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Carbon & Climate
Countries eye COP29 finance deal while subsidising climate damage
The G20 in Rio de Janeiro recommitted to tackling fossil fuel subsidies, but vulnerable communities need support.
EB Studio
Amid escalating climate losses and no net zero goal in sight, a newly proposed Low Carbon Economy Investment Act and ambitious private sector-led initiatives only way for Philippine industries to decarbonise.
As declining oil output increases reliance on on foreign supply, the region’s oil import bill could exceed US$200 billion by 2050, posing major economic and energy security risks without a faster renewables shift, says the global energy authority.
As more countries mandate climate reporting, Global Commission on the Economics of Water co-chair Tharman Shanmugaratnam says improving water disclosures should not take as long as it did for carbon, and that “double materiality” is what counts.
Carbon & Climate
COP16: What’s on the agenda at this year’s biodiversity talks?
Policy & Finance
Nature deal must be more than just ‘a couple of nice words’
Carbon & Climate
How fast is biodiversity declining globally?
#subsidies Opinion
Better airshed management can tackle Delhi’s persistent air pollution.
Carbon & Climate
Nature conservation is a public good, not a market
Private investment in conservation is always welcome but the evidence suggests governments will need to do the heavy lifting when it comes to repairing nature.
Policy & Finance
Rich countries must meet their biodiversity financing pledges
Two years ago, developed countries pledged at least US$20 billion annually by 2025 to help preserve 30 per cent of the world’s land and oceans. But most countries have failed to contribute their fair share.
Indonesia's next administration has its work cut out for it to ensure true sustainable development by resolutely committing to cutting fossil fuel subsidies for good.
Policy & Finance
The World Bank and IMF must put a value on clean air
#subsidies Videos
Vietnam's wind market is thriving, but more work lies ahead if the country wants to power its booming economy without imperilling its people and the planet.
Southeast Asia's largest energy consumer has been slow to transition to renewables, but recent policies point to greater expansion of the country's solar, tidal and geothermal energy production.
#subsidies Press Releases
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UNDP launches new guidance for countries to finance ambitious biodiversity goals
Asian Development Bank
Report launch: Tackling the Covid-19 youth employment crisis in Asia and the Pacific
