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As the New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance approaches at COP29, China’s stance is drawing significant attention.

Global Witness warns that mining for green energy is fuelling conflict and human rights abuses in Asia and elsewhere, urging tougher standards and protections.

The New Collective Quantified Goal needs a human rights-based approach to loss and damage – and we need to talk about the military.

COP29 signs off on a fund to help vulnerable nations harmed by climate change, but pledges so far stand at just US$720 million.

Oleh Robin Hicks

Oleh Josh Gabbatiss, Vera Deleja-Hotko, Gustav Elfving, Lyse Mauvais, Sevilay Nur Saraçlar

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COP29, in numbers

Oleh Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez dan Samantha Ho

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Climate campaigners hold a protest action near the US embassy in Manila

Geopolitical turmoil must not be allowed to distract global decision-makers from the urgent imperative of tackling climate change. There is no excuse for letting COP29 conclude without delivering ambitious, credible financing commitments to support climate action – including the clean-energy transition – in developing economies. Oleh Ana Palacio

If policymakers and ESG proponents fail to ensure that the ESG agenda is equitable and credible – directly benefiting working class and rural communities – the credibility of ESG will deteriorate further. Oleh Dr Pieter E. Stek

If policymakers can overcome the remaining technological, regulatory, and financial barriers, the COP28 goal of tripling renewable-energy capacity by 2030 will be well within reach – with solar leading the way. Oleh Ajay Mathur dan Fatih Birol

While Vietnam manufacturer VinFast may be one of the first Southeast Asian companies to explore the United States electric vehicle market, how it is making inroads highlights untapped potential for deeper economic engagement with the US. Oleh Angel Hsu

Oleh R Subramaniam

Oleh Karen Sack

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Oleh Eduardo Araral

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As planetary temperatures reach an all-time high, a climate scientist has designed a new way to show how global temperatures have changed every month since the start of the industrial revolution and 2021.

Researchers have invented a tiny, laser-powered bug that takes off, lands and aspires to hover wirelessly.

The increasingly competitive dynamic duo of solar photovoltaic plus battery storage is taking energy markets by storm.

Declining snowfall threatens billions in lost revenue.

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Clover Hogan, climate activist, speaking in 2019

Eco-anxiety is a healthy psychological response, says 24-year-old activist Clover Hogan. The founder of nonprofit Force of Nature tells the Eco-Business Podcast how to respond to anxiety in a world that is "numb" to the climate crisis.

"We are already at 1.1°C of warming – a matter of life and death for the Global South", says Professor Winston Chow, the recently appointed co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's working group on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.

The Singapore scientist, recently elected to the UN's top climate body, tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the precarious state of climate adaptation in developing Asia. The region is not well-prepared to manage the cascading risks of extreme climate events, he says.

Studio EB Covid-19 didn't kill events, but it did change them. Teymoor Nabili and Veemal Gungadin tell the Eco-Business Podcast how a pandemic transformed the way sustainability events are conceived and organised.

Studio EB As a landmark treaty is thrashed out to tackle plastic pollution, the Eco-Business Podcast debates whether the world is ready to pay a premium for packaging that doesn't damage the planet.

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