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Energy

Southeast Asia’s mineral boom for renewable energy sparks social unrest

Global Witness warns that mining for green energy is fuelling conflict and human rights abuses in Asia and elsewhere, urging tougher standards and protections.
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Policy & Finance

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.
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Policy & Finance

‘It is not charity’: COP29 closes first week without agreement on new climate finance goal

Rich nations have the “legal and moral obligation” to pay the US$1.3 trillion that developing countries are asking for to endure climate impacts, say advocates. But some Southeast Asian countries may no longer rely on it to adapt to climate change.
COP29 president Mukhtar Babayev, a former oil and gas executive

Policy & Finance

COP needs overhaul, including curbs on fossil fuel lobbying, say scientists and Paris treaty architect

In an open letter to the United Nations, a group of concerned climate-watchers called for stronger transparency and disclosure rules to restrict fossil fuel lobbying and host nations that do not support a clean energy transition.

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14 November 2024

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Manufacturing

Launch of plastics factory in Singapore on eve of pollution treaty talks riles climate group

13 November 2024

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Policy & Finance

Imbalance of power: Women at international climate negotiations

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Policy & Finance

In data: Indigenous Filipinos lack the rights to stop land grabs

11 November 2024

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Food & Agriculture

Deforestation spike in Indonesia's 'orangutan capital' linked to firms financed by sustainability-linked loans

7 November 2024

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Policy & Finance

Rare win for Indigenous peoples at COP16 but biodiversity financing remains elusive

5 November 2024

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Policy & Finance

India to Italy: a trail of broken dreams, loss and abuse

1 November 2024

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Policy & Finance

Malaysia civil society asserts need for climate change bill to protect local and Indigenous consent

24 October 2024

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Policy & Finance

Legal rights for nature boost biodiversity conservation

23 October 2024

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Cities

Environmental laws ‘given pass’ in Kashmir’s tourism drive

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Cities

Foreign workers trapped and terrified in Lebanon's conflict

21 October 2024

Indigenous Penan communities protested against logging activity in Ba Data Bila, territory within the protected Upper Baram Forest Area (UBFA), in August 2024.

Food & Agriculture

Cancellation of Sarawak conservation project raises fears over future of Malaysian state's last intact primary forest

16 October 2024

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Water

Fisherwomen lead fight against marine dredging in Java amid fears of damage

2 October 2024

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Water

Despite haze of war, Lebanese volunteers help turtle hatchlings journey to sea

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Manufacturing

'Too much humiliation': Why Samsung workers are striking in India

1 October 2024

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Energy

Hong Kong power firm CLP appoints Swire Coca-Cola's Suzanne Cheung to run environment function

25 September 2024

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Energy

Oil and gas prospecting in protected marine park in Sabah, Malaysia alarms NGO

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