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Karbon & Iklim
Southeast Asia’s environmental defenders on the frontline
Environmental defenders across Southeast Asia face threats, violence and legal hurdles in their fight for justice. Five share their struggles.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Q&A: What could a US-China trade war mean for the energy transition?
Ahead of Donald Trump’s second term as US president, a rerun of his first trade war with China is firmly on the cards – and minerals key to the energy transition may end up in the crossfire.
Global Witness warns that mining for green energy is fuelling conflict and human rights abuses in Asia and elsewhere, urging tougher standards and protections.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Activists fear supercharged ‘business as usual’ under Indonesia’s Prabowo
Environmental activists say they see no letup in fossil fuel burning and environmental degradation under Indonesia’s new president, Prabowo Subianto.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Indigenous rights under pressure as Philippine minerals boom
Karbon & Iklim
Bumpy road ahead as battery fears hit global EV rollout
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Q&A: What the Draghi report says about EU climate action and energy
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Karbon & Iklim
The false promise of ‘responsible mining’
Major industry players are working together to create a voluntary global standard that can certify minerals as responsibly produced. But such a framework would consolidate the power and influence of these mining giants and allow them to act with impunity, while providing false assurances to investors, governments, and consumers.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
‘No-Go’ mining zones can protect nature as renewable energy surges
Prohibiting mining in key areas can safeguard biodiversity and Indigenous rights in the energy transition.
If unchecked, deep sea mining could impact fish stocks and Pacific Island communities along with it.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Treaty to protect high seas too late to stop mining
Deep sea mining is about to get the green light and companies itching to exploit it have a head start on authorities.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Globalisation is greener
Manufaktur
The next global resource crisis
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Bangunan Ramah
Thai homes score world’s first in storing sunshine
A Thai firm has built the country's first homes that runs on solar power for 24 hours a day, using a hybrid of solar PV panels and fuel cells.
Japanese firms venture into solar energy storage using discarded electric vehicle batteries, complementing the country's move to continue building more solar power plants.
#rare earths Podcasts
Pro-miners argue that deep-sea mining is essential to enable the energy transition. On the Eco-Business podcast, Sian Owen of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition argues why nature's last frontier should be protected, not exploited.
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NEU Battery Materials
NEU Battery Materials concludes oversubscribed US$3.7M seed funding round
