Sustainability

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October 10, 2024 Sustainability

Is interfaith environmentalism possible in Indonesia?

Can Pope Francis’ recent visit light the way for diverse religious communities to work with one another to resolve Indonesia’s pressing environmental challenges?

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October 10, 2024 Sustainability

South Asia floods expose gaps in regional climate cooperation

Devastating floods in rivers shared by Nepal, India and Bangladesh spur calls for coordinated alerts and response.

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October 10, 2024 Sustainability

Where are the world’s stateless people?

An ambitious UN campaign to eradicate statelessness ends this month, but large populations still have no nationality.

Read More ngos call-for-higher-taxes on mining-firms so-philippines-can-benefit-from-transition-minerals-boom
October 10, 2024 Sustainability

NGOs call for higher taxes on mining firms so Philippines can benefit from transition minerals boom

Proposed taxes in the Philippines’ new mining reform bill should follow rates imposed by top mining countries Chile and Peru to allow the archipelago to extract full value from its critical minerals, nonprofit Bantay Kita says.

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October 10, 2024 Sustainability

Coastal towns in Bangladesh give up shrimp farming for agriculture to combat salinity

The decades-long shrimp aquaculture on Bangladesh’s southwest coast, which negatively impacts the environment in many ways, including creating a freshwater crisis, is now losing its importance as the farmers are gradually inclining toward agriculture...

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October 9, 2024 Sustainability

Scientists are becoming ocean hitchhikers to fill data gaps

Research cruises can be prohibitively expensive, so cargo ships, fishing vessels and yachts are being enlisted to help understand the ocean.

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October 9, 2024 Sustainability

The future of data centres: A look at Asean’s next generation facilities from a lifecycle lens

Southeast Asia’s digital economy is booming. Keeping its environmental footprint in check will require innovative solutions to build, operate and decommission data centres sustainably.

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October 9, 2024 Sustainability

Warming fuels cyclones, cloudbursts across Asia

Seas around the Asia Pacific are rapidly warming, fueling cyclones and cloudbursts with moisture, making Asia the region hardest hit by warming-related weather and water events.

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October 9, 2024 Sustainability

Amid global green goods boom, India slow to jump on the bandwagon

The Indian market for environmental technology is the sixth largest in the world and is expected to grow rapidly. However, limited access to clean technologies, largely controlled by developed nations, is a major barrier in this trade.