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Unemployment is voters' top election concern - especially among young Indians who are struggling to find skilled, permanent jobs.

Despite slowing GDP growth, coal consumption is on the up, largely due to a failure to improve energy efficiency.

The World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) held their spring meetings last week in Washington DC – a key event in a critical year for international climate finance.

Cambodia’s reliance on microloans, long touted as a way to reduce poverty, belies concerns over debt-fuelled deforestation.

Oleh Ng Wai Mun

Oleh Robin Hicks

Oleh Gabrielle See

Oleh Ng Wai Mun

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As the only multilateral institution charged with maintaining global financial and fiscal stability, the IMF’s role is critical for addressing climate change. Oleh Mohamed Nasheed dan Rakesh Mohan

China’s decision to ramp up spending could accelerate a shift and help achieve long-term climate goals by bringing forward the peak in fossil-fuel use and lowering greenhouse gas emissions. Oleh Stuart P.M. Mackintosh

Long a source of tension with its neighbours, China’s transboundary rivers are opening opportunities for regional cooperation. Oleh Fengshi Wu

Kebijakan & Keuangan

Degrowth is a dead end

The degrowth movement lacks a coherent theory of change and its goals are politically impractical. Degrowth might actually harm climate policy. Oleh Alessio Terzi

Oleh Henry White

Oleh Yosuke Uchiyama

Oleh Emily Wilkinson dan Kanni Wignaraja

Oleh Naomi Clark-Shen dan Kathlyn Tan

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Studio EB Amid fresh debates about what corporate purpose should be, there is mounting evidence that corporate purpose leads to stronger brand reputation, better talent attraction and more resilience, leading to improved financial performance.

Southeast Asia's largest energy consumer has been slow to transition to renewables, but recent policies point to greater expansion of the country's solar, tidal and geothermal energy production.

Pension funds are some of the world's largest investors—holding trillions in assets—billions of which are pumped into fossil fuel companies like Shell, BP, and Total.

migrant fishermen fishing southeast asia

On International Human Rights Day, Greenpeace releases shocking testimonies from Southeast Asian migrants working on board foreign fishing vessels, plying the remote waters to meet Asia's surging demand for seafood.

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GoTo sustainability head Tanah Sullivan tells the Eco-Business Podcast that regulating net-zero claims would decarbonise Southeast Asia faster. Indonesia's biggest internet firm aims to cut emissions to zero by 2030 — a target critics say is unrealistic.

Filipino commuters during Covid. Image: Commuters of Metro Manila

Eksklusif As the country plunges into a recession borne out of the pandemic, how can it get back on its feet? On this podcast, Eco-Business spoke to top Filipino environmentalist Loren Legarda on how conservation should not take a backseat to economic development.

People using ATM machines in Singapore. Image: Robin Hicks/Eco-Business

Fossil fuels, tobacco, weapons—our banks could be spending our money on things we don't want them to. Eco-Business talks to finance expert Mayur Singh about why consumers in Asia should asking banks how they spend their money.

Studio EB [The EB Podcast] In the third episode of the series Tomorrow’s cities: Engineering the energy transition, we explore how the shipping industry is charting a course to a low-carbon future.

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