Eco-Business

As global warming threatens cocoa production by pushing temperatures beyond optimal levels, manual pollination offers a promising solution to boost yields and support millions of smallholder farmers.

The republic is reviewing its strategy to source a third of its nutrition locally by 2030 to better tackle productivity, cost and demand challenges, said a senior minister of state. To date, food self-production remains below 10 per cent.

Pak Gadang walks down the log yard at OKI pulp mill

APP is Indonesia's first major resources firm to get its climate goals approved by the Science Based Targets initiative, although the targets do not yet include its biggest source of emissions. Rival RGE has also restated its climate commitments despite political signals of the country's retreat from the Paris Agreement.

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Large trials in Indonesia and Malaysia are showing it is possible to become sustainable without damaging productivity or local economies.

Bursa Sustain

By Robin Hicks

By Jeremy Chan

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A woman working in a tobacco field in East Lombok

Community-based initiatives like cooperative farming ventures and water conservation projects can play a vital role in building resilience among women farmers. By Miya Irawati, Ridho Verdiansyah, Sharyn Davies

Food & Agriculture

Decarbonising our food

Averting catastrophic climate scenarios requires that we phase out fossil fuels and transform food systems at the same time. A growing body of scientific research shows that the two challenges are not just equally urgent, but also mutually dependent. By Anna Lappé and Patty Fong

Market-based solutions must be harnessed to prevent the exploitation of ecosystems. But such an approach will succeed only if markets' governance principles and operating methods are designed to promote equity and sustainable prosperity. By Simon Zadek and Sandrine Dixson-Declève

With laws to regenerate biodiversity facing resistance, we must explain how nature can work for people By Helen Crowley

By Sofia Monsalve

By Andrew Deutz

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Goumbook launched a regional oceans network that brought discussions on the blue economy to the forefront at the last COP summit. Founder Tatiana Abella tells the Eco-Business Podcast why healthy oceans are important for the Middle East.

David Antonioli says current rules spur piecemeal offsetting instead of enabling faster growth of climate ventures. He expects pushback to his ideas in a market polarised over integrity issues, but wants players to think big-picture.

Climate tech podcast with Steve Melhuish

Entrepreneur Steve Melhuish tells the EB Podcast where the biggest opportunities to reduce emissions and make money are in Southeast Asia, and why finding the right economic incentives is critical for climate tech startups.

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