It’s time to leave behind current wasteful and polluting models to usher in growth-based business models and innovative regenerative strategies.Scaling circular economy efforts globally will mean triggering strategic shifts across sectors. Approximately $57 billion of global electronic waste is generated every year. Additionally, food loss and waste accounts for $950 billion in lost value – a number equivalent to the Netherlands' annual GDP. Given the twin crises of the pandemic and the global economic downturn, system reset is more relevant than ever. It’s time to leave behind current wasteful and polluting models to usher in better growth-based…

ASEAN energy ministers agreed to set a target of 23% share of renewable energy in total primary energy supply in the region and 35% in ASEAN installed power capacity by 2025. This would require approximately 35GW-40GW of renewable energy capacity to be added by 2025. Solar PV and hydropower are expected to support the majority of this renewable-led transition. Under the National Renewable Energy Plan (NREP) 2020–2040, the Philippine government targets to have at least 34GW of renewable energy installations by 2040. The government’s plan to open renewable energy for 100% foreign ownership is…

Of mice and men ... Microplastic particles that are exposed to fresh water or saltwater for several weeks are more likely to be absorbed by mouse cells growing in the laboratory, suggesting that environmental microplastics may be able to enter cells more easily than we thought. Studies investigating the potential effects of ingested microplastics in animals often use clean – or “pristine” – microplastic particles. Yet these don’t fully resemble the particles found in nature, which can become coated with debris from the environment. More details in this article: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2262297-microplastics-left-in-water-are-more-easily-absorbed-by-mouse-cells/?