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Jennifer Morris, who heads up the global conservation outfit, rules out preserving nature through internationally traded biodiversity credits as it does not make scientific sense, but says “like for like” regional certificates could work.

EB Studio Decarbonisation won’t come easy – especially for Asia Pacific. With its growing presence in Singapore, climate solutions consultancy STX Group aims to assist corporates in the region to navigate the journey.

Prof Michael Greenstone at NUS SGFIN 2024

Economist Michael Greenstone, who first put a price on emissions for the US government, says that unless the price gap between fossil fuels and clean energy narrows, poor countries will face difficult trade-offs amid climate breakdown.

The sustainable finance executive had recently defended forest management carbon projects, a sector facing intense scrutiny. But he also lamented the challenges of working against such headwinds. CIX says it is searching for a new chief.

By John Cannon

Thomson Reuters Foundation

By Gabrielle See

By Ng Wai Mun

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As businesses come under pressure to meet net-zero targets, they are increasingly investing in forest-protection projects to cancel out their carbon emissions. But what could have been a viable climate-mitigation option has become little more than a licence to pollute, to the detriment of indigenous communities and the planet. By Mateo Estrada

The first auction on Malaysia’s new voluntary carbon market, the Bursa Carbon Exchange (BCX), took place on 16 March, with around RM7.7 million in carbon credits sold. By Dr Pieter E. Stek

The market must work in sync with a range of policy instruments. Stable institutional and regulatory structures must balance competing interests and trade-offs to ensure optimum coverage, caps, pricing and reporting. By Aman Srivastava

Southeast Asian countries should carefully weigh the economic and environmental impacts of unilateral climate policies like the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). By Mirza Sadaqat Huda

By Georg Kell

By Nicholas Stern and Joseph E. Stiglitz

By Rhett A. Butler

By Steve Zwick

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Achim Steiner talking at the Responsible Business Forum in Singapore. Image UNDP Asia Pacific

The IPCC's climate warning is an opportunity for the business world to show leadership, said UNDP's Achim Steiner in the opening speech at the Responsible Business Forum in Singapore.

Breakthrough casts aside fear that carbon captured and stored underground can seep back into the air and explode.

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The climate talks in Glasgow could have a major trickle-down effect on Asia's business community. What should the region's businesses expect from COP26? The Eco-Business Podcast asked energy and sustainability expert Malavika Bambawale.

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