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NST, Tuesday 18 June 2019
Environmentalists: Asean should ban imports of foreign trash
Environmental groups called on Tuesday for Southeast Asian countries to ban waste imports from developed countries to help tackle a plastic polluti...

Forbes, Monday 17 June 2019
11 Million People Now Have Jobs In Renewable Energy
Eleven million people around the world were employed by the renewable energy sector in 2018, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) repo...

The Star, Monday 17 June 2019
Canada says working with Malaysia over shipment of waste
The Canadian Government is working with the Malaysian authorities to address any issues related to the shipment of waste from the North American country, says its High Commission here.
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CNN, Sunday 16 June 2019
What would life be like in a zero-carbon country?
Drastic restrictions on almost every aspect of people's lives, from the cars they drive, the way they heat their homes, to the fridges they buy -- even the food stored in them. That is the reality of what awaits us in 2050 if a UK government pledg...

Undispatch, Friday 7 June 2019
Asian Countries Are Off Track to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
Bad news for Asia and the Pacific: Not a single country in the region is on track to achieve any of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 203...

NST, Tuesday 4 June 2019
Revisiting education for sustainable development
Considering the far-reaching demands sustainable development places on individuals and societies, it is widely acknowledged that education has a key role to play, even though its meaning is not always agreed upon; it is even contested.