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Policy & Finance

Philippines, Malaysia stand ground against accepting bilateral loan offers from rich countries; insist on climate financing

As COP29 enters the final stretch, some developing countries are being approached by rich countries to agree on technical assistance and aid instead of promised climate finance, according to civil society organisations.
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Carbon & Climate

How Southeast Asian countries are positioning themselves at COP29

Eco-Business takes a look at the key issues being pushed at the pavilions of Asean countries at the climate summit in Baku.
G77 China Vice Yu

Policy & Finance

‘It is not charity’: COP29 closes first week without agreement on new climate finance goal

Rich nations have the “legal and moral obligation” to pay the US$1.3 trillion that developing countries are asking for to endure climate impacts, say advocates. But some Southeast Asian countries may no longer rely on it to adapt to climate change.
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Carbon & Climate

Investors prepared to divest Southeast Asian businesses that lack climate transition plans

A new climate guide for the region’s boards of directors warns of growing legal consequences for corporate stewards who fail to account for climate and sustainability-related risks.

All Malaysia News

11 November 2024

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Policy & Finance

COP29, in numbers

7 November 2024

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Policy & Finance

Rare win for Indigenous peoples at COP16 but biodiversity financing remains elusive

1 November 2024

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Energy

Energy efficiency solutions present viable ‘low hanging fruit’ in Asia’s energy transition efforts: Siemens Energy VP finance APAC

Malaysia climate protest

Policy & Finance

Malaysia civil society asserts need for climate change bill to protect local and Indigenous consent

30 October 2024

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Water

Southeast Asia ocean fund launched at COP16 aims to fast-track conservation beyond marine protected areas

29 October 2024

Natural gas flaring.

Energy

Fixing methane leaks 'easiest, fastest' way for Southeast Asia to cut planet-cooking emissions

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Food & Agriculture

New RSPO rules for sustainable palm oil certification raises concern over deforestation and human rights

28 October 2024

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Policy & Finance

Can China’s BRI bonds spur sustainable development?

23 October 2024

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Policy & Finance

‘Ambition' problem: Why most Southeast Asian nations missed the COP16 biodiversity pledges deadline

22 October 2024

Coal mine emissions

Carbon & Climate

2023 saw the slowest decrease in decarbonisation in over a decade: PwC

21 October 2024

Indigenous Penan communities protested against logging activity in Ba Data Bila, territory within the protected Upper Baram Forest Area (UBFA), in August 2024.

Food & Agriculture

Cancellation of Sarawak conservation project raises fears over future of Malaysian state's last intact primary forest

Megabiodiverse_COP16_Logging_Indonesia

Carbon & Climate

What makes a country biodiverse and which ones stand out?

16 October 2024

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Energy

Green hydrogen uptake slow in Asia due to high cost and lack of standards: experts

Nik Nazmi

Carbon & Climate

A bill to 'outlast any minister or government' – Nik Nazmi answers burning questions on Malaysia’s climate change legislation

15 October 2024

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Carbon & Climate

Health and climate risks overlap in coal-burning Southeast Asia

14 October 2024

Rafizi and Nik Nazmi

Carbon & Climate

Malaysia cannot rule out CCUS but must keep ‘eyes wide open’ to risks, says environment minister Nik Nazmi

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