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Every year, hundreds of millions of people travel the world for a myriad of different reasons. Many of them do so in sea...
20/08/2026

Every year, hundreds of millions of people travel the world for a myriad of different reasons. Many of them do so in search of authentic local experiences, but life happens outside of a tourist’s visit.

In destination after destination, the very tourism boom that “puts a place on the map” is quietly hollowing it out. There, overtourism quietly pushes out the people whose lives, culture, and labor make it worth visiting in the first place.

Read the full article at Green Network Asia: https://greennetwork.asia/brief/how-overtourism-pushes-local-communities-out-of-their-own-homes/

For the communities at the center of the world's most visited destinations, overtourism is driving them out of their own homes.

18/08/2026

Every year, the world produces more than 460 million metric tons of plastic. Of that, an estimated 20 million metric tons end up polluting oceans, soils, and air.

The pace is not slowing down, and plastic has now been found in human bodies. The science has been clear for years.

The politics, though, have not. After four years of negotiations, a global plastics treaty remains out of reach, and the gap between what the planet needs and what diplomats can agree on keeps widening.

Read the full article at Green Network Asia: https://greennetwork.asia/brief/why-the-world-still-doesnt-have-a-global-plastics-treaty/

After 42 days of talks and four years of negotiations, the world still does not have a global plastics treaty, and the planet is running out of time.

Malaria remains a major global health threat, particularly in tropical regions. Today, climate change might be making it...
14/08/2026

Malaria remains a major global health threat, particularly in tropical regions. Today, climate change might be making it worse.

While rising temperatures occur across the globe, the impacts on malaria are more prevalent in regions already struggling with the disease. In this light, examining the impacts of climate change on malaria in Africa is crucial.

Read the full article at Green Network Asia: https://greennetwork.asia/brief/understanding-the-regional-impacts-of-climate-change-on-malaria-in-africa/

Human-induced climate change is considered to have contributed to the spread of malaria in Africa.

12/08/2026

[GNA Knowledge Hub | Opinion] Perhaps one of the deepest inequalities exposed by these turbulent moments is the inequality of being able to imagine the future.

Some societies possess the stability and material security to debate what their economies should look like in the future. Elsewhere, the questions are of the now: they are thinking of whether a hospital will have electricity tomorrow, or whether families will once again have to flee their homes.

The interdependence of systems that move the world, in this case, deepens that inequality further. This divide is not only about income, technology, or fiscal capacity. It is also about how much space societies possess to think beyond survival.

Opinion by Setyo Budiantoro.

Read the full article at Green Network Asia: https://greennetwork.asia/opinion/challenging-interdependence-and-the-inequality-of-imagining-the-future/

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The interdependence of systems that move the world deepens the inequality that impacts whether one can even imagine the future.

10/08/2026

One in every 70 people is now forcibly displaced. They flee wars, persecution, climate disasters, and collapsing states. And when they arrive at wherever it is they've run to, a safety net is supposed to catch them.

Unfortunately, the refugee aid that should be funding the whole process is dwindling, exposing how fragile the web is now that it's fraying faster than it has in decades.

Read the full article at Green Network Asia: https://greennetwork.asia/brief/the-shrinking-safety-net-inside-the-global-collapse-of-refugee-aid/

Global refugee aid is shrinking just as the number of people forced to flee reaches a record high due to conflicts and climate shocks.

07/08/2026

[GNA Knowledge Hub | Opinion] On 5 June 2026, the Global Footprint Network announced July 30 as the Earth Overshoot Day (EOD). This is the day humanity exhausts the entire budget of ecological resources that the Earth is capable of regenerating over the course of a full year.

Humans are currently consuming natural resources 73% faster than Earth's ecosystems can regenerate them. However, rather than a doomsday prediction, the Earth Overshoot Day should serve as a balance sheet that can be rectified by changing the way we do business, produce, and consume.

Opinion by Jalal, Green Network Asia Senior Advisor

Read the full article at Green Network Asia: https://greennetwork.asia/opinion/earth-overshoot-day-2026-a-growing-debt-to-future-generations-and-a-call-to-the-business-world/

Earth Overshoot Day is not a doomsday prediction, but rather a balance sheet that can be rectified by changing the way we do business, produce, and consume.

06/08/2026

The weather affects many aspects of our lives, including the food on our plate. The climate pattern has been forecasted to intensify amid ongoing global crises, with the strong El Niño cycle in mid-2026 that can potentially disrupt food supply chains worldwide.

In this light, world leaders must buckle up and improve preparedness in climate-sensitive sectors.

Read the full article at Green Network Asia: https://greennetwork.asia/brief/underscoring-preparedness-to-face-strong-el-nino-amidst-global-crises/

Forecasts for strong El Niño amid ongoing global crises calls for leaders to buckle up and improve preparedness in climate-sensitive sectors.

30/07/2026

As climate change escalates, extreme weather events and natural hazards are becoming the new reality for all lives on Earth. And having this constant, unpredictable threat over our heads is neither easy nor cheap.

In this light, having a safety net is prudent. Yet key players, like private insurance providers, seem to be retreating in the face of heightened climate risk.

Read the full article at Green Network Asia: https://greennetwork.asia/brief/insurers-are-retreating-from-climate-risk-how-does-it-matter/

As climate risk drives losses higher, insurers are retreating from high-risk markets, widening the global protection gap.

28/07/2026

Despite its vital role in supporting life on Earth, forest protection remains outpaced by the scale of its destruction.

Four years to the deadline, a UN report takes stock of the global progress related to forest goals. The sobering reality highlights significant gaps and calls for greater actions to realize sustainable forest management.

Read the full article at Green Network Asia: https://greennetwork.asia/brief/global-forest-goals-report-forest-loss-and-poverty-targets-are-off-track/

A UN report takes stock of the global progress related to forest goals, highlighting significant gaps in realizing sustainable forest management.

24/07/2026

Under the seas and along the coasts, nature is quietly performing one of nature's most efficient climate services: carbon storage.

Scientists call the carbon these ecosystems capture and store "Blue Carbon", and Africa holds an outsized share of it. With it, comes an outsized share of disputes over who actually gets to claim the benefits.

Read the full article at Green Network Asia: https://greennetwork.asia/brief/the-tangled-threads-of-africas-blue-carbon/

Behind the clean science of Africa’s blue Carbon lies a messier story of the rights to millions of hectares of African coastline.

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