Eco-Business

Mangroves in Santa Monica, Surigao del Norte, Philippines.

The United Kingdom’s flagship £500 million Blue Planet Fund, which supports marine environment programmes in developing countries like the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam, is in question, following news of a planned budget cut.

Seagrass restoration is increasingly recognised as crucial for addressing the twin crises of biodiversity loss and climate change.

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Slowing deforestation in Brazil and pledges to ban oil drilling in Colombia offer slivers of hope for the Amazon.

In December, the Bombay High Court cleared the Versova-Bhayandar DP road, a project that will affect more than 45,000 mangrove trees along Mumbai’s western coast.

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By Rhick Lars Albay

By Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

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Policy & Finance

What COP30 must do

Whereas last year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference tripled the global climate-finance target, this year’s gathering must show how funds will be delivered. Developing countries are doing their part, but their climate strategies cannot succeed without external support. By Syeda Rizwana Hasan

Current macroeconomic frameworks rightly treat climate shocks as threats to fiscal stability, but do not recognise the economic benefits of investing in measures that mitigate their effects. By Pepukaye Bardouille and Mahmoud Mohieldin

Marine conservation brings profound benefits, and Indigenous peoples and coastal communities should play a key role in managing marine protected areas. By Rita Maria El Zaghloul

Countries which govern half the world's territorial oceans have yet to integrate ocean-focused solutions into their nationally determined contributions, or NDCs, due for an update by February 2025. By Ilana Seid

By Dr Raksha Pandya-Wood and Dr Azliyana Azhari

By Luisa F Bedoya Taborda and Michele L Barnes

By Erik Berglöf

By Astra Rushton-Allan and Dr Sali Jayne Bache

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The chief of a Manila-based nonprofit that advocates for climate finance transparency tells the EB Podcast that so-called Filipino resilience to natural disasters should not be an “excuse” for developers to dodge accountability for substandard flood control projects.

EB Studio Plastic waste is flooding the planet. Instead of waiting for regulation to drive change, give value to recyclables and mobilise the people, says Plastic Bank.

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