https://www.eco-business.com/category/cities/Asia Pacific news, jobs, events for the cleantech & green enCopyright (c) 2016, Eco-BusinessFri, 04 Jul 2025 03:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/how-extreme-heat-affects-wildfire-risk/Climate change and extreme temperatures, like the heat wave ravaging parts of the United States, fuel more destructive wildfires.Fri, 04 Jul 2025 03:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/how-extreme-heat-affects-wildfire-risk/https://www.eco-business.com/news/are-bricks-environmentally-friendly/South Asia's construction boom relies on clay bricks, but pollution from kilns is killing tens of thousands of people each year.Fri, 04 Jul 2025 03:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/are-bricks-environmentally-friendly/https://www.eco-business.com/news/qa-heatwaves-hit-schools-putting-millions-of-children-at-risk/UNICEF warns that heatwaves are pushing millions of children out of school and calls for climate policy to protect classrooms.Thu, 03 Jul 2025 07:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/qa-heatwaves-hit-schools-putting-millions-of-children-at-risk/https://www.eco-business.com/news/pacific-islanders-relocate-to-australia-to-escape-rising-seas/Climate-vulnerable Pacific Islanders take up Australia's offer for resettlement through a pioneering visa scheme.Thu, 03 Jul 2025 07:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/pacific-islanders-relocate-to-australia-to-escape-rising-seas/https://www.eco-business.com/news/indonesias-new-10-year-power-procurement-plan-sends-positive-signal-on-renewables-push-investors-and-jetp-secretariat/Indonesia's plan for transitioning from coal has lacked clarity. But industry observers say the latest strategy demonstrates a shift from the past, and could create incentives for initiating more clean energy projects in the coming years.Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:14:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/indonesias-new-10-year-power-procurement-plan-sends-positive-signal-on-renewables-push-investors-and-jetp-secretariat/https://www.eco-business.com/news/the-fight-for-wetlands-wildlife-and-youth-led-conservation-in-the-philippines-matthew-vincent-tabilog/From coastal Negros to international policy forums, marine biologist Matthew Tabilog is championing mangrove conservation and youth-led climate action across the Philippines.Wed, 02 Jul 2025 03:50:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/the-fight-for-wetlands-wildlife-and-youth-led-conservation-in-the-philippines-matthew-vincent-tabilog/https://www.eco-business.com/news/asdirhyme-abdul-rasib-appointed-as-chief-executive-of-malaysias-mypower-corporation/He succeeds Siti Safinah Salleh, who was appointed to head the Energy Commission earlier this year.Wed, 02 Jul 2025 02:22:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/asdirhyme-abdul-rasib-appointed-as-chief-executive-of-malaysias-mypower-corporation/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/vietnams-nuclear-power-revival-ambition-or-overreach/Vietnam’s renewed ambition of developing nuclear power plants to fuel its industrialisation drive – supported by strong elite consensus – faces several obstacles, including an unrealistic timeline and financial challenges.Tue, 01 Jul 2025 02:31:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/vietnams-nuclear-power-revival-ambition-or-overreach/https://www.eco-business.com/news/modis-ambitious-water-scheme-fails-to-quench-indias-thirst/Despite spending billions of dollars, the Modi government has yet to deliver on its promise of drinking water for all rural India.Mon, 30 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/modis-ambitious-water-scheme-fails-to-quench-indias-thirst/https://www.eco-business.com/news/southeast-asia-set-to-miss-sdgs-to-end-diseases-by-2030/Southeast Asian nations set to miss 2030 health goals, as rising HIV/AIDS cases and health inequities demand urgent, equity-driven action.Thu, 26 Jun 2025 02:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/southeast-asia-set-to-miss-sdgs-to-end-diseases-by-2030/https://www.eco-business.com/news/as-prices-surge-what-next-for-chinas-green-power-certificates/Energy-intensive businesses now need to green some of their electricity use. Certificates to prove it have shot up in price.Wed, 25 Jun 2025 02:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/as-prices-surge-what-next-for-chinas-green-power-certificates/https://www.eco-business.com/news/india-pioneers-emissions-market-for-particulate-matter/India’s first emissions trading system in Surat, Gujarat has successfully cut air pollution and costs by capping fine particulate emissions – a model researchers say could be replicated in other low- and middle-income countries.Mon, 23 Jun 2025 04:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/india-pioneers-emissions-market-for-particulate-matter/https://www.eco-business.com/news/scientists-and-monks-perform-last-rites-for-a-himalayan-glacier/An unusual meeting of communities gathered to pay tribute to Yala, one of the Hindu Kush Himalayan region’s most-studied and fastest-disappearing glaciers.Mon, 23 Jun 2025 01:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/scientists-and-monks-perform-last-rites-for-a-himalayan-glacier/https://www.eco-business.com/news/homes-smashed-help-slashed-no-respite-for-returning-syrians/As global aid dwindles, support centres crucial to Syrian refugees' return face closure, leaving many without critical assistance.Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/homes-smashed-help-slashed-no-respite-for-returning-syrians/https://www.eco-business.com/news/despite-tree-planting-efforts-bangkoks-green-spaces-still-face-pressure/Bangkok lags behind global urban green space standards, sparking large-scale tree-planting initiatives across the city.Fri, 20 Jun 2025 05:46:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/despite-tree-planting-efforts-bangkoks-green-spaces-still-face-pressure/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/why-cop30-must-ramp-up-climate-finance-for-cities/With cities at the frontline of climate resilience, COP30 is a key opportunity to scale-up urban finance.Fri, 20 Jun 2025 05:03:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/why-cop30-must-ramp-up-climate-finance-for-cities/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/how-birds-are-taking-a-hit-from-microplastics-contamination/The increasing presence of microplastics in the bodies of birds poses a global challenge.Fri, 20 Jun 2025 03:30:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/how-birds-are-taking-a-hit-from-microplastics-contamination/https://www.eco-business.com/news/why-betting-on-gas-is-a-short-sighted-strategy-for-china/Gas power has grown quickly in the past four years, but geopolitical and economic uncertainties make it a vulnerability.Thu, 19 Jun 2025 22:10:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/why-betting-on-gas-is-a-short-sighted-strategy-for-china/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/in-defence-of-science-lets-tell-the-truth-on-climate-and-health/We must accelerate decisive action on climate change that protects health because the climate crisis is a health crisis.Thu, 19 Jun 2025 22:05:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/in-defence-of-science-lets-tell-the-truth-on-climate-and-health/https://www.eco-business.com/podcasts/listen-to-ecologists-dont-bury-nature-under-cement-hong-kong-faces-acute-biodiversity-loss-as-megaprojects-loom/Hong Kong could lose a quarter of its wildlife to development. WWF Hong Kong conservation head Dr Bosco Chan and KFBG flora conservation chief Dr Stephan Gale say developers must build in ways that consider climate resilience.Wed, 18 Jun 2025 08:23:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/podcasts/listen-to-ecologists-dont-bury-nature-under-cement-hong-kong-faces-acute-biodiversity-loss-as-megaprojects-loom/