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Year in review 2024

From the language of climate delay to scary cases of extreme weather, Eco-Business looks back at the top stories of the year.

Exploitation in the mining sector gave rise to the term "blood nickel", while ad agencies were in the spotlight for working with fossil fuel giants. Here are the individuals and organisations that made the headlines for the wrong reasons.

25 Dec 2024

Climate tech financing has dwindled in recent years, while investor doubts on alternative proteins persist. In a difficult year for sustainability technologies, Eco-Business spotlights some of the innovations that still made the headlines.

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Airlines came under intense scrutiny for suspect green claims this year, as did net zero targets, sustainability-linked loans and the UN-led COP process. Australia led the Asia Pacific region for penalising firms for greenwashing with fines.

This year, readers paid attention to how climate featured on critical electoral campaigns that saw leadership change hands. Cebu and Bali, both popular tourist destinations, featured on the top story list, but for very different reasons.