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In the fast-growing Bangladesh capital, sun-scorched activists demand protection for city's last green oases.

Rising surface ozone levels, driven by climate change and rising temperatures, are worsening India’s pollution crisis, with serious impacts on human health and crop yields.

Environmental defender Meenakshi Raman, who has long advocated for climate justice for the Global South, warns that a lack of transparency and delayed adoption of the amendments of Malaysia's National Forestry Act by states can exacerbate resource exploitation.

Iran warns of water rationing as drought causes dam levels to plummet; experts blame mismanagement and climate change.

Oleh Shalinee Kumari

Oleh Robin Hicks

Oleh Omair Ahmad

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In India, current frameworks for defining urban areas relies on the subjectivity of bureaucracy and archaic metrics such as the distribution of the male workforce. A more accurate definition will enable better targeting of resources. Oleh Reetika Syal dan Tarun Arora

The US federal policy pendulum is swinging away from facts, reason and basic human decency with Trump re-entering the White House. But it will swing back if city mayors and local leaders insist on effective climate governance. Oleh Gernot Wagner

It is imperative that adaptation measures are implemented now to safeguard against future extreme climate events. Oleh Dr Raksha Pandya-Wood dan Dr Azliyana Azhari

Better airshed management can tackle Delhi’s persistent air pollution. Oleh Suresh Ramasubramanya Iyer

Oleh Anshuman

Oleh Eka Permanasari dan Denis Teoman

Oleh Padma Rigzin dan Vasundhara Bhojvaid

Oleh Lucky Susanto dan Grace Wangge

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Amid competing concerns such as urban development and tackling climate change, keeping biodiversity conservation in people's minds can be a challenge. Eco-Business asks primatologist Andie Ang how that can be tackled.

Studio EB Singapore gets through 2 million plastic bags a day. Why do Singaporeans use so many bags, and what will it take to reduce consumption?

An e-jeepney in the Philippines. A growing movement is underway to electrify Southeast Asia's transport. Image: Eco-Business

In gridlocked, smoggy Southeast Asian cities, change is afoot to electrify transport and clear some of the world's most polluted skies. This video documents the pockets of hope for e-mobility around the most climate-vulnerable region.

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.

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Eyes are on whether the city’s plan to build the world’s “greenest highway” will take off. The Eco-Business Podcast speaks to Marwa Nahlawi from Diamond Developers, the real estate developer behind Dubai's "Sustainable City" brand, which adopts a similar green spine concept.

Studio EB 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.

Can the hotels sector, traditionally resource-intensive and wasteful, reinvent itself and go green? Eco-Business asks two hospitality executives about balancing post-Covid recovery, and if luxury can be made compatible with sustainability.

What's it like co-writing a 3,500 page report on the dangers of climate change with hundreds of scientists worldwide, over Zoom calls during a pandemic? Eco-Business speaks to authors from the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore who were in the thick of the action.

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