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A survey reveals rising concern over workplace toxicity in Singapore, where nine in 10 professionals say they're experiencing burnout. There is growing recognition that burnout is not always an individual medical issue, but reflects a systemic problem with work culture, say experts.

Companies are starting to label their products, from food and drink to cosmetics, to show how their products impact the climate – but will consumers understand?

While Tonle Sap is recognised as a resource worthy of protection, countless other lakes, ponds and wetlands also depend on Mekong flooding but are dwindling away unnoticed.

Poor households headed by women spend a higher share of their budgets on protecting their families from worsening floods, storms and other impacts of global warming.

By Emily Fishbein, Jaw Tu Hkawng, Nu Nu Lusan, Jauman Naw

By Shristi Kafle

Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Authoritarian governments have weaponised online tools and platforms to control journalists and stifle freedom of expression. By Gayathry Venkiteswaran

The "shadow pandemic" of sexual and gender-based violence during the Covid-19 crisis shows that it will be up to women themselves to topple the structural hurdles that have left them vulnerable. Fortunately, the past two years have shown that this is possible, with many examples revealing how all of society benefits. By Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Lilian Best

Despite widespread recognition that women are underrepresented in climate and conservation fora, the problem persists. Given that women face the greatest risks from environmental crises and have been shown to deliver better environmental policy results, this status quo is both unjust and shortsighted. By Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr

Women often get the short end of the stick in rural areas where energy access is poor. In the drive to improve energy access, directing finance to increase the participation of women in the energy sector is necessary. By Monika Merdekawati, Gabriella Ienanto and Crescencia Valentina

By Laura Chinchilla and María Espinosa

By Syaza Shukri

By Antik Bintari

By Vandana Sharma and Isabela Salgado

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Women play a key role in developing innovations to push for sustainability, but barriers remain to their entry into STEM careers. To celebrate International Day of Women & Girls in Science, EB Impact speaks to three women in science on making an impact and pursuing careers in STEM.

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What are the dangers of gender bias in technology design and what are the market opportunities for womentech—technologies that centre the needs of women?

Filipino commuters during Covid. Image: Commuters of Metro Manila

Exclusive As the country plunges into a recession borne out of the pandemic, how can it get back on its feet? On this podcast, Eco-Business spoke to top Filipino environmentalist Loren Legarda on how conservation should not take a backseat to economic development.

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