Tracking COP
Eco-Business reports on the world’s biggest climate conference where negotiators and leaders convene at a critical moment for global transformative action to tackle an existential crisis.
News / Carbon & Climate
Behind the ‘bribe, bully, buy’ tactics of developed countries, with veteran climate negotiator Dr Gary Theseira
The newly-appointed council chair of Climate Governance Malaysia says the United States has conducted itself like a "child holding up a game" at the UN COP summits. He tells Eco-Business why political leaders and company boards must be educated on climate and sustainability.
News / Policy & Finance
In pictures: The last hours of negotiations at COP29
A protest walkout, frantic last-minute closed-door discussions, and a lot of frustration and anxiety. The COP29 finance talks in Baku had looked like they were about to fall apart running into overtime after last Friday but parties came to a compromise on Sunday and staggered away with a US$300 billion funding deal.
News / Policy & Finance
Climate talks avoid collapse with last-hour US$300 billion deal seen as dissatisfactory by developing states
COP29 talks – running into overtime – concluded over the weekend with a signed deal to triple the amount of money to help poorer nations climate-proof their economies, but the promised funding falls short of the trillions of dollars developing countries say they need. A deal on Article 6 was also sealed.
News / Policy & Finance
Philippines, Malaysia stand ground against accepting bilateral loan offers from rich countries; insist on climate financing
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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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20 November 2024
Carbon & Climate
How Southeast Asian countries are positioning themselves at COP29
15 November 2024
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Carbon & Climate
COP29 opens with approval of global carbon credit trade rules
11 November 2024
Carbon & Climate
What the loss and damage fund means for Indigenous communities
Policy & Finance
COP29, in numbers
5 November 2024
Policy & Finance
Singapore to join expanded Common Ground Taxonomy at COP29
29 October 2024
Carbon & Climate
Why COP29 should not be ignored
25 October 2024
20 September 2024
Policy & Finance
Is 'loss and damage' fund at risk as COP29 approaches?
19 August 2024
26 July 2024
Policy & Finance
COP29 action plan thrusts climate finance to the fore
12 July 2024
Policy & Finance
Philippines to host 'loss and damage' fund board
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‘Global politics may change but the principles of nature do not’: Asean banks still hungry for transition-related deals, say CSOs
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News / Energy
No ‘passive bystander’: Clean energy trade among Singapore’s ‘recalibrations’ to tackle new geopolitical reality
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Opinion / Manufacturing
Southeast Asia’s potential role in rare earth elements diversification
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Podcasts / Carbon & Climate
America’s attack on climate science could affect adaptation capacity in Asia: climate scientist Ben Horton
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News / Energy
New record-high US solar tariffs leave uneven impact across Southeast Asia’s solar industry
Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia's solar panel makers face varying tariff rates. Chinese manufacturers have already moved operations …
