Podcasts / China
Trump 2.0 may prove to be a "bump in the road" for climate action, but banks and investors in Asia see growth and opportunity in the region for decarbonisation as climate risks grow.
Food & Agriculture
Faraway tale of pastoralist struggles spotlights China’s green growth complexities
A researcher lived with camel herders in Inner Mongolia for years to find out how they're coping with both conservation schemes and modernisation. He tells the Eco-Business Podcast about their challenges and lessons for the world.
Carbon & Climate
‘A 1.1°C warmer world is already a matter of life and death’: Climate scientist Winston Chow
The Singapore scientist, recently elected to the UN's top climate body, tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the precarious state of climate adaptation in developing Asia. The region is not well-prepared to manage the cascading risks of extreme climate events, he says.
Japan-based academic Kim Schumacher, who coined the term "competence greenwashing", believes that the pursuit of societal harmony might be standing in the way of Asia calling out greenwashing. He tells the Eco-Business Podcast how exaggerated ESG claims are likely to be tackled in 2023 and beyond.
All China Podcasts
17 June 2022
Corporate Responsibility
'We have reached peak greenwashing': what to do about the sustainability marketing tsunami?
6 June 2022
20 May 2022
3 June 2021
8 February 2021
5 November 2020
Carbon & Climate
Gardens beneath the bay: The existential threat of rising sea levels
30 October 2020
Policy & Finance
Asia’s net zero goals — how realistic are they?
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Singapore’s ‘30 by 30’ food security goal currently under review, confirms government
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DBS doubles down on climate goals; updates transition finance framework
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News / Policy & Finance
China and India central to climate action: COP30 president
As the United States steps back from climate efforts, people will start looking to China for 'additional leadership', … -
The country's Just Energy Transition Partnership or JETP secretariat confirmed the world's largest historical climate polluter's exit from … -
Opinion / Energy
Impact of Trump 2.0 on Southeast Asia’s energy politics
The Trumpian approach to critical minerals – evident from the United States' interactions with Ukraine – may force … -
News / Policy & Finance
Why calls for Asean to appoint its first female secretary-general are getting louder
The regional grouping's 15 sec-gens have so far all been men. On International Women’s Day, Eco-Business spoke to …
