https://www.eco-business.com/category/cities/Asia Pacific news, jobs, events for the cleantech & green enCopyright (c) 2016, Eco-BusinessFri, 09 Feb 2024 02:45:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/can-better-data-protect-fashion-workers-from-climate-risks/To prepare for climate-fuelled floods and heat, Bangladesh's garment factories are using new data sources, including worker input.Fri, 09 Feb 2024 02:45:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/can-better-data-protect-fashion-workers-from-climate-risks/https://www.eco-business.com/news/biased-gpt-singapore-builds-ai-model-to-represent-southeast-asians/A Singapore government-backed project to build a large language model inclusive of Southeast Asian data has drawn fans and critics.Fri, 09 Feb 2024 02:38:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/biased-gpt-singapore-builds-ai-model-to-represent-southeast-asians/https://www.eco-business.com/news/analysis-chinas-steel-industry-needs-time-to-transition/Energy transition expert Kou Jingna explores the low-carbon marathon being run in China’s steelmaking powerhouse, Shanxi province.Thu, 08 Feb 2024 06:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/analysis-chinas-steel-industry-needs-time-to-transition/https://www.eco-business.com/news/despite-war-indians-rush-to-fill-israels-construction-jobs-gap/Thousands are applying for jobs in Israel, where building sites have been short of workers since the start of the Hamas conflict.Thu, 08 Feb 2024 02:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/despite-war-indians-rush-to-fill-israels-construction-jobs-gap/https://www.eco-business.com/news/how-is-climate-change-spreading-neglected-tropical-diseases/Mosquito-borne diseases like dengue and chikungunya are moving into new areas as temperatures rise, hitting efforts to combat them.Wed, 07 Feb 2024 02:30:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/how-is-climate-change-spreading-neglected-tropical-diseases/https://www.eco-business.com/news/analysis-how-green-are-pakistans-political-manifestoes/The Third Pole looks at the manifestoes of Pakistan’s main political parties in the run up to national elections to see what they promise on green growth, renewables, climate adaptation and mitigation.Wed, 07 Feb 2024 02:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/analysis-how-green-are-pakistans-political-manifestoes/https://www.eco-business.com/news/analysis-to-help-chinese-communities-adapt-to-climate-change-listen-to-them/A survey in southern China’s Pearl River Delta, a region prone to flooding and storm surges, provides insights into climate adaptation strategies.Wed, 07 Feb 2024 02:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/analysis-to-help-chinese-communities-adapt-to-climate-change-listen-to-them/https://www.eco-business.com/news/no-ambition-youth-bemoan-green-pledges-ahead-of-indonesia-poll/Ahead of presidential elections in Indonesia, environmentalists say the candidates have failed to outline clear green policies.Tue, 06 Feb 2024 07:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/no-ambition-youth-bemoan-green-pledges-ahead-of-indonesia-poll/https://www.eco-business.com/news/singapore-can-achieve-net-zero-well-before-2050-we-should-help-our-neighbours-to-decarbonise-activist-ho-xiang-tian/The Sustainability Leadership A-List Youth winner tells Eco-Business about the Singapore he wants to see: a carbon-neutral decarbonisation pioneer that has stopped financing fossil fuels in Southeast Asia.Tue, 06 Feb 2024 06:19:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/singapore-can-achieve-net-zero-well-before-2050-we-should-help-our-neighbours-to-decarbonise-activist-ho-xiang-tian/https://www.eco-business.com/news/ipcc-governments-split-on-accelerated-climate-reports-for-next-un-global-stocktake/Governments have decided against adopting a new structure for the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment cycle, committing instead to the traditional set of three “working group” reports and just one “special” report.Mon, 05 Feb 2024 02:10:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/ipcc-governments-split-on-accelerated-climate-reports-for-next-un-global-stocktake/https://www.eco-business.com/news/south-poles-regional-policy-director-on-how-asia-is-leveraging-its-growing-carbon-markets-to-raise-climate-ambition/In the wake of the world’s first Article 6 transaction between Thailand and Switzerland, Asia may hold the key to reducing the region’s carbon emissions.Mon, 05 Feb 2024 01:25:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/south-poles-regional-policy-director-on-how-asia-is-leveraging-its-growing-carbon-markets-to-raise-climate-ambition/https://www.eco-business.com/news/sustainability-leadership-a-list-2023-asia-pacifics-most-impactful-changemakers/Faced with extreme weather events, the region's urban centres were affected by record temperatures. This year's list – which includes a city mayor and a chief heat officer – demonstrates the importance of local governance and leadership.Thu, 01 Feb 2024 13:27:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/sustainability-leadership-a-list-2023-asia-pacifics-most-impactful-changemakers/https://www.eco-business.com/news/from-local-to-global-meet-the-most-impactful-young-sustainability-leaders-in-southeast-asia/From fighting to keep a province coal-free to paving more sustainable roads using plastic waste, this year’s Sustainability Leadership Youth A-List features youths on the frontlines coming together locally to make a difference globally.Thu, 01 Feb 2024 13:22:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/from-local-to-global-meet-the-most-impactful-young-sustainability-leaders-in-southeast-asia/https://www.eco-business.com/news/indias-hydropower-ambition-dampened-by-protests-cost-overruns-and-accidents/As pressure builds on the world's third largest emitter to decarbonise, could smaller pumped hydro and storage projects be a safer bet than large hydroelectric dams?Thu, 01 Feb 2024 03:11:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/indias-hydropower-ambition-dampened-by-protests-cost-overruns-and-accidents/https://www.eco-business.com/news/analysis-clean-energy-was-top-driver-of-chinas-economic-growth-in-2023/Clean energy contributed a record 11.4tn yuan (US$1.6tn) to China’s economy in 2023, accounting for all of the growth in investment and a larger share of economic growth than any other sector.Thu, 01 Feb 2024 02:01:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/analysis-clean-energy-was-top-driver-of-chinas-economic-growth-in-2023/https://www.eco-business.com/news/javas-eroding-shoreline-and-surging-tides-overwhelm-jasmine-flower-industry/Growers of jasmine flowers in lowland areas of Indonesia’s Central Java province are vulnerable to coastal erosion and rising sea levels.Thu, 01 Feb 2024 02:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/javas-eroding-shoreline-and-surging-tides-overwhelm-jasmine-flower-industry/https://www.eco-business.com/news/where-do-singapores-old-sexy-shorts-go/Follow the region's used textiles on a journey through sorting, upcycling and recycling as they are diverted from the landfills.Tue, 30 Jan 2024 11:47:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/where-do-singapores-old-sexy-shorts-go/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/how-the-australian-open-is-acing-its-heat-policy/Cutting-edge research and practical decision-making is helping the Australian Open make a call when the weather gets too hot to handle.Tue, 30 Jan 2024 05:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/how-the-australian-open-is-acing-its-heat-policy/https://www.eco-business.com/news/maluku-farmers-struggle-with-el-nino-induced-drought-amid-soaring-rice-prices-in-indonesia/Rice prices surged across Indonesia during the second half of 2023 as the effects of El Niño led to widespread crop failures.Tue, 30 Jan 2024 02:40:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/maluku-farmers-struggle-with-el-nino-induced-drought-amid-soaring-rice-prices-in-indonesia/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/women-bear-the-brunt-of-asias-climate-failures/What does the future hold for the millions of women left to work in Asia's agriculture sector battling a climate in collapse?Mon, 29 Jan 2024 09:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/women-bear-the-brunt-of-asias-climate-failures/