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Climate tech financing has dwindled in recent years, while investor doubts on alternative proteins persist. In a difficult year for sustainability technologies, Eco-Business spotlights some of the innovations that still made the headlines.

Artificial intelligence could help the fashion industry become greener, but unions worry workers will pay the price.

Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam at the water report launch 2024

As more countries mandate climate reporting, Global Commission on the Economics of Water co-chair Tharman Shanmugaratnam says improving water disclosures should not take as long as it did for carbon, and that “double materiality” is what counts.

As Delhi grapples with record heat, one truck driver tells of delivering water to the capital's poor.

By Orla Dwyer

By Siva Selan

By Ng Wai Mun

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Since the release of ChatGPT, the world has seen a surge in investment and use of artificial intelligence. The social and economic impacts of this boom have provoked reactions, but the environmental costs have received far less attention. By Gordon Noble and Fiona Berry

Girls walk as they carry jerrycans to fetch water

As global heating shifts the planet’s water cycle out of balance, lives, nature and economies are under threat. By Mariana Mazzucato, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Johan Rockström

In the World Economic Forum’s 2023 Global Risks Report, nine of the ten biggest risks for the next decade have a water-related component. By Quentin Grafton, Joyeeta Gupta and Aromar Revi

You can ‘nudge’ someone to take up new activities, but unless they truly believe in its value, they won’t keep it up, says associate professor and behavioural economist Grace Lee. By Grace Lee Hooi Yean

By Omar Razzaz

By Giulio Boccaletti

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By Asit Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada

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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?

Microfibre pollution is a growing problem around the world. What's a concerned citizen to do?

Moving away from narratives that spell fear of climate-related catastrophes, "Tomorrow" tells stories of how ordinary people -- from Icelandic volcanoes to Indian slums -- employ innovative ways to fight the effects of climate change.

In parched lands, families grow food in gardens using drip irrigation, hydroponics and soil moisture sensors to cut down on over-irrigation and save water.

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EB Studio If a real estate development can reduce energy and water consumption – and emit fewer carbon emissions – it is built to last, Oliver Chan tells the Eco-Business podcast. The key, however, is to first educate future homeowners and businesses that going green does not mean breaking the bank.

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