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Smoke signals from Amazon raise fears of global tipping point on climate change.
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Eco-Business Youth A-lister Kong Man Jing reaches millions of viewers on social media monthly, but says it is the individual stories of youths she has inspired that keeps her going.
Through the carbon offsetting function on its app, Grab neutralised the emissions of more than 43 million trips and saved about 30,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in 2022, the company claims. But these claims are based on carbon credits of questionable credibility, according to non-profit RimbaWatch. Image: Robin Hicks / Eco-Business
Non-profit RimbaWatch says Grab's scheme is based on questionable forest carbon projects. The ride-hailer argues that carbon credits can be a credible means to cut emissions.
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The plant, backed by Singapore's water agency PUB and US-based startup Equatic, aims to remove 10 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the ocean each day.
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#climate science Opinion

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Unlike war, environmental impacts are not accepted as a reason to seek asylum under international law. But this could change as Australia’s climate visa for citizens of small-island state Tuvalu legalises the status of the climate migrant.
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Cutting-edge research and practical decision-making is helping the Australian Open make a call when the weather gets too hot to handle.
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Not all Antarctic sea ice is the same. And the finer details are what scientists need to know more about to understand its impact on the climate system.
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Most informal settlements, commonly known as "slums", are located in tropical Asia and Africa, where residents have limited data and options to adapt to growing heat-related health risks.
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#climate science Videos

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Gaurav Sant, founder of startup SeaChange, tells Eco-Business about a technology he hopes will give the world's oceans the capacity to absorb additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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Southeast Asia's largest energy consumer has been slow to transition to renewables, but recent policies point to greater expansion of the country's solar, tidal and geothermal energy production.
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In the video, environmental law group ClientEarth compares the oil and gas giant's advertisements on its low-carbon investments to a burger chain claiming that they’re vegan because they’ve got salad on the menu.
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Eco-Business releases the trailer for a documentary that traces the relationship between ecosystems in the North Pole and Asia, in the second edition of its flagship campaign on climate action, Changing Course.
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#climate science Podcasts

"We are already at 1.1°C of warming – a matter of life and death for the Global South", says Professor Winston Chow, the recently appointed co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's working group on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.
The Singapore scientist, recently elected to the UN's top climate body, tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the precarious state of climate adaptation in developing Asia. The region is not well-prepared to manage the cascading risks of extreme climate events, he says.
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Scientists in the Global South are studying how solar geoengineering could affect their communities. One team in Pakistan is focusing on malaria, a mosquito-borne disease that affects millions in tropical and sub-tropical countries yearly.
Ice caps and a warming planet
"We have a choice about the speed of sea-level rise." The Eco-Business Podcast talks to climate scientist Professor Ben Horton about how close the world is to reaching crucial climate tipping points, and what can be done to stop runaway climate change.
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Why is there so much secrecy and controversy around sand extraction? Eco-Business speaks to Madhumitha Ardhanari to find out more about the narrative surrounding sand in Singapore, the largest importer of sand in the world.
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