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The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand have named extreme weather as their top concern, putting it ahead of issues like unemployment and economic recession, a study by the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute finds.

The draft of its new Corporate Net-Zero Standard proposed the separation of Scope 1 and 2 reporting and expects companies to commit to using cleaner energy by 2040. It also addressed the use of carbon credits to address residual emissions.

Decent, annually revised wages could fill part of the financing gap for fashion workers' climate adaptation.

Its charter says gender equality should be considered when filling the top post, but so far Asean’s 15 sec-gens have all been men. On International Women's Day, Eco-Business spoke to Asean watchers drumming up support for Indonesia to widen its search when fielding the next sec-gen.

Oleh Robin Hicks

Oleh Siva Selan

Oleh Ng Wai Mun dan Gabrielle See

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Given the US administration’s ambition to “drill, baby, drill” for oil and gas, its withdrawal from JETP could be good news for the energy transition. Oleh Grant Hauber

A handful of fashion brands – H&M, Ralph Lauren, Decathlon and Adidas – are working to stop using coal to power their factories in 2025, while others are prioritising decarbonisation at lower levels of ambition. Oleh Peter Ford

The financing gap is huge, but time is short. Given the inadequacy of a promised new climate finance goal, Southeast Asia should look beyond UN-led conferences to crowd in other sources of capital to tackle the climate crisis. Oleh Prapimphan Chiengkul

To ensure the food security of our region amidst climate change, there is no time like the present to determine how climate and digital technologies can work together to feed Asean. Oleh Paul Teng

Oleh Julie de los Reyes dan Katrina Navallo

Oleh Elyssa Kaur Ludher dan Paul Teng

Oleh Trang Nguyen

Oleh Angel Hsu

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Launched as policymakers lock horns with petrochemicals lobbyists over a treaty to end plastic pollution, the documentary produced by Eco-Business asks why opportunities to solve humanity's waste crisis are being wasted. It will premiere in Singapore and screen on the sidelines of the upcoming COP28 climate summit.

Vietnam's wind market is thriving, but more work lies ahead if the country wants to power its booming economy without imperilling its people and the planet.

Southeast Asian nations are racing to bring clean, affordable power to their people, but one country is outrunning them all. How can states make their renewable energy transition a success?

An e-jeepney in the Philippines. A growing movement is underway to electrify Southeast Asia's transport. Image: Eco-Business

In gridlocked, smoggy Southeast Asian cities, change is afoot to electrify transport and clear some of the world's most polluted skies. This video documents the pockets of hope for e-mobility around the most climate-vulnerable region.

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Asia lags the world in natural catastrophe protection. Part of the problem could be counting extreme weather losses only after they happen, industry insiders tell the Eco-Business podcast.

GoTo sustainability head Tanah Sullivan tells the Eco-Business Podcast that regulating net-zero claims would decarbonise Southeast Asia faster. Indonesia's biggest internet firm aims to cut emissions to zero by 2030 — a target critics say is unrealistic.

Eco-Business talks to Peter Kiernan, lead energy analyst for the Economist Intelligence Unit, to unpack a new landmark report from the International Energy Agency, which proposes an immediate ban on fossil fuels extraction to curb global warming.

Laos has announced the construction of two new coal plants for this year, despite growing evidence that coal power comes with significant financial risk. What is holding back the country from tapping its rich clean energy resources instead?

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