Eco-Business

Small-scale farmers who underpin Thailand’s lucrative natural rubber industry are under pressure to prepare for the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), due to take effect at the end of the year.

A new study analysed thousands of shoreline litter surveys and other data from more than 100 countries to produce the first global index of macroplastic pollution by type.

Singapore-based 100x100 has launched a US$100 million fund to build and scale 50 climate-focused startups across Southeast Asia and India.

India’s new foreign investment policy, China’s slowing battery demand, and the African market create a new opportunity in India.

作者 Niu Yuhan

作者 Song Wanyuan

作者 Taufik Wijaya

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The rise of electric SUVs is challenging the idea of green transport, with experts warning that heavier vehicles could undermine climate, health and equity goals. 作者 Keyvan Hosseini 和 Dawn-Marie Walker

Taiwan’s energy challenges highlight the limits of fossil fuel–based energy security as geopolitical tensions reshape global energy markets and supply chains. 作者 Philippe Le Billon

The Covid-19 pandemic and the wars in Ukraine and Iran have reframed the issue of sustainability, which is now as much about sovereignty and economic security as it is about planetary health. Countries and companies that fail to recognise this have everything to lose in the coming years. 作者 Bruno Bouygues 和 Bertrand Badré

Workers in an electronic manufacturing factory in a Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) area in Laguna.

The World Bank has made a volte-face on industrial policy. Southeast Asian countries will need to consider the new policy, but calibrate it across vastly different national contexts. 作者 Marco Kamiya

作者 Xue Xiaokang

作者 Jason Judd 和 Kalpona Akter

作者 Qiyuan Xu

作者 Gernot Wagner 和 Roland Kupers

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