Eco-Business

A new deal could boost the economy in Bhutan and Nepal while helping India and Bangladesh – but it is based on increasingly precarious hydro.

Bangladesh’s interim government remains dependent on India as a dollar crisis limits its ability to generate its own electricity.

Ahead of COP29, a study by International Institute for Environment and Development shows that Asia's least developed countries have debt growing at a faster rate than climate support.

Environmental innovation competition The Earthshot Prize recently unveiled this year’s shortlist. Eco-Business quizzes three finalists about Asia's funding environment and the barriers they face in scaling their ideas.

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By Surendra Phuyal

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Eco-Business has launched new subscription plans for our community. We invite you to support our independent journalism and thought leadership initiatives to forge a sustainable Asia and beyond. By Jessica Cheam

Governments in the region must fix their opaque regulatory frameworks and make use of innovative financing models, says analyst Shantanu Srivastava. By Shantanu Srivastava

Founder and managing director Jessica Cheam investigates the relationship between business and our natural world, and shares about the genesis of Eco-Business in this book chapter contribution to 'Peace and Nature', a book compilation of 50 essays and edited by Professor Tommy Koh, Lye Lin Heng and Shawn Lum launched in Singapore recently. By Jessica Cheam

As countries prepare to meet this month to work on the first global agreement to end plastic pollution, the perspectives of South Asia must be heard loud and clear. By Dharmesh Shah

By Sophia Kalantzakos and Kunda Dixit

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By Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Lilian Best

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Undervalued and ignored, wetlands are disappearing and drying up in Nepal—leaving the communities and wildlife that depend on them exposed in a changing climate.

An innovative cargo bicycle designed for farmers and villagers may help boost incomes in isolated farming communities in Nepal.

Working on the lake gives women independence in a country where women are often destined to a life of servitude and denied the access to education, health and jobs.

Demand for Tibetan prayer beads from China have brought Nepal’s Timal village into the limelight, but the sustainability of this opaque market is leading to concerns.

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