
Food & Agriculture
Plant-based protein – fad or the future?
EB Studio
The booming alternative protein sector has experienced turbulence this year. The Eco-Business Podcast asks if growth in plant-based meat alternatives can go the distance.
Carbon & Climate
Relentless work, for no money: Southeast Asian climate scientists share their IPCC experience
What's it like co-writing a 3,500 page report on the dangers of climate change with hundreds of scientists worldwide, over Zoom calls during a pandemic? Eco-Business speaks to authors from the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore who were in the thick of the action.
Carbon & Climate
Protecting 30 per cent of the ocean by 2030: Mission impossible?
EB Studio
Eco-Business talks to 'Aulani Wilhelm of Conservation International about why a plan to protect the ocean is critical, and why it might just work.
