Eco-Business

Solimões River in the Amazon Forest in Brazil

The architect of the Paris Agreement says Brazil will not be influenced by fossil fuel companies like previous petrostate COP hosts, even if the Latin American nation is looking to expand exploration of oil in the Amazon rainforest.

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Though disproportionately affected by plastic pollution, Indigenous Peoples are struggling to shape a global treaty on it.

Despite losing most of their customary forest, Ngata Toro Indigenous community in Central Sulawesi still vowed to protect nature.

Massive investment is needed to deliver the promise of the Ocean Decade, write four researchers.

Oleh Rhick Lars Albay

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Oleh Josh Gabbatiss

Oleh Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

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As the UN’s shipping regulator explores ways to decarbonise global shipping, biofuels aren’t the green alternatives they are portrayed to be. Oleh Megan Morrissey

Amid a critical UN meeting on women and with aid cuts causing turmoil, we must remember that investing in women is a priority. Oleh Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

China's DeepSeek demonstrates that AI can be trained in a more efficient way and has enormous implications for Big Tech, which will be pressured to justify efforts to reduce climate impact. Oleh Jon Truby

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. Oleh Peter Ford

Oleh Sriparna Pathak

Oleh Dr Guyo M Roba

Oleh Katherine Snow

Oleh Jemilah Mahmood dan Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad

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Eminent speakers and thousands of attendees discussed strategies for a resource-efficient future at Ecosperity Week 2019. As they heard about the science of global warming, delegates were called upon to be part of the solution.

Suggestions by delegates at the World Bank's recent Innovate4Climate event in Singapore included: Supporting developing countries in their efforts to conserve the forests, and launching more incubators for climate-friendly solutions.

child receives a drink of water in Sudan

Worldwide, 100 million families are stuck in a cycle of poverty and disease because of the lack of access to clean water. What would it take to slake humanity's thirst for water in a sustainable way?

Achim Steiner talking at the Responsible Business Forum in Singapore. Image UNDP Asia Pacific

The IPCC's climate warning is an opportunity for the business world to show leadership, said UNDP's Achim Steiner in the opening speech at the Responsible Business Forum in Singapore.

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In celebration of Indigenous Peoples' month in the Philippines, the former United Nations special rapporteur tells the Eco-Business Podcast about her lifelong work to empower communities in Asia’s most dangerous country for environmental defenders.

Studio EB [The EB Podcast] In this first episode of the series Tomorrow's cities: Engineering the energy transition, we explore how cold chain can secure the future of food in the world's most populous continent.

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