Eco-Business

Four island residents take a Swiss cement giant to court while restoring nature at home.

Cows bathing in Lake Toba, north Sumatra.

Research warns that Southeast Asian and Indian lenders are overlooking major climate, biodiversity and public-health risks tied to Asia’s fast-growing protein demand. Only three banks reference animal welfare principles in their lending policies.

The government has recorded multiple environmental violations at the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park, but locals are yet to see action.

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Giving local governments more autonomy and prioritising human rights are key to advancing Indonesia’s renewable energy aims, write two experts.

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By Rhick Lars Albay

By Siva Selan

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An ageing agricultural workforce bodes ill for our ability to feed the world. To entice young people to work in food systems, policymakers should demonstrate the industry’s breadth, while providing them with the resources and skills to modernise farming and build sustainable, innovative agribusinesses. By Maximo Torero

Australia's latest climate risk assessment highlights what could happen at 1.5, 2, and 3°C of warming in 2050 and 2090. The risks are alarming. But the rewards of limiting warming are worth fighting for. By Vaidehi Shah

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Digitalisation of government services is creating inequalities in the delivery of schemes to the marginalised. By Prachi Bansal and Ritika Agrawal

Local communities and traditional Islamic boarding schools are pushing back on renewable energy projects that prioritise technical and economic benefits over social and ecological considerations. By Iim Halimatusa’diyah

By Sk. Tawfique M. Haque

By William Moore

By Elyssa Kaur Ludher

By Soumyabrata Mondal

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NGOs urged the government to improve forest data transparency by making maps of protected areas publicly available, and to channel funds to frontline communities living near forests.

Video footage appears to show protestors, who were demonstrating against mining operations, being dragged away by police near Ipilan Nickel Mine in Brooke’s Point, Palawan. Mining insiders are calling for maximum tolerance in similar standoffs.

A coalition of scientists and environmentalists found “widespread economic impacts” for communities in the Philippine province, heightening calls for accountability from the sunken tanker reportedly chartered by a San Miguel Corp subsidiary.

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After 20 years without electricity, more than 50 households in Cebu's poorest district have been provided with solar energy, financed by carbon offsets.

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The chief of a Manila-based nonprofit that advocates for climate finance transparency tells the EB Podcast that so-called Filipino resilience to natural disasters should not be an “excuse” for developers to dodge accountability for substandard flood control projects.

Podcast on RSPO's new principles and criteria for certifying palm oil as environmentally and socially sustainable.

EB Studio The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil has released new criteria for certifying responsibly grown palm oil. What's changed and how does RSPO respond to criticism that the new standard lowers the bar for deforestation?

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.

In a region where large hydro projects and expanding biofuel plantations coincide with an upcoming coal phaseout, a laissez-faire approach could worsen existing inequalities and mar the success of a clean energy buildout.

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