https://www.eco-business.com/category/lifestyle/Asia Pacific news, jobs, events for the cleantech & green enCopyright (c) 2016, Eco-BusinessTue, 10 Jun 2025 04:57:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/local-strategies-a-must-for-indian-cities-facing-heat-waves/Urban heat is a public health emergency, an infrastructure challenge and a climate crisis rolled into one. To safeguard cities and their most vulnerable populations, India needs city-level cost-effective long-term mitigation strategies.Tue, 10 Jun 2025 04:57:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/local-strategies-a-must-for-indian-cities-facing-heat-waves/https://www.eco-business.com/news/extreme-heat-caused-by-climate-change-is-threatening-pregnancies-study/The number of dangerously hot days for pregnant women doubled between 2020 and 2024 in 90 per cent of countries studied. Singapore is the most at-risk country in Asia for pregnant people.Wed, 14 May 2025 04:01:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/extreme-heat-caused-by-climate-change-is-threatening-pregnancies-study/https://www.eco-business.com/news/two-thirds-of-global-warming-since-1990-caused-by-worlds-wealthiest-10-per-cent/The “wealthiest 10 per cent” of people on the planet are “responsible” for 65 per cent of the 0.61°C increase in global average temperatures over 1990-2020, according to new research.Fri, 09 May 2025 03:30:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/two-thirds-of-global-warming-since-1990-caused-by-worlds-wealthiest-10-per-cent/https://www.eco-business.com/news/bangladesh-begins-sustainable-luxury-fashion-journey-with-lotus-silk/Recently, Bangladesh successfully developed lotus silk – a biodegradable luxury fabric – using lotus stems, merging ancient tradition with modern sustainability science.Wed, 07 May 2025 08:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/bangladesh-begins-sustainable-luxury-fashion-journey-with-lotus-silk/https://www.eco-business.com/videos/climate-last-thing-on-voters-minds-in-singapore-election/Campaigning for the city-state's general elections has crossed the halfway mark, but climate has hardly featured as an electoral issue. Eco-Business hits the streets to ask Singaporeans: Would they vote for climate action?Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:25:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/videos/climate-last-thing-on-voters-minds-in-singapore-election/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/fake-threats-how-trans-issues-become-a-weapon/Transgender Australians risk being caught in the crossfire if politicians turn issues that hardly affect most people into supposed threats to broader society.Wed, 30 Apr 2025 06:47:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/fake-threats-how-trans-issues-become-a-weapon/https://www.eco-business.com/news/how-does-fast-fashion-deal-with-textile-waste/The world's fashion industry is producing an increasingly unmanageable amount of waste.Thu, 10 Apr 2025 03:30:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/how-does-fast-fashion-deal-with-textile-waste/https://www.eco-business.com/news/filipino-surfing-locale-revives-mangroves-through-ecotourism/Sustainable tourism discourages illegal mangrove cutting and fishing in the Philippines' largest contiguous mangrove forest.Wed, 09 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/filipino-surfing-locale-revives-mangroves-through-ecotourism/https://www.eco-business.com/news/ai-is-limited-in-tackling-hard-sustainability-problems-experts/Despite the hype, AI cannot tackle complex social problems that do not have a digital footprint and should not be relied on to produce sustainability reports as it could mask inaccuracies, experts warn.Tue, 01 Apr 2025 03:23:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/ai-is-limited-in-tackling-hard-sustainability-problems-experts/https://www.eco-business.com/news/paradise-protected-the-ecotourism-lure-of-philippines-under-the-radar-islands/From more frequent direct flights to marketing drives, some of the Philippines' most pristine destinations are campaigning for more visitors. Eco-Business reports on why there is renewed optimism for sustainable tourism in the archipelago.Wed, 12 Mar 2025 07:32:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/paradise-protected-the-ecotourism-lure-of-philippines-under-the-radar-islands/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/india-needs-to-redefine-urban/In India, current frameworks for defining urban areas relies on the subjectivity of bureaucracy and archaic metrics such as the distribution of the male workforce. A more accurate definition will enable better targeting of resources.Wed, 05 Mar 2025 08:13:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/india-needs-to-redefine-urban/https://www.eco-business.com/news/unleashing-bamboo-a-nature-based-solution-to-plastics/The plant has a potential role as a sustainable powerhouse, but challenges remain in scaling up its production and trade.Sun, 23 Feb 2025 22:34:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/unleashing-bamboo-a-nature-based-solution-to-plastics/https://www.eco-business.com/news/malaysia-to-introduce-laws-that-require-full-consent-of-local-communities-to-be-secured-before-new-developments/National requirements for free, prior and informed consent, or FPIC, are expected to kick in by 2030. The government is also planning legislation to prevent strategic lawsuits against civil society.Mon, 17 Feb 2025 02:37:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/malaysia-to-introduce-laws-that-require-full-consent-of-local-communities-to-be-secured-before-new-developments/https://www.eco-business.com/news/malaysians-are-pushing-for-the-right-to-a-clean-environment-what-could-this-mean/As Asean’s intergovernmental commission on human rights convenes this week, Malaysia as the association’s chair is aiming to finalise the region’s declaration on environmental rights this year.Wed, 12 Feb 2025 02:52:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/malaysians-are-pushing-for-the-right-to-a-clean-environment-what-could-this-mean/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/fast-fashion-has-a-serious-coal-problem/A handful of fashion brands – H&M, Ralph Lauren, Decathlon and Adidas – are working to stop using coal to power their factories in 2025, while others are prioritising decarbonisation at lower levels of ambition.Mon, 10 Feb 2025 09:23:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/fast-fashion-has-a-serious-coal-problem/https://www.eco-business.com/news/stephanie-dickson-leaves-green-is-the-new-black/The marketer moves on a decade after co-founding the Singapore-based sustainability lifestyle company known for producing Asia's first Conscious Festival. She will now work for an events consulting firm she started.Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:11:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/stephanie-dickson-leaves-green-is-the-new-black/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/making-womens-work-count-in-real-time/Claudia Goldin, Nobel laureate and American labour economist, calls it 'greedy' work. This is work that requires long, inflexible working hours and pays disproportionately more on a per-hour basis. It includes the work of professionals such as doctors, lawyers and those in the finance industry.Tue, 28 Jan 2025 02:55:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/making-womens-work-count-in-real-time/https://www.eco-business.com/news/rspos-next-frontier-scaling-sustainable-palm-oil-in-asias-emerging-markets/About one-fifth of global palm oil is certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, but growth has plateaued. Chief Joseph D’Cruz explains why 100 per cent certification is not the end goal and how it plans to engage China and India.Mon, 27 Jan 2025 04:21:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/rspos-next-frontier-scaling-sustainable-palm-oil-in-asias-emerging-markets/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/philippines-car-centric-society-time-to-switch-lanes/Metro Manila’s road congestion woes can be solved. But they have been hampered by slow implementation and weak political will.Fri, 17 Jan 2025 06:33:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/philippines-car-centric-society-time-to-switch-lanes/https://www.eco-business.com/news/henry-barlow-appointed-chair-of-climate-governance-malaysias-independent-board-formed-to-strengthen-governance/Barlow has over 50 years of experience in the palm oil industry. Former Malaysian Attorney General Tommy Thomas and RSPO chief Joseph D’Cruz are among the board’s new members.Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:40:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/news/henry-barlow-appointed-chair-of-climate-governance-malaysias-independent-board-formed-to-strengthen-governance/