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The new Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials guidance goes beyond the dominant financed emissions metric and could be used to quantify avoided emissions from financing the early phase-out of coal, which has gained momentum in Asia.
Data transparency and a commitment from businesses could help improve representation and begin eliminating barriers faced by women.
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Hong Kong’s new net zero plans are lacking in ‘concrete details’. Can the aspiring green finance hub deliver on its pledges?
The city's plans to halve emissions by 2035 and achieve net zero by 2050 may be ambitious. But NGOs tracking its policy direction over the years are not convinced and demand a more measurable roadmap with interim goals – not just long-term pledges.
Despite Rempang residents rejecting eviction to develop the Indonesian island into a solar hub tied to a deal exporting clean power to Singapore, authorities have begun house demolitions – some unannounced – under the project's “new phase”.
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Record-breaking Philippines typhoon season was ‘supercharged’ by climate change
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The struggle against plastic choking the Mekong
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‘Creeping coup’: In Pakistan, lack of internet access is costing livelihoods
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‘Phantom’ rice projects expose voluntary carbon market failings
Amid accusations of fraud, lax auditors and problematic offset certifiers, is the carbon credit market still credible?
