Eco-Business

Kanda was behind massive market interventions aimed at stemming the yen's sharp decline against the United States dollar before being elected as Asian Development Bank chief.

Sunil Acharya, Oxfam’s policy and campaigns coordinator for Asia, tells Eco-Business why he thinks the greater use of guarantees to mobilise financing in the private sector is problematic, especially as MDB lending is still at market rates. Globally, the charity is pushing to “decolonise the aid sector” which it says is broken.

From “orange bonds” to free trade talks, Bangladesh’s interim government seeks to lay the foundations for more inclusive growth post-uprising. The nation must "bounce forward" to a state of affairs where people can trust in fair play, says special envoy Lutfey Siddiqi.

Eksklusif Mark Joven, who steered negotiations for the Philippines to host the loss and damage fund board, speaks to Eco-Business about the nation’s role in helping to rachet up pledges for the climate-vulnerable, as COP29 nears.

Oleh Samantha Ho

Oleh Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez dan Gabrielle See

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With one of the weakest carbon taxes globally, the region’s largest economy risks becoming the world's leading enabler of carbon leakage, where emissions aren't reduced, just outsourced to nations with weaker policies. Oleh Rizka Nugrahaeni

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

Following the letdown of COP29, Asean needs to step up and lead the way in controlling emissions from Southeast Asia’s agri-food system. Oleh Elyssa Kaur Ludher dan Paul Teng

Given the escalating climate crisis, multilateral lenders must urgently adopt an approach to development aid that emphasises prevention. By incorporating structural vulnerabilities into their allocation formulas, the World Bank and others can strengthen poor countries' resilience and increase fairness, efficiency, and transparency. Oleh Abdoul Salam Bello, Patrick Guillaumont dan Arnaud Buissé

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Oleh Masatsugu Asakawa, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Carlos Dominguez

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US military aid in Haiyan relief efforts

Yeb Saño, head of the Climate Change Commission of the Philippines, attributes typhoon to climate change and calls for international community to implement a 'loss and damage' mechanism

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