#healthcare News
Plastic is now ubiquitous in the Mekong, Asia’s Mother of Rivers, and experts and local people are struggling to contain the risks to human health, biodiversity and livelihoods.
Policy & Finance
Developing countries’ debt fears increase with new climate finance
Pakistan's Sherry Rehman said climate finance debt is pushing developing countries into "recovery traps".
An ambitious roadmap for smog mitigation has been launched in Pakistan’s Punjab province, but experts are not convinced.
Carbon & Climate
Philippines communities challenge dash for fossil gas
As Philippines looks to natural gas sources for power, communities sound the alarm on fossil gas impacts on health and income.
Food & Agriculture
In data: What fuels world hunger, from Covid to climate, conflict
Policy & Finance
COP29: Health-focused climate action in the spotlight
#healthcare Opinion
Better airshed management can tackle Delhi’s persistent air pollution.
Diwali season in India is also "pollution season" and the fight against air pollution is hardest at this time of the year. India needs to quickly identify which technology solutions can effectively ensure clean air for its people.
The number of cancer cases in Singapore is on the rise even though the hazardous material was banned more than 30 years ago.
Manufacturing
Toxic threads? The hidden dangers of ultra-fast fashion
Shoppers could be exposing themselves to carcinogens in the fabrics of the ultra-cheap, ultra-fast fashions they buy online.
#healthcare Videos
The Philippine government has begun the process of relocating more than 200,000 families living along waterways to restore Manila Bay, the main body of water in the capital.
Carbon & Climate
What you need to know about sustainable cooling and climate change
EB Studio
What makes cooling such a hot topic when it comes to climate change? This year's #Innovate4Climate summit will look at the problem and potential of sustainable cooling.
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?
Food & Agriculture
Expansion of oil palm plantations into forests appears to be changing local diets in Indonesia
With no forests, people lose access to wild food and are forced to purchase more unhealthy food, including packaged foods.
#healthcare Press Releases
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN conference calls for renewed, bold efforts to make gender equality commitments a reality in Asia and the Pacific
Health Care Without Harm Southeast Asia
Global climate and health leaders convene in Vietnam to tackle equity, sustainability and climate resilience
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
New air quality management platform to support global clean air action
International Labour Organization
More workers than ever are losing the fight against heat stress
#healthcare Research
Emancipate Indonesia
#SaveSmallHands: the tobacco industry reaps double benefits from children
Collective Responsibility
Air pollution in China – Sustainability insights
