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

  Exclusive As COP29 enters the final stretch, some developing countries are being approached by rich countries to agree on …

  Philippines, Malaysia stand ground against accepting bilateral loan offers from rich countries; insist on climate financing
• News / Food & Agriculture

  New sustainable palm oil rules win consensus amid RSPO credit price slump

  The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil’s updated standards aim to improve smallholder inclusion as EUDR kicks in. But …

  New sustainable palm oil rules win consensus amid RSPO credit price slump
• Opinion / Food & Agriculture

  Plantations are not forests

  Sarawak's so-called green revolution is little more than a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Companies and the state government …

  Plantations are not forests
• 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 …

  Climate talks avoid collapse with last-hour US$300 billion deal seen as dissatisfactory by developing states
• News / Energy

  Southeast Asia’s mineral boom for renewable energy sparks social unrest

  Global Witness warns that mining for green energy is fuelling conflict and human rights abuses in Asia and …

  Southeast Asia’s mineral boom for renewable energy sparks social unrest
• News / Carbon & Climate

  Methane reductions: what Southeast Asia’s corporates are asking for at COP29

  The region’s fossil fuel producers called for reduced methane emissions, even as civil society criticised the high proportion …

  Methane reductions: what Southeast Asia’s corporates are asking for at COP29