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#pollution 新闻
PM2.5 levels in Thailand’s capital and Laos’ largest city climb to unhealthy and hazardous ranges, prompting emergency measures and renewed calls for regional action on seasonal haze.
As the EU's carbon border tax takes effect in 2026, developing countries warn it could shift climate costs onto poorer exporters.
Environmental risks have slipped down the rankings in the short term – crowded out by more immediate geopolitical and economic fears, even as they remain as the top long term risks. Anxiety over AI also emerges as a top concern in the World Economic Forum's 2026 Global Risk Report.
Dozens of waste workers remain missing following an avalanche of garbage at a landfill site in the central Philippines that occurred on 8 January. The landfill functioned as an open dump, which is prohibited under environment laws.
#pollution 观点
Economic liberalisation in India has shifted the emissions burden from more equal and developed states to less equal ones. This needs to change.
Given that China is the world’s largest emitter and has a high carbon intensity, some assume that its trade war with the United States, which has shifted production to third countries, would have environmental benefits. In fact, the conflict has increased carbon dioxide emissions in developing and advanced economies alike.
If they are serious about a sustainable future, they must close loopholes and extend coal policies across clients’ entire value chains, denying new financing to companies using coal unless they have credible, time-bound clean energy plans.
The rapid uptake of alternative fuels in shipping is outpacing international liability regimes – leaving gaps in protection against spills and accidents.
#pollution 视频
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Jack Johnson says yes, but it is a long road ahead. In this exclusive interview, we ask the American singer-songwriter and UNEP Goodwill Ambassador about his hopes for the state of the world and how music plays a role in providing a dose of optimism in dark times.
Launched as policymakers lock horns with petrochemicals lobbyists over a treaty to end plastic pollution, the documentary produced by Eco-Business asks why opportunities to solve humanity's waste crisis are being wasted. It will premiere in Singapore and screen on the sidelines of the upcoming COP28 climate summit.
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Singapore gets through 2 million plastic bags a day. Why do Singaporeans use so many bags, and what will it take to reduce consumption?
In gridlocked, smoggy Southeast Asian cities, change is afoot to electrify transport and clear some of the world's most polluted skies. This video documents the pockets of hope for e-mobility around the most climate-vulnerable region.
#pollution 播客
The Asia Pacific ESG head of the B Corp-certified cosmetics firm says refill stations have been disappointing and getting suppliers on board with decarbonisation is difficult, but her team has not been affected by the ESG backlash.
The head of waste management non-profit Ocean Recovery Alliance tells the EB Podcast that recycled content mandates will drive the circular economy better than caps on virgin plastic production. Brands should be pressured more than petrochemical producers to phase out unnecessary plastics, he says.
Speaking from the INC-5.2 talks in Geneva, the Singapore Youth for Climate Action president argues that having no treaty is better than a watered-down pact with no limits on plastic production. But there is no explicit Asean-wide support for such caps now, she observes.
Eco-anxiety is a healthy psychological response, says 24-year-old activist Clover Hogan. The founder of nonprofit Force of Nature tells the Eco-Business Podcast how to respond to anxiety in a world that is "numb" to the climate crisis.
#pollution 新闻发布稿
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
New funds to unlock millions for frontline environmental action
UN Environment Programme
Seventh UN Environment Assembly commits to multilateral solutions for a more resilient planet
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Environmental damage in Gaza harming human health, threatening long-term food, water security: UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Asia-Pacific environment leaders urge action for a sustainable and resilient planet
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
DENR integrates informal waste workers in solid waste management chain
#pollution 研究
Eco-Business, supported by Tomra
Malaysia extended producer responsibility roundtable series: Enabling a circular economy via EPR
Zero Waste SG
Does Sort it Out work in Singapore?
Plastic Credit Exchange (PCX)
How plastic credits are supporting the Global Plastics Treaty
