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South Korea’s food waste rethink began with citizens demanding change (opens the original)
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South Korea’s food waste system looks radically different from what it did three decades ago. In 1997, some 95.4 per cent of South Korea’s food waste went directly to landfills. Today, around 95 per cent is redirected and recycled. Globally, the problem remains vast. The United Nations Environment Programme’s latest Food Waste Index estimates that households and food service providers waste at least 1.05 billion tonnes of food annually, equivalent to nearly one-fifth of food available to consume
How Singapore can help shape Asia’s next generation of infrastructure (opens the original)
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Asia is entering a major infrastructure build-out as governments expand power grids, transport networks, water systems and digital infrastructure to support urbanisation, industrialisation and the energy transition. Southeast Asian economies alone, for instance, are expected to require at least US$2.8 trillion in infrastructure investment by 2030. But the challenge is not just about building more. Climate change is increasing exposure to flooding, heat and other hazards, while infrastructure sys
Beyond extreme heat: Understanding Asia's climate-health future (opens the original)
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Last month, asthma cases in Malaysia rose by 259 per cent amid haze affecting several parts of the country, according to the country’s health minister, while hundreds of schools in its Sarawak state were forced to close as air quality reached unhealthy levels. Meanwhile, Singapore’s environment agency warned that occasional haze may also affect the city-state, as forest fires fuelled by a strong El Niño have continued to burn across neighbouring Indonesia’s Sumatra and Kalimantan. These episodes
‘We need solutions’: Southeast Asia’s climate risks sharpen case for ocean investment (opens the original)
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The Liveability Challenge (TLC), a global sustainability innovation competition that provides funding and support to help promising solutions reach the market, is turning its focus to ocean-based innovations as Southeast Asia confronts worsening climate threats and a persistent shortage of funding for solutions that can both cut emissions and strengthen coastal resilience. Launching the tenth edition of the annual sustainability innovation competition in Singapore, Heng Li Lang, Temasek Foundati
Philippines should rethink data centre ambitions amid energy, geopolitical risks: biz leaders (opens the original)
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The Philippines is courting billions of dollars in data centre investment, but a leading business figure has urged the country to prioritise industries that create more jobs and strengthen domestic supply chains, warning that power shortages and geopolitical risks are exposing the limits of its energy system. George Barcelon, chairman emeritus of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said data centres consume vast amounts of electricity and water while generating relatively few jobs.
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