Eco-Business

A solar boom, Donald Trump's 'national energy emergency' and AI demand marked a landmark year.

This year, ‘greenrinsing’ – shifting climate targets after luring investment – cast a shadow over corporate decarbonisation efforts, while fossil fuel firms leaned on carbon capture technologies to justify ongoing expansion and promoted natural gas as "clean".

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The loan will finance projects that support sustainable management of the archipelago's marine ecosystems.

Joel Jay Soriano, First Gen's head of strategy and planning, speaking at the Asian Clean Energy Summit

Studio EB As well as adapting to intensifying climate impacts, the Philippines' largest renewable energy company must carefully weigh up how quickly it divests from natural gas, Soriano tells Eco-Business.

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Robust legal frameworks, backed by effective enforcement, can create the conditions for stable and rights-respecting mining. That means safeguarding Indigenous rights, protecting water resources and ensuring independent, participatory, and transparent impact assessments. Oleh Johanna Sydow dan Nsama Chikwanka

Forest loss and soil degredation resulted in Sumatra's natural ecosystem losing the ability to act as a natural sponge during Cyclone Senyar. Oleh Dian Fiantis, Budiman Minasny, Frisa Irawan Ginting

Tengah, the site of the most secondary forest loss in Singapore's recent history.

Singapore is facing diminishing forest cover from competing lands uses – but vulnerable secondary forests could play a key role in helping the city-state adapt to intensifying heat stress and flooding. Oleh Robin Hicks

Whales and dolphins are the ocean’s canaries. New research shows that 'forever chemicals' contaminate a far wider range of whales and dolphins than previously thought. Oleh Karen A Stockin, Emma Betty, Frédérik Saltré, Katharina J. Peters

Oleh Joseph E. Stiglitz, Imraan Valodia

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Oleh James Dyke dan Johan Rockström

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NGOs urged the government to improve forest data transparency by making maps of protected areas publicly available, and to channel funds to frontline communities living near forests.

Studio EB As Malaysia forges ahead with its 2050 net zero climate ambition, businesses must reshape their supply chains for a low carbon future. This Eco-Business video looks at how SMEs can adapt to new sustainability reporting requirements.

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Funding for climate-related solutions has slowed down and it’s a ‘tough game’ for startups, said those familiar with the climate tech space at The Liveability Challenge Grand Finale 2025. What can founders and innovators do to bring an idea to commercialisation? And is Singapore an attractive-enough testbed?

A growing number of companies are admitting that they can't meet their sustainability targets. Has the era of "corporate vulnerability" begun, where companies are more honest about their sustainability progress?

While some companies greenhush, others are upfront about their inability to meet sustainability targets. Eco-Business asked experts at the Ecosperity conference if it pays for businesses to be "vulnerable" about sustainability progress.

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As the Philippines gears up to chair Asean next year, Michael Sinocruz says the government will push offshore wind to bolster cross-border renewable energy trade, while protecting marine life impacted by infrastructure.

With clear climate policies and actions, nations across Asia, Africa and Latin America are filling the vacuum left by the United States. This article features the second half of a conversation with two veteran attendees of the climate COPs.

Getting climate finance on the agenda for COP30 negotiations is expected to be contentious. This article features the first half of a conversation with two veteran attendees of the annual United Nations climate conference.

The chief of a Manila-based nonprofit that advocates for climate finance transparency tells the EB Podcast that so-called Filipino resilience to natural disasters should not be an “excuse” for developers to dodge accountability for substandard flood control projects.

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