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As a nutrient-rich grain that can withstand drought and heat, millet is being promoted across India amid increasing weather extremes – but despite the government’s promotion efforts, demand remains low.

In 2014, the Indian government launched the latest in a long line of projects to clean the Ganga’s waters, but in the city of Varanasi it shows mixed results.

Here's how major tech companies fared in their policies to curb misinformation, including on climate, in a new report.

The UN’s Global Stocktake is effectively a to-do list for the climate. Countries know where they need to be, but will they get there?

By Xia Zhijian

By Yanine Quiroz

By Qiu Chengcheng, Qin Qi

Thomson Reuters Foundation

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The sustainable development goal financing gap has widened significantly in many developing countries in the region. Coordinated multi-stakeholder regional partnerships and cooperation are needed to mobilise new resources. By Naoko Ishii

Recovery is being led by high-income countries, with low-income countries lagging far behind, worsening the global employment divide. By Olivier De Schutter

Despite Thailand’s energy surplus, the country continues to support environmentally damaging hydropower in Laos, revealing just how removed financers are from the impacts of their investments. By Ming Li Yong

Well-told human-interest stories are key to moving readers and prompting climate action. How to write them in China? By Cui Zheng

By Hazel Ilango

By Kow Kwan Yee

By Sarva Mangala Praveena

By Corey Lesk and Kai Kornhuber

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The new GRI Standards by the Global Reporting Initiative moves from merely recommending what to report to identifying exactly what businesses and investors are required to publicly disclose on their impacts.

Want to know more about sustainability reporting, but don't know where to begin? Eco-Business and simpleshow have produced an easy-to-understand clip that explains it all in less than three minutes.

The Responsible Business Forum on Sustainable Development will be held for the third year in Singapore, where delegates will address why redefining prosperity to include economic, social and natural systems is necessary for sustainable growth

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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas assistant governor tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the regulator’s maiden sustainability report that features an empirical study of climate impacts on banks as well as the nation’s first taxonomy.

Exclusive The world's largest asset manager says it has put sustainability at the core of its investment approach. Eco-Business speaks to Shinbo Won, BlackRock's investment stewardship director in Singapore about what this means for investors, and how companies are responding to increased ESG pressure.

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