Eco-Business

Back-to-back disasters in the Philippines leave medics and volunteers deflated and demoralised.

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Indigenous communities in the Philippines’ Mount Kalatungan protected area have since 2015 carried out a tree-planting campaign to restore native vegetation lost to decades of commercial logging and agriculture.

A new natural capital accounting law and approved global carbon market trading rules could drive nature-based solutions. Eco-Business examines six key trends in the Philippines' push for decarbonisation and a just transition.

Biodiversity bonds hit new highs and record shareholder resolutions on nature were filed. But conservation-renewables trade-offs and absent finance pledges from rich nations at COP16 may test this asset class's resilience in the year ahead.

Oleh Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Oleh Robin Hicks

SciDev Net

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Metro Manila’s road congestion woes can be solved. But they have been hampered by slow implementation and weak political will. Oleh JC Punongbayan

Asean's growing carbon trading initiatives present vast opportunities for emissions reduction and economic growth, but equitable frameworks and robust regulations are critical to their success. Oleh Julie de los Reyes dan Katrina Navallo

Climate change is clearly affecting the Philippines. Whether it can transform a long-held national attribute into successful climate adaptation will determine what the future holds. Oleh Ariel Macaspac Hernandez

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

Oleh Rayhan Dudayev

Oleh Trang Nguyen

Oleh Hazel Quek

Oleh Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

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The action comes despite the oil giant suing the environmental group for US$2.1 million after demonstrators boarded the company’s vessel at the Atlantic Ocean in January.

The veteran journalist talks to Eco-Business about how his Emmy-nominated documentary depicts the lives of environmental crusaders in Asia's deadliest country for guardians of the seas and forests.

Video footage appears to show protestors, who were demonstrating against mining operations, being dragged away by police near Ipilan Nickel Mine in Brooke’s Point, Palawan. Mining insiders are calling for maximum tolerance in similar standoffs.

A coalition of scientists and environmentalists found “widespread economic impacts” for communities in the Philippine province, heightening calls for accountability from the sunken tanker reportedly chartered by a San Miguel Corp subsidiary.

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Studio EB Plastic waste is flooding the planet. Instead of waiting for regulation to drive change, give value to recyclables and mobilise the people, says Plastic Bank.

In celebration of Indigenous Peoples' month in the Philippines, the former United Nations special rapporteur tells the Eco-Business Podcast about her lifelong work to empower communities in Asia’s most dangerous country for environmental defenders.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas assistant governor tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the regulator’s maiden sustainability report that features an empirical study of climate impacts on banks as well as the nation’s first taxonomy.

Studio EB Covid-19 didn't kill events, but it did change them. Teymoor Nabili and Veemal Gungadin tell the Eco-Business Podcast how a pandemic transformed the way sustainability events are conceived and organised.

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