13. Climate action
Climate change is now affecting every country on every continent. It is disrupting national economies and affecting lives, costing people, communities and countries dearly today and even more tomorrow. The world continues to experience rising sea levels, extreme weather conditions (the North Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest ever recorded) and increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases. This calls for urgent and accelerated action by countries as they implement their commitments to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
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Southeast Asia’s largest economy is currently pursuing a 2060 target for emissions neutrality, but has been struggling to receive favourable funding terms from foreign financiers to phase out coal power.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
High road to Dubai COP28: Climate finance will be key at Bonn Climate Conference
Success in climate negotiations this year hinges on adequate financial commitments from the Global North towards the South.
Almost all global thresholds for a 'safe and just' planet have already been breached, including for the climate, ecosystems and freshwater, according to new research.
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Across Asia, China has ‘most to lose’ if mother rivers run dry and don’t recover from climate change
New analysis finds that the region’s rivers are running out of the water required for coal power generation. China, which has control over the Yangtze and the Yellow River, needs to take the lead in getting Asia to shift away from the dirty fuel.
Karbon & Iklim
India’s heat action plans overlook the vulnerable
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Karbon & Iklim
It’s not just climate – we’ve already breached most of the Earth’s limits. A safer, fairer future means treading lightly
Humanity has exceeded the safe and just limits for vital Earth systems, from climate change to the biosphere and the use of fertilisers and freshwater, found new research from the Earth Commission. Urgent action is now needed.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
The IMF's turn to lead on climate
While the International Monetary Fund has made great strides on climate change in a short time, emerging markets and developing economies need resources to invest in resilience more urgently than ever. There are four ways the IMF can help them shift to a low-carbon pathway and finance adaptation measures before it’s too late.
Karbon & Iklim
Is generative AI bad for the environment?
A computer scientist explains the carbon footprint of ChatGPT and its cousins. Emissions from such tools could grow fast without renewable energy.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
The climate loss and damage fund is coming
Last year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) ended with a historic agreement to provide financial assistance to developing countries suffering the adverse effects of global warming. But to ensure the fund operates as intended, it is crucial to enter COP28 with a clear, detailed, and unified strategy for implementation.
Karbon & Iklim
Walking our talk on climate action
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Globalisation is greener
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The Green Mortician is the city-state's first water cremation service, which has a small carbon footprint compared to traditional funeral options.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
‘No income, insufficient aid’ for Oriental Mindoro fisherfolk after oil spill: Research group
A coalition of scientists and environmentalists found “widespread economic impacts” for communities in the Philippine province, heightening calls for accountability from the sunken tanker reportedly chartered by a San Miguel Corp subsidiary.
Karbon & Iklim
Explainer: What is climate risk disclosure?
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Investors are starting to feel the effects of climate change in an unexpected place – their financial returns. There are now growing calls within the business community to improve the quality and coverage of climate risk disclosure.
Karbon & Iklim
Activists protest fossil fuel funding at COP27
Rich nations need to shift investments into renewables instead, they say. The civic space for demonstrations at this year's climate summit, held in Egypt, is more restricted than the Scotland event last year.
Podcasts
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Is Asia slower to tackle greenwashing because it is conflict avoidant?
Japan-based academic Kim Schumacher, who coined the term "competence greenwashing", believes that the pursuit of societal harmony might be standing in the way of Asia calling out greenwashing. He tells the Eco-Business Podcast how exaggerated ESG claims are likely to be tackled in 2023 and beyond.
In a region where large hydro projects and expanding biofuel plantations coincide with an upcoming coal phaseout, a laissez-faire approach could worsen existing inequalities and mar the success of a clean energy buildout.
Energi
‘Carrots, sticks, and hugs’: Scrutinising Indonesia’s US$20 billion just transition challenge
The populous coal-rich powerhouse has six months to tell investors how it plans to spend G7 money to decarbonise equitably. We ask experts about the risks, strategy, and opportunities.
Karbon & Iklim
Mosquitoes, sun dimming, and the lives at stake
Scientists in the Global South are studying how solar geoengineering could affect their communities. One team in Pakistan is focusing on malaria, a mosquito-borne disease that affects millions in tropical and sub-tropical countries yearly.
