#equality 新闻
In the coming year, we should expect to see a growing movement to protect workers amid the AI boom, an EV surge in developing Asia, and a focus on companies reporting indirect emissions.
Brazil and Canada are some of the countries strengthening Indigenous rights. As Australia's referendum nears, will it follow suit?
A most recent case involves the Supreme Court issuing the nature writ to stop mining firms from operating in Palawan. Eco-Business looks into this unique mechanism under Philippine environmental law that gives the people constitutional right to a healthy environment.
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After gay sex ban repeal, Singapore LGBTQ campaigners look to tackle conservative family values
The city-state’s annual Pink Dot rally attracted a record political attendance, but further policy change in the short run appears unlikely. Advocates across Asia are grappling with traditional values on sex and social unions.
#equality 观点
The Just Energy Transition Partnership is not the triumph the current president claims it is. It is a debt trap. The new president should turn their back on a flawed energy transition legacy and adopt a bolder path towards net-zero that leaves no one behind.
Work must continue beyond the two weeks in Dubai to drive a gender-responsive transition, writes COP28's Razan Al Mubarak in her post-COP28 reflection. Improving data, finance and creating work opportunities for women should be prioritised.
If global leaders are committed to a green transition that leaves no one behind, they must address the needs of vulnerable women and girls in developing countries, who bear the brunt of climate change at the upcoming COP28 summit.
Respect for human rights must form the basis of any effort to reduce acute hunger – it is the only way to create a sustainable and equitable food system.
#equality 视频
Video footage appears to show protestors, who were demonstrating against mining operations, being dragged away by police near Ipilan Nickel Mine in Brooke’s Point, Palawan. Mining insiders are calling for maximum tolerance in similar standoffs.
A coalition of scientists and environmentalists found “widespread economic impacts” for communities in the Philippine province, heightening calls for accountability from the sunken tanker reportedly chartered by a San Miguel Corp subsidiary.
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‘We are not afraid’: Locals in biodiversity-rich Philippine island fight back against nickel mine
Mining operations at Altai Philippines Mining Corporation have been suspended for now, after week-long protests from locals of Sibuyan Island in Romblon, who claimed the extraction of nickel ore will disrupt the island’s intact ecosystems.
Women play a key role in developing innovations to push for sustainability, but barriers remain to their entry into STEM careers. To celebrate International Day of Women & Girls in Science, EB Impact speaks to three women in science on making an impact and pursuing careers in STEM.
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‘Never give in to fear’: Nobel peace prize nominee and Filipino Indigenous leader Vicky Tauli Corpuz
In celebration of Indigenous Peoples' month in the Philippines, the former United Nations special rapporteur tells the Eco-Business Podcast about her lifelong work to empower communities in Asia’s most dangerous country for environmental defenders.
It is no longer business as usual when it comes to how we tackle climate change and rising global temperatures. Eco-Business speaks to Elena Philipova of Refinitiv about how data can ensure countries and businesses are delivering on pledges to decarbonise.
What are the dangers of gender bias in technology design and what are the market opportunities for womentech—technologies that centre the needs of women?
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Smallholders have taken much of the blame for this year's haze-causing forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan. How can they be motivated to switch to more sustainable, fire-free production methods?
#equality 新闻发布稿
The Fairtrade Foundation
Fairtrade Fortnight 2022 to shine the spotlight on why farmers need cash to fight climate crisis
Emancipate Indonesia
The tobacco industry reaps double benefits from children #SaveSmallHands
World Economic Forum
Young people have more faith in algorithms than politicians
