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Rising use of aircon calls for more energy storage, electricity pricing reform and sturdier grid infrastructure.

Insurance that pays out pre-set sums instead of indemnifying losses is becoming more common as floods, hurricanes and heatwaves intensify.

Conservationists are rethinking strategies to build climate resilience in nature as rising temperatures threaten species and ecosystems worldwide.

Nearly half of Indonesia’s peatlands are vulnerable to flooding due to degradation from exploitation, with 6 million hectares (15 million acres) – twice the size of Belgium – highly at risk.

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By Kristine Sabillo

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Even though the global economy depends on a stable climate and reliable ecosystem services, businesses and financial institutions are not required or incentivised to invest in nature. Central banks and supervisors could change that trajectory simply by fulfilling their financial-stability mandate. By Julie McCarthy

The rise of 'greenhushing' – when companies downplay environmental risks for financial or political reasons – reflects not just changing communications strategies, but rising tensions between competing priorities. By Bertrand Badré and Thomas Crampton

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Public development banks must spearhead a systemic overhaul of global finance to ensure climate funding reaches the most vulnerable and accelerates the green transition. By Serge Ekué and Javier Díaz Fajardo

Two experts call on companies to calculate and report Scope 3 emissions along their value chain as soon as possible. By Zhang Nan and Li Dianyi

By Dr Guyo M Roba

By Kristine Crous and Kali Middleby

By Mohammed Usrof, Disha Ravi, Heleen Bruggink and Erica Njuguna

By Paul Teng

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Exclusive In this exclusive interview to mark Earth Day, Eco-Business speaks to Dr Sylvia Earle, oceanographer and founder of Mission Blue, who draws the link between our climate crisis and the health of our oceans.

As planetary temperatures reach an all-time high, a climate scientist has designed a new way to show how global temperatures have changed every month since the start of the industrial revolution and 2021.

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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.

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Eco-anxiety is a healthy psychological response, says 24-year-old activist Clover Hogan. The founder of nonprofit Force of Nature tells the Eco-Business Podcast how to respond to anxiety in a world that is "numb" to the climate crisis.

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