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Asia has emerged as the world’s largest destination for clean energy investment, supported by government policies, industrial planning and growing adoption of low-carbon technologies.

Asian companies generated 47 per cent of global green revenues in 2025, while the region’s clean energy boom continued to collide with its heavy reliance on coal and imported fossil fuels, found a new analysis by the London Stock Exchange Group.

A group of advocates is seeking to transform False Creek, a tidal inlet in Vancouver, Canada, from a polluted city inlet into a place where nature thrives and people can safely swim in the water.

Civil society groups say the bigger totals do not automatically translate into the adaptation and loss and damage support developing countries need, and warn that the World Bank’s climate retreat further weakens ambition across the multilateral development bank system.

Analysis of 11 leading Malaysian institutional investors managing RM2.5 trillion (US$624 billion) in assets shows growing climate investment commitments, although governance and disclosure gaps remain.

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Oleh Shradha Triveni

Oleh Minh Tran

Oleh Carolyn Cowan

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As climate risks become financial risks, investing in resilience is essential to protecting economic growth, attracting capital and securing Malaysia’s long-term prosperity. Oleh Edward Vrkić

Southeast Asian countries face two dilemmas in the Sino-US AI chip war: aligning their technology stacks with either of the great powers and preventing the illegal diversion of restricted chips. Oleh Gerald Mako

Despite being vital to health, security, and economic prosperity, water is often taken for granted. As supplies come under growing strain, water-related considerations will shape economic policy and political decision-making, as well as firms’ investment decisions, risk assessments, and corporate strategies. Oleh Bertrand Badré dan Esther Crauser-Delbourg

Workers’ suffering is an integral part of the fisheries system, say four experts. Oleh Abdirahim Sheik Heile, Daniel Salas, Matthew A Schnurr dan Kate Swanson

Oleh Michael R Bloomberg dan Teresa Ribera

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Oleh Ruth Khasaya Oniang’o dan Peter Kelly

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Studio EB Singapore's rapidly expanding digital economy is driving a surge in data centre energy consumption, creating new challenges for the country's low-carbon ambitions. This Eco-Business video explores how green software and efficient digital infrastructure can support sustainable digital growth.

Boyan Slat of The Ocean Cleanup presenting how much plastic his organisation has captured.

The 31-year-old engineer responds to criticism that his non-profit focuses downstream of the bigger problem with a "quick fix" solution, and claims he can clean the ocean in a decade by intercepting river trash.

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In the inaugural episode of Eco-Business's new Resilience podcast series, industry leaders say the palm oil sector's ability to weather disruption will depend not on certification alone, but on rethinking the relationships that underpin the entire supply chain.

Unpacking Asia's plastic pollution problem

Eksklusif Tune in to this webinar where our guest speakers discuss the region's plastic crisis, the state of play on the Global Plastics Treaty and circular economy strategies for businesses.

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Luanne Sieh has been group chief sustainability officer at CIMB Bank for the last eight and a half years

The Malaysia-headquartered bank's sustainability chief tells the EB Podcast about the discipline's mandate to prove value, wrestling with NGOs, and greenwashing in finance.

Government must call on development finance institutions to tap on risk management tools to make the capital-intensive technology more investible, Global Wind Energy Council’s Ann Margret Francisco tells the EB Podcast.

In the latest episode of the Climate Tech in Asia series, we speak to Breakthrough Energy and Green COP about what the shifting geopolitical landscape means for the climate tech ecosystem in Asia.

As Southeast Asia eyes regional power trading to accelerate decarbonisation, veteran solar entrepreneur Frank Phuan unpacks the political, economic and logistical hurdles of moving clean energy across borders.

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