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Carbon & Climate
Limited climate aid leaves Sri Lankan communities vulnerable
Despite being highly vulnerable to climate risk, Sri Lanka is slow to tap into climate funding due to a range of issues including inadequate data systems, institutional weaknesses and limited capacity to design and implement viable projects.
Asia Pacific nations face mounting climate costs as the world crosses the 1.5°C threshold, with extreme weather driving inflation, disaster risks and a US$815 billion annual financing gap for adaptation and resilience.
Carbon & Climate
Will nature reporting and blue carbon projects take off in the Philippines in 2025?
A new natural capital accounting law and approved global carbon market trading rules could drive nature-based solutions. Eco-Business examines six key trends in the Philippines' push for decarbonisation and a just transition.
In 2015, Indonesia announced the construction of seven dams to provide water in East Nusa Tenggara province, an eastern region of the archipelago where access to freshwater is scarce during the annual dry season.
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Indigenous rights under pressure as Philippine minerals boom
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Legal rights for nature boost biodiversity conservation
21 October 2024
Food & Agriculture
RSPO finds Samsung palm oil subsidiary violated Indigenous rights in Sumatra
18 October 2024
Carbon & Climate
COP16: What’s on the agenda at this year’s biodiversity talks?
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Policy & Finance
Nature deal must be more than just ‘a couple of nice words’
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