In today’s special In-Focus episode, we speak with Urska Trunk, Senior Campaign Manager at the Changing Markets Foundation, about their latest investigation into Fashion’s Plastic Problem. Urska breaks down the report’s  key findings, revealing the tactics some brands use to sidestep real accountability and why tougher regulations are urgently needed.

While it’s no surprise to see fashion giants like H&M and Shein on their red list, Patagonia’s inclusion caught us off-guard. We asked Urska how one of the most sustainable outdoor brands landed there, why plastic-based materials have the power to fuel the growth of fast fashion at an unprecedented pace, and what’s needed to course-correct before it’s too late.

The Changing Markets Foundation was formed to accelerate and scale solutions to sustainability challenges by leveraging the power of markets.

You can learn more about them and read the full report here.

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Asia’s demand for seafood takes more than 60 percent of the global supply. Could lab grown fish be the solution to marine species extinction? Lab grown fish could be a game changer in Asia because the waters around these regions are becoming more and more overfished. And it turns out marine life in the ocean creates one of the largest carbon sinks on the planet. So losing fish species could disrupt the marine life food chain, putting this amazing ocean carbon sink at risk. But before we talk about lab grown fish as a climate change solution, we first have to understand the history of this overfishing problem in Asia and the importance of fish delicacies to the food culture here.

The episode was produced in partnership with Sustainable Asia. Based in Hong Kong, they produce engaging multimedia content about Asia and our planet. This collaborative episode is part of their podcast Season 16: “Cool Agriculture,” which looks at food and agricultural solutions for climate change.

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Today we’re zooming in on Kærshovedgård, a prison-turned-deportation centre in Denmark. It is one of two deportation centres in the country used to house rejected asylum seekers who have not agreed to voluntary return, as well as persons with so-called ‘tolerated stay’ (tålt ophold) status. Many of them stay there for interminable periods of time.

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We had a chat with investigative journalist Matthew Green who, together with Amy Westervelt, uncovered how leading news outlets are doing the fossil fuel industry’s greenwashing.

Investigative journalist Ian Urbina, along with his team at The Outlaw Ocean, uncovered the distressing plight of Uyghurs from Xinjiang who are forced into processing fish, primarily in Shandong Province.

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