Eco-Business

Environmental defenders across Southeast Asia face threats, violence and legal hurdles in their fight for justice. Five share their struggles.

Pakistan's Sherry Rehman said climate finance debt is pushing developing countries into "recovery traps".

Construction of Indonesia’s vast new capital city on the east coast of Borneo has prompted a surge in port traffic in Balikpapan Bay, elevating existing pressures on the belt of mangroves lining the inlet.

An ambitious roadmap for smog mitigation has been launched in Pakistan’s Punjab province, but experts are not convinced.

Oleh Christopher Wright, Ufuk Alparslan

Oleh Rhick Lars Albay

Oleh Alok Gupta

Oleh Siva Selan

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It is imperative that adaptation measures are implemented now to safeguard against future extreme climate events. Oleh Dr Raksha Pandya-Wood dan Dr Azliyana Azhari

Bali has a unique opportunity to address plastic waste by integrating sustainable practices into the tourism experience. Oleh Attar Hikmahtiar Ramadan, Elprida Agustina dan Emenda Sembiring

A street in South Jakarta, with exposed electrical infrastructure

To achieve net zero emissions in Southeast Asia, addressing the significant financing gap is crucial, requiring bold targets and more international support. Oleh Trang Nguyen

To encourage greater water reuse, India must prioritise infrastructure development, implement sound policies and allow private sector participation. Oleh Anshuman

Oleh Eka Permanasari dan Denis Teoman

Oleh Dr Sean Lim

Oleh Woochong Um

Oleh Clemens Fuest dan Maria Waldinger

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Studio EB From sponge cities to coastal forests, Asia is seeking ways to work with nature and prepare for the risks in a warmer-than-expected future. This Eco-Business video looks at what else cities need to do to strengthen climate resilience.

Launched as policymakers lock horns with petrochemicals lobbyists over a treaty to end plastic pollution, the documentary produced by Eco-Business asks why opportunities to solve humanity's waste crisis are being wasted. It will premiere in Singapore and screen on the sidelines of the upcoming COP28 climate summit.

Studio EB Our urban infrastructure is responsible for almost 40 per cent of global carbon emissions. Climate solutions need to include the biggest energy guzzlers, clean energy and retrofitting old buildings.

Southeast Asia's largest energy consumer has been slow to transition to renewables, but recent policies point to greater expansion of the country's solar, tidal and geothermal energy production.

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Eyes are on whether the city’s plan to build the world’s “greenest highway” will take off. The Eco-Business Podcast speaks to Marwa Nahlawi from Diamond Developers, the real estate developer behind Dubai's "Sustainable City" brand, which adopts a similar green spine concept.

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 [The EB Podcast] In the third episode of the series Tomorrow’s cities: Engineering the energy transition, we explore how the shipping industry is charting a course to a low-carbon future.

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