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The Central Ground Water Board’s latest report on groundwater quality in the country reveals widespread contamination, with nearly 20 per cent of samples exceeding permissible pollutant limits.

20 一月 2025

Nepal’s highest court has scrapped a controversial new law that allowed infrastructure development, such as hotels and cable cars, inside protected areas.

Climate change turns wet weather into new hazard, as millions are disrupted and displaced by extreme wet weather.

Metro Manila’s road congestion woes can be solved. But they have been hampered by slow implementation and weak political will.

Bangladesh’s forest department has recently included modern technologies and tools to strengthen its crime combat arsenal, after having lagged behind its surrounding countries for …

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It is the only region that has seen an increase in linking sustainability performance to executive pay, according to research by global advisory company WTW.

15 一月 2025

Sunil Acharya, Oxfam’s policy and campaigns coordinator for Asia, tells Eco-Business why he thinks the greater use of guarantees to mobilise financing in the private sector is problematic, especially as MDB lending is still at market rates. Globally, the charity is pushing to “decolonise the aid sector” which it says is broken.

There can be no business on a dead planet, and yet most of the region's largest firms do not measure their impact on nature – and focus only on climate in their sustainability reports, a study by National University of Singapore Business School finds.

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The rules will ensure safeguards are in place to strengthen labour conditions and close loopholes to curtail land grabbing incidents, says Leena Ghosh, head of human rights and social standards at the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.

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Malaysia and Indonesia are advancing green finance to tackle climate change, but face hurdles like unclear standards and public awareness. 作者 Siti Hafsyah Idris, Lee Wei Chang 和 Iman Prihandono

12 一月 2025

To ensure the food security of our region amidst climate change, there is no time like the present to determine how climate and digital technologies can work together to feed Asean. 作者 Paul Teng

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India's power distribution companies need a least cost-based procurement strategy and a people-centric energy transition to achieve net zero. 作者 Anandajit Goswami

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作者 Jemilah Mahmood 和 Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad

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Indonesian environmental campaigners took a novel approach to raising climate awareness by publishing five children's books about the country's environmental issues. This podcast explores their creative process and the public's response.

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A closer look at how these ‘energy transition’ deals are backed reveals gaps in the lending policies of banks in the Mekong subregion. A 1,460-MW dam, now under construction near the Luang Prabang UNESCO World Heritage Site, will see all its electricity sold to Thailand, but critics have pointed out that the nation is facing an oversupply of energy.

The city's plans to halve emissions by 2035 and achieve net zero by 2050 may be ambitious. But NGOs tracking its policy direction over the years are not convinced and demand a more measurable roadmap with interim goals – not just long-term pledges.

Attribution to global warming is still challenging due to the lack of weather stations in rural areas and small islands, according to the Philippine Climate Change Assessment Cycle report.

Southeast Asia's digital economy is booming. Keeping its environmental footprint in check will require innovative solutions to build, operate and decommission data centres sustainably.

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Southeast Asia's clean energy transition

Association of Young Environmental Journalists (AYEJ)

With the goal of increasing coverage on the climate challenges affecting vulnerable communities, the Association of Young Environmental Journalists (AYEJ) has launched the Green Beat Caravan.

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Resilience rising: Targeting transformative disaster risk reduction in Asia-Pacific subregions

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COP29 shows Southeast Asia’s energy transition needs private finance, effective policies will catalyse that

What can you do with US$300 billion? For Southeast Asian nations trying to fund the construction of solar plants or wind farms, the answer is: not that much. The recent …