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A new study warns that global declines in soil moisture in the 21st century could mark a “permanent” shift in the world’s water cycle.
Ground-level ozone is a major air pollutant that shortens human lives and kills thousands each year, resulting in major economic impacts. It is formed when methane, nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds (released from vehicles, industry, power plants and crops) react in the presence of sunlight.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
‘Water will be critical’, says UOB, first Singapore bank to publish TNFD-aligned report
A fifth of the lender’s portfolio faces high nature-related risks, says sustainability head Eric Lim, noting water’s broad impact and the lack of target-setting tools. Oil and gas, though a focus sector, was excluded from its analysis.
Many solar parks in Tamil Nadu are relying on glyphosate-based herbicides for vegetation control, raising concerns about long-term health effects, groundwater contamination and air pollution.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Indonesian court halts palm oil expansion but fails to uphold Indigenous land rights
Pangan & Agrikultur
Can Indonesia produce more food without deforestation?
Pangan & Agrikultur
Hand pollination helps cocoa farmers offset climate harm
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Pangan & Agrikultur
Migrant agriculture workers: potential resource for Southeast Asia’s food-resilient future
Farm labourers returning from overseas can, if empowered, form a pool of experienced talent that Southeast Asia’s vulnerable agricultural sector can tap into for food security.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Central banks must stem the nature crisis
Even though the global economy depends on a stable climate and reliable ecosystem services, businesses and financial institutions are not required or incentivised to invest in nature. Central banks and supervisors could change that trajectory simply by fulfilling their financial-stability mandate.
Transportasi
Can the shipping industry decarbonise?
As the UN’s shipping regulator explores ways to decarbonise global shipping, biofuels aren’t the green alternatives they are portrayed to be.
Manufaktur
Fast fashion has a serious coal problem
A handful of fashion brands – H&M, Ralph Lauren, Decathlon and Adidas – are working to stop using coal to power their factories in 2025, while others are prioritising decarbonisation at lower levels of ambition.
Pangan & Agrikultur
Synergising digital tech and climate tech to enhance Asean climate action
Pangan & Agrikultur
Meat and dairy’s methane emissions must be on the table in 2025
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Investments in nature will decide our future
#agribusiness Podcasts
Karbon & Iklim
Seeing through the haze – is palm oil still to blame?
Studio EB
Transboundary haze pollution is back with a vengeance in Southeast Asia. The Eco-Business Podcast talks to RSPO CEO Joseph D'Cruz about what the palm oil sector can do to put out the peatland fires that have burned annually for four decades.
#agribusiness Rilis Pers
Sustainable Foods Summit
Sustainable Foods Summit returns to Singapore
Wilmar International Limited
Wilmar offers data-driven perspective on ESG performance in 2023 sustainability report
