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A SDGs locker located in Yokohama Kannai Station

Sisa Kumbahan

Japan’s Yokohama widens rollout of food waste vending machines as Tokyo pushes to curb emissions

New station units offer unsold bakery items at reduced prices, part of Yokohama’s growing push to divert food waste under Japan’s climate goals.
Night market in Taiwan

Sisa Kumbahan

Taiwan phases out food waste as pig feed, sparking race to boost recycling capacity

The ban takes full effect in 2027 but officials warn hundreds of tonnes of scraps will still need burning during the transition. Rising treatment costs could also underming the new policy.
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Bandar-bandar

Street vendors are struggling with rising temperatures

Leaders and scientists are seeking solutions to the health and income problems that extreme heat causes for Global South food stall traders.
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Karbon & Cuaca

Government pricing inaction keeps India burning food for fuel

India is producing ethanol by turning food into fuel, overlooking a cleaner, more resilient alternative.

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27 May 2025

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Karbon & Cuaca

Geoengineers eye up ocean ‘dead zones’ for carbon storage

31 January 2025

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Karbon & Cuaca

What are biofuels and are they green?

24 October 2024

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Sisa Kumbahan

Can incinerators solve Vietnam’s waste crisis?

16 September 2024

CB_Methane_Rise_Landfill

Karbon & Cuaca

Q&A: Why methane levels are rising with no ‘hint of a decline’

9 September 2024

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Makanan & Pertanian

Reducing ‘overconsumption’ of meat and dairy could cut one-sixth of food emissions

24 July 2024

Eco-Business Wasted KL 02

Sisa Kumbahan

Waste-to-energy plants should be last resort for Malaysia: Penang Green Council rep

22 July 2024

Resa Boenard atop Bantar Gebang landfill

Sisa Kumbahan

‘Princess of the dump’ launches alliance to give Indonesia’s women waste pickers a fair wage

4 July 2024

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Makanan & Pertanian

Indian heatwave exposes a cooling challenge for fresh food

27 June 2024

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Makanan & Pertanian

Better refrigeration could avoid almost 2 billion tonnes of CO2 per year from food loss

24 May 2024

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Bandar-bandar

Clean cooking: What new global pledge means for climate, nature and gender goals

12 March 2024

TLC Grand Finale

Bandar-bandar

Seven finalists revealed for The Liveability Challenge following record number of submissions

4 March 2024

Cherrie Atilano profile

Makanan & Pertanian

In a country where ‘food is politics’, farmers' rights need to be protected: social entrepreneur Cherrie Atilano

19 January 2024

Reverse vending machine in Hong Kong

Sisa Kumbahan

New scheme to up plastic recycling rates in Hong Kong gets broad support, but consumers want higher rebates: survey

26 December 2023

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Makanan & Pertanian

From farm to fork, UN plan targets fair cuts to food emissions

22 December 2023

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Sisa Kumbahan

Indonesia's 'fly guy' finds grubby fix for Jakarta's food waste

12 December 2023

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Makanan & Pertanian

Governments put sustainable food systems on the table at COP28

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