#poverty 新闻
Thousands are applying for jobs in Israel, where building sites have been short of workers since the start of the Hamas conflict.
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.
Donors are lagging as wars and climate change push global aid needs to record highs, with vulnerable groups hit by the cash crisis.
Experts say research, financing and action must be scaled up to tackle the health issues caused by climate change and emissions from the health sector itself.
#poverty 观点
Wealthy nations’ overconsumption is destroying nature, but is often not accounted for by ‘loss and damage’.
Climate change is not some distant menace; its effects are already being felt worldwide, especially in climate-vulnerable developing economies.
The gender pension gap is particularly acute in the developing world. Sri Lanka’s experience illustrates how the mounting sovereign-debt crisis in developing countries could push even more older women into poverty.
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.
粮食和农业
The hunger profiteers
#poverty 视频
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.
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.
After 20 years without electricity, more than 50 households in Cebu's poorest district have been provided with solar energy, financed by carbon offsets.
Southeast Asia's largest energy consumer has been slow to transition to renewables, but recent policies point to greater expansion of the country's solar, tidal and geothermal energy production.
#poverty 播客
政策和金融
‘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.
#poverty 新闻发布稿
World Economic Forum
Top organisations unlock new investments to support world’s most vulnerable
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN forum underscores need for collaborative action to ensure crisis resilient urban futures
United Nations Development Programme
25 countries halved multidimensional poverty within 15 years, but 1.1 billion remain poor
Asian Development Bank
ADB: Philippine economy to post robust growth in 2023, 2024 despite inflation pressures
International Finance Corporation
IFC, Singapore’s Agrocorp partner to improve food security in Bangladesh
