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A report finds OCBC – alongside other Singapore lenders – among the top financiers of Indonesia's Harita’s coal-powered nickel smelters. The bank's CSO says it is "not pragmatic" to expect nickel production to be fully renewables-powered.
Indonesia’s largest environmental group, Walhi, has filed a complaint with the Attorney General’s Office, accusing 47 companies in the palm oil, mining and forestry sectors of corruption and environmental destruction, allegedly causing 437 trillion rupiah (US$26.5 billion) in state losses.
Local Indigenous communities say the mining sites have put their food security at risk, with pollution affecting fruit trees and root vegetables as well as depletion of local fisheries.
Polisi & Kewangan
The lingering impacts of Duterte’s brutal ‘war on drugs’ on law and civil society in the Philippines
The former president was arrested this week for his alleged role in thousands of extrajudicial killings. Philippine civil society is still reckoning with the Duterte-era crackdown two and a half years after he left office.
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Indigenous Filipinos hope carbon credits can protect their forests
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Indonesia’s risky gamble with sea sand exports
11 February 2025
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Does climate change increase violence towards women?
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Is Indonesia withdrawing from the Paris Agreement despite JETP deal?
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India’s energy transition needs focus on inclusion, accessibility
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A critical year for finance could shape fairer, more sustainable mining
Five looming decisions in the development finance world could help to mitigate environmental and social risks of transition …
