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Policy & Finance

Imbalance of power: Women at international climate negotiations

Women’s representation at UN climate conferences has barely improved in 30 years, particularly women from South Asia.
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Policy & Finance

Kamala Harris loss to Trump ends year of few vote gains for women

In a big election year, there are few gains for women in power as Trump ends Harris' hopes of becoming first female US president.
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Policy & Finance

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

Despite funding setbacks, COP16 established an historic Indigenous-led body for biodiversity decisions amid stalled global financing commitments.
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Policy & Finance

Southeast Asian clean energy firms do not have policies to protect environmental defenders: report

ACEN and B Grimm are among the renewables firms that lack policies to protect environment defenders in Southeast Asia, but they are the only companies with pledges to respect Indigenous peoples' rights, new analysis finds.

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23 July 2024

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Policy & Finance

Jailing local wildlife poachers will not help deliver environmental justice: Thai judge Suntariya Muanpawong

8 July 2024

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Policy & Finance

Transforming COP: Is it time for the UN climate talks to downsize and change format?

29 June 2024

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Carbon & Climate

The consequences of Israel's invasion of Gaza: environmental and humanitarian devastation

7 June 2024

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Carbon & Climate

Philippines president Marcos signs natural capital accounting bill into law amid mining push

31 May 2024

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Policy & Finance

Closing the AI skills gap: The next step for Singapore’s pursuit of sustainable economic growth?

23 May 2024

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Policy & Finance

Diversity, equity and inclusion: Asia urged to look beyond gender

19 May 2024

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Carbon & Climate

Sarawak forest carbon projects face pushback over Indigenous land rights

8 May 2024

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Energy

Fossil fuel subsidy cuts will posit Malaysia as clean energy leader, but require phased approach: experts

7 April 2024

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Carbon & Climate

More health professionals should back fossil fuels phase-out: ‘It is a planetary health solution’

3 April 2024

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Cities

When it gets too hot: How the City of Melbourne ensures vulnerable residents have refuge from extreme heat

4 March 2024

Women working on a palm oil plantation in Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Food & Agriculture

The skipped chapter of the sustainable palm oil story: Women smallholders

28 December 2023

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Policy & Finance

Trends that will shape sustainability in 2024

4 October 2023

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Cities

Which countries do well on recognising Indigenous rights?

26 August 2023

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Policy & Finance

Explaining the Philippines’ ‘writ of kalikasan’: What does the special legal remedy mean for nature protection?

25 June 2023

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Policy & Finance

After gay sex ban repeal, Singapore LGBTQ campaigners look to tackle conservative family values

24 May 2023

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Policy & Finance

ADB’s bid to expand private sector financing for climate goals reignites worries about lack of social safeguards

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