As part of sustainable efforts to strengthen and drive climate action in Muslim-majority Indonesia, global social impact agency Purpose conducted a survey on the perception and attitude of Indonesian Muslims on climate issues. The results revealed several significant insights, including their perception of religious leaders as the most trusted climate messengers.
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1 year agoMicroplastics were found in human blood and lungs last year, with the vast majority of participants in a study testing positive for plastic.
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2 years agoRelief organizations were awaiting clearance from Myanmar's military rulers on Wednesday to access areas of Rakhine State devastated by a deadly cyclone three days ago, and deliver food and medicine to communities in urgent need.
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2 years agoUsers on Twitter and other social media falsely accused Spain's weather agency of engineering a drought, Australia's of doctoring its thermometers and France's of exaggerating global warming through misplaced weather stations.
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2 years agoFarmer Ganpatram Bheda, 66, fears he will lose his two acres of land in northwest India after scarce rainfall and extreme cold in recent years hit crop yields, trapping him in a web of loans with little help from the state to overcome his financial woes.
2 years agoIn Indonesia and around the world, indigenous peoples and local communities (IP and LC) are on the front lines of the fight to save our planet.
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2 years agoForeign buyers can purchase carbon credits in Indonesia carbon markets, but they must transact and be registered in Indonesia.
2 years agoThe coastal area of Kampung Melayu Nongsa in Batam, Riau Islands, has been contaminated by oil spills that authorities have said were from a tanker that caught fire in Malaysian waters on Monday.
2 years agoThe European Union is considering a proposal to quit an international energy treaty that has become mired in climate change concerns, but leave an option for individual countries to stay in an updated version of the accord, a document showed.
2 years agoCategorically opposing the European Union law will make the government lose sight of the opportunities the law will create for Indonesia to improve its forest management and sustainability.
2 years agoUS conservation groups announced they are suing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for not doing enough to protect the environment from SpaceX's Starship program.
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2 years agoContaminated cough syrup made by an Indian company has been found in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, after a spate of child deaths linked to other syrups in some countries last year.
2 years agoThai authorities on Saturday warned residents across large swathes of country, including the capital Bangkok, to avoid going outdoors due to extreme heat.
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2 years agoPresident Joe Biden announced plans to increase US funding to help developing countries fight climate change and curb deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest during a meeting on Thursday with leaders from the world's largest economies.
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2 years agoThe countries said in a joint statement the leaders had discussed a range of subjects including trade, technology, defense, aviation and food security.
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