Investing in Change: Helping Shift Diets in China to be Healthier & More Sustainable
7 minutes read Over the past several decades, China’s economic development has driven significant changes to dietary trends in the country. As incomes rise, many traditional ways of eating are being replaced with diets that are higher in salt, fat, sugar and animal products. And while undernutrition is now rare, obesity, high cholesterol and Type […]
SDG Progress Continues to Stall in Asia-Pacific following COVID-19
5 min read The newly published Sustainable Development Report (SDR) 2022 provides a detailed analysis of how the Asia-Pacific, and the world more generally, is progressing towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). All United Nations member states adopted these transformational goals for economic, social, and environmental sustainability to be met by 2030. The SDR 2022 […]
The Driving Force behind Investments into Climate Solutions
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For investors either looking to invest in or make better investments in climate-smart solutions, AVPN brought together investors and representatives of their portfolio companies to share about their investment journeys. We identified what investors are looking for and how we can forge through challenges together.
Tracking Capital Flows Across Asia-Pacific: A Focus on Climate Action
Asia-Pacific stands at the frontline of the global climate crisis. The region is responsible for more than half of global carbon emissions. The carbon-intensive industries that lifted millions in the region out of poverty now pose an existential threat. In addition, Asia-Pacific is among the most climate-vulnerable regions in the world: extreme weather, rising seas, […]
Waste No More: How Circular Tech is Closing the Loop on Waste in Asia
Circular tech in Asia is advancing as innovative organisations apply AI, digital mapping, and autonomous systems to tackle the region’s growing waste challenges. With support from the APAC Sustainability Solutions Lab (SSL), an initiative by AVPN, supported by Google.org and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), organisations who are recipients of the APAC Sustainability Seed Fund […]
Which Climate Pollutants are Responsible for 45% of Global Warming? How Asian Philanthropists can address them
Short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) are a group of lesser-known emissions with immense warming potentials that are 27 to 1,300 times more damaging than CO2. Given the potency of SLCPs, an aggressive reduction of such super pollutants is one of the most effective strategies for combating the climate crisis now. Explore how you, as grantmakers and investors, can support solutions tackling SLCPs today.
