Yvonne Lau
Contributing writer
English
About Yvonne Lau
Yvonne Lau is a Vancouver-based journalist writing news and features at the intersection of business, culture, and technology. Her work can be found in Fortune, Forbes, Maclean's, The Walrus, and more. She is a recipient of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada's 2023-2024 Media Fellowship and is part of Room Up Front's 2023-2024 cohort of mentee photojournalists.
‘Reached its tipping point’: Tourism and sustainability in Bali aren’t a great match
Over 65 per cent of Bali’s fresh water is funnelled to tourism, which is contributing to a water shortage exacerbated by growing urbanization, recent droughts and climate change.
Indonesian climate tech is raising millions and moving forward
Private market funding for climate tech in Indonesia — in the form of venture capital and private equity investment — has been steadily climbing since the mid-2010s, but the last few years have been rocked by record highs and steep drops.
Indonesia’s grand ambition to become an EV leader rests on nickel mining boom
Some village residents of Indonesia’s Obi Islands say their land and water have been destroyed in the years since Harita Nickel, the $5-billion arm of Indonesian conglomerate Harita Group, started mining, refining and processing nickel in their backyard.
Free speech but no fake news: Germany tasks Big Tech with battle against disinformation
As the debate over how to tackle illegal content on internet platforms continues, pro-Kremlin actors are intensifying their disinformation efforts targeting Germans.
Finland’s ‘visionary’ fight against disinformation teaches citizens to question what they see online
Finland’s media literacy education stretches beyond standard K-12 streams. Government agencies like KAVI work with 1,000 organizations — from news media to NGOs — to bring media literacy education to all citizens and in different formats.