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Given their outsized economic role, strengthening the resilience of coastal communities is not just a regional or national priority but a global imperative. By Karen Sack

30 Oct 2024

The upcoming climate summit needs to address how storms are becoming more impactful closer to the coast. Preparing for such events is more cost-effective …

Global electricity generation from solar will quadruple by 2030 and help to push coal power into reverse, according to Carbon Brief analysis of data …

There is a 'massive gap between rhetoric and reality' that must be closed by new climate pledges being drafted under the Paris Agreement, the …

Only 8 per cent of the ocean is protected and a global pledge to safeguard 30 per cent by 2030 faces huge challenges.

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Most Southeast Asian nations missed the COP16 deadline to submit updated biodiversity pledges. Competing priorities and financing gaps have hampered nature commitments, say experts.

23 Oct 2024

A look back reveals four crucial lessons for future engagement and global progress.

The majority of developed countries are paying less than 50 per cent of their 'fair share' towards biodiversity finance, according to new analysis.

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With the shipping sector responsible for about 3 per cent of global anthropogenic methane emissions, leveraging existing solutions will greatly help amid lacklustre regulations.

7 Aug 2024 • News

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Water markets offer a potential solution to address water scarcity, but they must be carefully regulated to ensure equitable access, prevent monopolisation and protect ecosystems. By Eduardo Araral

18 Oct 2024

Although most people care deeply about addressing the climate crisis, only a minority of respondents in recent surveys trust their governments to achieve a fair and just net-zero transition. By Laurence Tubiana and Ana Toni

International financial flows and mechanisms must be improved to support instead of burden climate adaptation and energy transition efforts of the world's most vulnerable countries. By Mia Mottley and Wale Edun

By Jessica Cheam

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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

In the run up to the United Nations global climate change negotiations (COP29) taking place in Azerbaijan in less than two weeks, urban planning experts, financiers and climate scientists at …

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UN forum calls for enhanced role of cities in national climate action, localising the SDGs

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Case study: Extended Producer Responsibility in the Philippines - Early learnings and insights for emerging markets battling plastic pollution

The Philippines, long one of the biggest producers of ocean plastic pollution, is now moving quickly and boldly to tackle this crisis. Over the last two years, the Philippines has …