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Chinese factory workers manufacture solar panels

Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia's solar panel makers face varying tariff rates. Chinese manufacturers have already moved operations elsewhere, and smaller local players and workers will bear the brunt of the fallout.

Vivian Balakrishnan and Lawrence Wong_Singapore_S Rajaratnam Lecture

The republic will not “capitulate”, but will forge global cooperation to tackle challenges like climate change, says prime minister Lawrence Wong. His speech was made a day after it was confirmed Singapore will head to the polls on 3 May.

Southeast Asia’s clean-energy startups like Vietnam’s SmartSolar and Indonesia’s Swap Energi are expanding but face growing challenges due to waning government support and shifting global investment trends.

Electronic tagging has revealed crucial Mekong fish corridors at risk of being severed by upcoming dam projects.

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Southeast Asia could use this disruption in food trade to strengthen collaboration, reduce dependency and create a truly integrated regional market. Oleh Paul Teng

The US Environmental Protection Agency's review of its “endangerment finding,” which declares that climate change is real and caused by human activity, could provide cover for a massive retreat from climate action at the federal level. Oleh Gary Yohe

Some want philanthropy to fill the gap, and others have shamed governments for stepping back. The former is unrealistic, while the latter ineffective. But even with constrained budgets, governments can provide assistance to scale up proven solutions. Oleh William Moore

There is scepticism around climate finance through private investments, and if private finance is to play a bigger role, policy reforms ahead of this year’s COP30 are needed. Alternatively, could the G20 or BRICS lead on climate finance? Oleh Montek Singh Ahluwalia

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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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The sea-level rise expert has moved to Hong Kong – now seen as a gateway to more collaboration with China on climate science. But he tells the EB Podcast that data from US agencies is still critical for calculating climate defences in Asia.

Some data sources indicate that greenwashing could be declining after years of rising incidences of problematic sustainability claims.

Despite a decline in cases of greenwashing, academic Kim Schumacher tells the EB Podcast that the problem isn't going away, it's just taking on a different form as companies roll back sustainability commitments.

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.

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