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Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Ayala's Vickie Tan, SDG advocatorVickie Tan of Ayala Corporation has integrated sustainability across businesses within the Philippines' largest conglomerate, earning her a place in the Eco-Business A-List of the region’s most influential corporate sustainability executives. In this interview, she tells us why she chooses to stay positive despite all the climate doom and gloom. -
UN plans vast urban forests to fight climate changeThe UN plans to work with Britain's Kew Royal Botanic Gardens to grow forests in 90 cities across 30 countries in Africa and Asia.
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Despite funding loss, cities vow to continue resilience pushAs funding for 100 Resilient Cities programme winds down, cities say work to cut risks—from floods to refugee flows—will continue. -
How a paper company is restoring tropical forest in SumatraWildlife thrives in one of Sumatra’s largest intact peatland forests, and an unlikely coalition of NGOs and businesses is ensuring it remains that way.
Parks Opinion
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Safeguarding biodiversity is not just an environmentalist issue– In less than one year, delegates from around the world will gather in Kunming, China, to complete a new global agreement for protecting and conserving the world's natural systems. To succeed, they must bring together not just environmentalists, but also officials with the clout to effect change across entire economies. -
Green gentrification: How climate action in cities can avoid fueling inequality– Investments in sustainable infrastructure and initiatives in a city can exacerbate inequality by further marginalising local communities. How can cities design for sustainability while putting people at the centre of their plans to green? -
Living in Asia’s unliveable cities– Asia’s poorly regulated urban growth impacts the economy and the environment, putting pressure on public spaces, transportation, garbage disposal, and air pollution. Self-contained, self-sufficient urban communities can solve the chaos.
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