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The Trumpian approach to critical minerals – evident from the United States' interactions with Ukraine – may force Southeast Asia to choose sides. The region needs to look at diversifying its technical partners in the energy sector. By Mirza Sadaqat Huda

7 Mar 2025

The country's Just Energy Transition Partnership or JETP secretariat confirmed the world's largest historical climate polluter's exit from the deal, but said other funding …

Without USAID funds, groups offering health care to LGBTQ+ Filipinos face challenges, look for new partnerships.

As protestors scramble to prevent rollbacks to environmental and labour protections, a leading politician defends the changes.

LGBTQ+ communities in the Pacific Islands rely on US funding to decriminalise same-sex relations, collate data and fight HIV.

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More than half of countries have not committed to protecting 30 per cent of their land and sea for nature by 2030 in plans submitted to the UN – despite signing a global agreement to do so less than three years ago.

27 Feb 2025

Indonesia’s climate envoy has cast doubt on the country’s commitment to the Paris Agreement, calling coal plant closures 'economic suicide,' threatening the US$20 billion Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP).

There is a 'mismatch' between the importance of peatlands and their current level of protection, a new study warns.

By Ng Wai Mun and Gabrielle See

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China's first RSPO-certified shipment of Identity Preserved sustainable palm oil

About one-fifth of global palm oil is certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, but growth has plateaued. Chief Joseph D’Cruz explains why 100 per cent certification is not the end goal and how it plans to engage China and India.

27 Jan 2025 • News

With the sustainability agenda facing crosswinds, companies might conclude that sustainable business should take a backseat. But that is misguided. Firms that thrive will stay true to core values while showing how critical sustainability is to the bottom line. By Steven Okun and Aaron Cramer

1 Mar 2025

China's DeepSeek demonstrates that AI can be trained in a more efficient way and has enormous implications for Big Tech, which will be pressured to justify efforts to reduce climate impact. By Jon Truby

The US president’s second term is a pivotal moment for ESG, as his administration could reshape corporate responsibility globally. By Katie Fowler

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Clover Hogan, climate activist, speaking in 2019

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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No publisher in Asia has publicly rejected Big Oil ad dollars to date, and most provide a platform for fossil fuel brands, described by UN chief Antonio Guterres as "godfathers of climate chaos". Journalists and news consumers believe dirty energy advertising discredits climate-related content, but support for a tobacco-style ad ban is limited.

Follow the region's used textiles on a journey through sorting, upcycling and recycling as they are diverted from the landfills.

Going 100 per cent organic is not easy for smallholder farmers in the region. Is there a middle road to take where a gradual shift can be managed, while ensuring that the livelihoods of farmers are taken care of?

Women sift sand, hunting for tiny plastic pellets and other debris still washing ashore since the sinking of the X-Press Pearl, a vessel containing chemicals and plastics, in May 2021 off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Six months after the sinking of the Singapore-flagged X-Press Pearl off the coast of Colombo, local communities are trying to recover from one of the worst maritime disasters in history.

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Southeast Asia's clean energy transition

Univers, the global leader for AI in energy headquartered in Singapore, today announced that it has been selected by Albert Heijn, a Dutch flagship supermarket, to deploy its industry-leading microgrid …