Eco-Business

As India plans a diverse energy landscape with capacities from hydro, nuclear, solar, wind, and bioenergy, there are concens over large-scale renewable energy projects using agricultural and ecologically sensitive land, posing environmental and socio-ecological risks.

This World Indigenous Peoples Day, Eco-Business asks Indigenous youths from Asia and Latin America what the world can learn from their cultures about fighting climate change.

Global Slavery Index exposes links between climate change and rising risk of forced labour.

After their town was devastated by floods in 2004, residents of Kiday in the Philippines shifted to organic methods when rebuilding their farms.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

By You Xiaoying

By Raja Aiman

By Robin Hicks

All #food waste News →

Asia is the ideal insect farming hub, says the chief technology officer of insect farming start-up FlyFeed, which recently announced that it will build its first farm in Vietnam this year. By Nathalie Berezina

Supporting start-ups can accelerate innovation and bring solutions to market faster, before our planet reaches its best before date. By Anil K Sharma

Heavily packaged fruit in a supermarket in Singapore.

Vast amounts of food are sent to landfill. But the jury’s out on whether packaging is friend or foe in the fight against the problem. By Tammara Soma

Digital agriculture_Pinduoduo_food waste

With the world's population expected to hit 9.7 billion by 2050, agriculture needs to become more productive and sustainable. By Xinyi Lim

By Maximo Torero

By Wang Chen and Jiang Yifan

By Huiying Ng, Hang Chong Tan and Woon Tien Wei

All #food waste Opinion →

Watch: Singapore researchers are trying to give banana skins and coconut husks a new lease of life in water purification kits that can be used in disaster situations. They could one day also be used in the manufacture of batteries.

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?

All #food waste Videos →

EB Studio Nobody likes being told what to eat, but changing diets could make or break climate action. The Eco-Business Podcast explores how best to convince people to choose food good for people and planet.

Humanity and the planet are suffering from a serious case of food poisoning. Eco-Business spoke to Brent Loken, WWF's global lead food scientist, about how changes to our diet can help fix our broken food system, and restore our health and the planet's strained ecosystems.

Filipino commuters during Covid. Image: Commuters of Metro Manila

Exclusive As the country plunges into a recession borne out of the pandemic, how can it get back on its feet? On this podcast, Eco-Business spoke to top Filipino environmentalist Loren Legarda on how conservation should not take a backseat to economic development.

All #food waste Podcasts →