Philippines digital boom fuels disinformation targeting Indigenous Peoples: study | News | Eco-Business
The expansion of online news, smartphones, and social media use in the past ten years has been used to amplify…
‘Microplastic storm’ unfolding in homes, hospitals and even the sky, report warns | News | Eco-Business
Funded by the Plastic Soup Foundation, a Netherlands-based non-profit and The Flotilla Foundation, the study Exploring Everyday Microplastic Exposures, concluded…
Fossil Free Zones can be on-ramps to the clean energy transition
Cecilia Requena is a Bolivian senator with Parliamentarians for a Fossil Free Future and Juan Pablo Osornio is engagement and…
Protesters march 700 kilometres to save sacred groves from solar development | News | Eco-Business
It was 27 February. A herd of around 20 cows drank from the Biprasar pond, while a flock of sheep…
The Silent Demise: Mongolia’s Fight to Save the Steppe
As the world celebrates the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, Mongolia finds itself at a crossroads. Facing a “silent…
Q&A: As Thailand bets on EVs, what will happen to the spent batteries? | News | Eco-Business
In 2020, Thai authorities announced that they would endeavour to make Thailand a regional electric vehicle (EV) hub in just…
Türkiye sets COP31 leaders’ summit and pre-COP dates
The Turkish government has announced the dates and venues for the COP31 leaders’ summit and pre-COP meetings, and appointed a…
Scientists just debunked a 50-year myth about Hawaii’s birds
A new study from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is reshaping a decades-old belief about the disappearance of Hawaiʻi’s…
Broken debt system must be fixed to confront future climate shocks
Mae Buenaventura is the manager of the debt justice programme of the Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development, a…
Tropics to be hit hardest as warming oceans fuel humid heatwaves: study | News | Eco-Business
As climate change intensifies, people around the world are learning firsthand how dangerous high temperatures can be. But prolonged heat…
Growth of Renewable Energy in US Defies Trump Attacks
Despite the Trump administration’s relentless efforts to increase production of planet-warming fossil fuels, renewable energy continued to rise across the…
Africa’s forests have flipped from carbon sink to carbon source
New research has delivered a stark warning about a major change in Africa’s forests. Once a crucial part of the…
Gray whales are entering San Francisco Bay and many aren’t surviving
Gray whales are known for their long migration between food-rich Arctic waters and the warm lagoons of Baja Mexico. But…
Light makes plants stronger but also holds them back
Light plays a major role in how plants grow, but scientists are still uncovering exactly how it works. Researchers at…
How the War In Iran Threatens the Horn of Africa
The escalation of hostilities between Iran and the US has evolved into a multifaceted crisis, transforming strategic maritime corridors into…
South Korea landfill ban drives shift toward incineration, report finds | News | Eco-Business
South Korea’s ban on direct landfill disposal of municipal waste in the capital region is pushing local governments to expand…
China remains resilient in the face of Middle East conflict, says ADB economist | News | Eco-Business
China’s vast oil buffers and booming clean energy exports are helping shield its economy from the fallout of the Middle…
Taiwan to deploy zero-emissions vessel to Palau in climate diplomacy push | News | Eco-Business
Taiwan said it will deploy a zero-emissions vessel built by its domestic supply chain to support sustainable tourism in Palau,…
A decade after Formosa spill, Vietnam victims still await justice | News | Eco-Business
In early 2016, a power failure shut down the waste treatment facility at Hưng Nghiệp Formosa Steel Hà Tĩnh (FSH),…
Q&A: ‘If you are in the business of peace, you must talk to those who are at war’ | News | Eco-Business
We live in a culture of cancellation, where people who disagree refuse to speak. The diplomat’s job is to bring…