Without progress on climate and biodiversity, there will be no progress on food security. To address these interlinked challenges, we need an unprecedented level of multilateral, private, and public sector cooperation
People & Planet
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Almost 50 million people are in situations of modern slavery, according to the International Labour Organization—with migrant workers three times likelier to be in forced labour than non-migrant adult workers
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How can Asia manage its growing population of older workers?
An interview with Aiko Kikkawa Takenaka and Raymond GasparADB economists Aiko Kikkawa and Raymond Gaspar answer questions about the role of older people in the Asian job market, based on research for their recent paper published in the Journal of Population Ageing -
A UN report into the treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China, says allegations of torture are 'credible'
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Quiet quitting is the art of not taking work too seriously, mostly used by Gen Z workers who have helped the term go viral on TikTok
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Workers will feel the impact of rising temperatures not only through dehydration and heat stroke, but from a wide range of accidents due to attention lapses and environmental hazards
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Transition finance, which provides financing to high carbon-emitting industries, should be part of a broad range of innovative financing options to address climate change
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The untapped source that could transform rainfed agriculture
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The rate of warming occurring in the Arctic Circle is happening around four times faster than the global average, and is also known as 'Arctic amplification'
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Social protection programmes need to be strengthened and expanded across Asia to prepare for the impacts of climate change
