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The world is set to take a financial hit as it transitions away from polluting fossil fuels in a bid to limit global warming. Poorer and oil-dependent countries in particular are likely to feel the pinch.

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Latest data show that a full-year EV sales boom has helped to prop up China’s sluggish car market. Analysts believe that even without state …

Current analyses of press freedom in Southeast Asia do not sufficiently capture the unique challenges faced by media professionals reporting on the ground, according …

Decreasing availability of pasture and low prices for their woollen products are forcing members of the indigenous Bhotia group into new work and migration.

Women who make goods like clothing and street food in slum homes are producing less amid baking temperatures and floods, hurting their fragile livelihoods, …

Weekly Top 5 Movers

33780 KT & G Corporation	9.48%
2143 ECM Libra Group Bhd.	8.59%
4587 Peptidream Inc.	7.31%
1619 DRB-Hicom Bhd.	6.34%
4568 Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited	5.83%

Weekly Flop 5 Movers

5190 Benalec Holdings Bhd.	-6.27%
23530 Lotte Shopping Co., Ltd	-3.20%
4634 Pos Malaysia Bhd.	-3.12%
4911 Shiseido Company, Limited	-3.04%
6818 China Everbright Bank Co., Ltd. Class H	-3.01%

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China's post-pandemic green recovery measures drove up the country's renewables firms on the Corporate Knights index of the most sustainable 100 firms in the world. Singapore real estate company CDL is Asia's leading firm in the list.

21 Jan 2022

The release of chemicals and pollutants has accelerated to a point that a 'planetary boundary' has been crossed, threatening Earth and humanity, according to a new study.

A 30-year-old project to dam the Yuam River has been revived. Civil society groups are rushing to talk to local communities, whose homes and livelihoods will be affected, and mobilise against it.

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South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation (SLTEC) coal facility in Calaca, Batangas

How will Asia's energy transition mechanism — potentially the world’s largest CO2 reduction programme — phase-out coal in the energy-hungry region? By Masatsugu Asakawa, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Carlos Dominguez

21 Jan 2022

With smoke haze posing a significant pollution problem for Southeast Asia, a victim-pays approach could result in cleaner air for all. By Euston Quah

Renewable energy is expanding at a record pace, but still not fast enough. Here are the key areas to watch for progress in bringing more wind and solar into the power grid in 2022. By Charles F. Kutscher, Jeffrey Logan

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A US$22 billion project involving 12,000 hectares of solar panels and 3,800km of cabling running from Darwin to Singapore might be the most ambitious renewable energy project ever. How will it work? Eco-Business talked to Fraser Thompson of project developer Sun Cable.

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Survivors of Typhoon Rai, the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines for the past year, are choosing to stay put and rebuild their homes, for fear that relocation would cut off their source of income and affect their livelihoods.

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A once-in-a-century downpour has killed 48 and displaced 68,000 people. Both weather patterns and inadequate flood response may have played a part.

This year, the A-List opened up beyond the corporate world to include individuals working in government and civic society.

This year’s list recognises several young innovators and start-up founders in Asia who have gone beyond idealism to create viable business models for a green recovery.

With more ambitious sustainability targets set for Singapore’s built environment, the use of data could be a game-changer for a sector looking for ways to quickly decarbonise.

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Tan Sri Dato' Jeffrey Cheah, Foundation Chancellor of Sunway University and Professor Sibrandes Poppema, University President have announced the creation of the Sunway Centre for Planetary Health, and appointed senior …

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In the midst of growing populations and electricity demand, the persistence of the COVID-19 pandemic, and much political, investor and customer pressure to decarbonize, Asia's electricity providers continue to grapple …