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Asia divided on shipping carbon tax
Japan and South Korea are rallying support for a charge on the international shipping sector's emissions to raise funds for climate action. China and Indonesia oppose the plans as the International Maritime Organisation concludes its meetings ahead of the climate summit in April.
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ADB appoints former Japan currency diplomat Masato Kanda as president
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.
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Is the world ready for another pandemic?
Five years after the Covid-19 outbreak, what is the world doing to prepare for future pandemics?
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Oxfam Asia doubles down on questioning multilateral banks’ pursuit of private climate finance
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.
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Q&A: Climate funds only work without red tape, says Pakistan minister
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Analysis: Pakistan’s COP29 priorities
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