Catalytic capital holds the key to Southeast Asia’s green transition Clean energy policies in SE Asia improving but chronic issues impact payouts: SEACEF green fund manager A fair energy transition is desperately needed in Southeast Asia given the growing climatic concerns the region is facing. Due to the region’s aggressive decarbonization ambitions, significant investment is needed;
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By Sumaia Binte Islam Today the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar region are symbols of Bangladesh’s deterrent environmental conditions. On one hand, human beings are being deprived of their basic human rights while nature is also showing symptoms of its dire conditions. On July 27, 2021 Devastating floods and landslides struck the refugee camps as a result
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By: Zaw Win Htet The Earth is heating up, but that’s not the only matter – it is also choking. Despite the massive recent trend of global activism on climate change, air pollution – the other side of the same coin – still largely remains overlooked, especially in a developing country like Myanmar. As
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By Maggie Yang Do you find it hard to trust a charity when you are donating? Do you feel incapable of choosing between projects as an impact investor? Do you consider it increasingly painful to obtain funding for your start-up or charity project? Such questions have also bothered Alice’s co-founders Areti Kampyli and Raphaël Mazet
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By: Amulya Shrestha I was overweight since childhood due to a health condition and while I was doing my Bachelor’s Degree, I reached my maximum weight of 220 pounds which was about 100 kilograms. During that point of time because of my weight I was diagnosed with 3 diseases. It was my wake up call.
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By: Shreda Shrestha One of the major drawbacks of paper industries has always been the excessive use of wood pulp for the paper production. For past one and a half years I have closely worked with one of the best paper recycle facility in Nepal. And I have never looked at paper the same way
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COVID-19 pandemic has been changing our day-to-day activities since the beginning. Water becomes an essential element, and access to clean water is crucial to reducing the risk of COVID-19. In addition, the regions where water insecurity pre-exists before the pandemic increased the need for clean water to wash hands.
According to FAO’s most recent estimates (2019), the amounts of food either lost or wasted range from 5–6 percent in Australia and New Zealand, to 20 – 21 percent in Central and Southern Asia. “The Asia and Pacific Region continues to lose and waste too much food.
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On May 22nd, International Biodiversity Day, a seminar on how companies can promote biodiversity mainstreaming was held in Beijing, organized by social innovation consultancy Pumbaa Eco.
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of this generation. The research on climate change data has made it abundantly clear the implications of rising global temperature on earth’s natural ecosystem especially those that are climate sensitive.
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