#pollution 新闻
Can a system based on market trading help India beat back air pollution, one of its most pressing health issues?
Satellite data suggests unregulated gold mines near the Thai-Myanmar border may be polluting transboundary waterways.
Most offshore oil and gas projects in 2024 were linked to widespread pollution, with satellite data revealing frequent oil slicks, high transportation emissions and extensive methane flaring.
The EU has agreed binding rules to reduce plastic pellet pollution, aiming to tackle up to 184,000 metric tons of annual leakage into the environment.
#pollution 观点
Addressing the global crisis of maritime plastic pollution will require mobilising investment and support to reduce the production of single-use plastics, increasing the lifespan of plastic objects and promoting reuse and reparability.
The treaty, signed in 1996, expires next year, and there are unresolved issues with regards to water sharing arrangements. Both Bangladesh and India will need to negotiate a more thorough, equitable and climate-resilient deal.
There are worries the construction of a hydropower dam across the transboundary Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet will intensify both water scarcity and flooding. These smaller-sized river basins are often neglected in academic research.
Resource-rich countries are signing critical mineral deals under duress, sacrificing long-term benefits.
#pollution 视频
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Jack Johnson says yes, but it is a long road ahead. In this exclusive interview, we ask the American singer-songwriter and UNEP Goodwill Ambassador about his hopes for the state of the world and how music plays a role in providing a dose of optimism in dark times.
Launched as policymakers lock horns with petrochemicals lobbyists over a treaty to end plastic pollution, the documentary produced by Eco-Business asks why opportunities to solve humanity's waste crisis are being wasted. It will premiere in Singapore and screen on the sidelines of the upcoming COP28 climate summit.
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Singapore gets through 2 million plastic bags a day. Why do Singaporeans use so many bags, and what will it take to reduce consumption?
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.
#pollution 播客
Eco-anxiety is a healthy psychological response, says 24-year-old activist Clover Hogan. The founder of nonprofit Force of Nature tells the Eco-Business Podcast how to respond to anxiety in a world that is "numb" to the climate crisis.
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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.
GoTo sustainability head Tanah Sullivan tells the Eco-Business Podcast that regulating net-zero claims would decarbonise Southeast Asia faster. Indonesia's biggest internet firm aims to cut emissions to zero by 2030 — a target critics say is unrealistic.
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As a landmark treaty is thrashed out to tackle plastic pollution, the Eco-Business Podcast debates whether the world is ready to pay a premium for packaging that doesn't damage the planet.
#pollution 新闻发布稿
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Answering ten pressing questions about plastic pollution
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Zero Waste Day shines a light on fashion and textiles
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Historic canals take centre stage as Kochi, India aims to blunt fallout from climate change
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
As electronic waste surges, countries look for answers
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA)
GAIA calls for greater accountability, inclusiveness, transparency in Plastics Treaty Process
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
World must pull together to build a fairer, more sustainable planet: UNEP annual report
#pollution 研究
Eco-Business, supported by Tomra
Malaysia extended producer responsibility roundtable series: Enabling a circular economy via EPR
Zero Waste SG
Does Sort it Out work in Singapore?
Plastic Credit Exchange (PCX)
How plastic credits are supporting the Global Plastics Treaty
