#mental health News
Policy & Finance
UBS appoints Jiayun Fang as Southeast Asia social impact lead
Fang was previously head of corporate sustainability for Singapore bank UOB.
Carbon & Climate
Community-led conservation: When protecting the elusive Dulungan hornbill involves working with its exploiters
Filipino conservationist and founder of Antique-based Dulungan Youth Jann Vinze Barcinal shares how he is helping former poachers find new ways of making a living in ecotourism and nursery work so that they become the bird's protectors.
Carbon & Climate
Greenwashing fear is driving investment in sustainability in Asia – but also stunting climate ambition, study finds
Business executives around the region are very wary of being called out for greenwashing, a survey by Kearney finds. Changing rules for how firms can communicate their sustainability credentials are fuelling angst.
A 1°C warmer Singapore will result in an 88 per cent increase in economic losses to heat stress, which also negatively affects fertility, research by National University of Singapore finds.
Food & Agriculture
The skipped chapter of the sustainable palm oil story: Women smallholders
Carbon & Climate
Climate change takes heavy toll on mental health in Bangladesh
Food & Agriculture
Climate-stressed Indian farmers seek to escape debt and suicide
#mental health Opinion
Carbon & Climate
Many people are feeling ecological grief. How can we help those whose work puts them at risk?
We feel ecological grief when we lose places, species or ecosystems we value and love. These losses are a growing threat to mental health and wellbeing globally.
Policy & Finance
Is Southeast Asia’s healthcare workforce ready for climate change?
Across the region, it’s never been more critical to cultivate a resilient healthcare workforce capable of addressing climate-induced public health issues.
The imaginative process of crafting fictional narratives about difficult topics comes with its own benefits – almost akin to therapy.
Carbon & Climate
Scrolling into stress: How climate fears hit youth
It is particularly important for emerging economies like Indonesia that has a large youth population to address the issue of eco-anxiety, often driven by a perceived lack of political will and action from those in power.
