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Manufaktur
Fighting fires, breathing smoke: Palm oil’s small farmers face the cost of sustainability
Independent growers are helping prevent wildfires even as haze threatens their families and livelihoods, while the costs of sustainable farming remain difficult to bear.
Manufaktur
‘We all need to do better’: Indonesia’s fires test the credibility of sustainable palm oil
With 1.9 million hectares affected by fires in Indonesia, the palm oil industry faces questions over what sustainability certification can deliver – and who should be held accountable when fires occur.
A resettlement village set up after the 2015 earthquake was washed away in the August floods. Khalte’s destruction exposes wider gaps in Nepal’s attempts at rehabilitation.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
COP31: Q&A: ‘We suffer the consequences more, then pay more to finance the response’
Uruguay’s climate change director María Fernanda Souza talks finance and geopolitics ahead of the UN climate summit.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Bangladesh’s most climate-vulnerable areas struggle to access bank credit
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Karbon & Iklim
Indonesia’s El Niño‑driven peat fires are choking the region, releasing centuries of stored carbon
Indonesia’s El Niño-fuelled peat fires are exposing millions across Southeast Asia to hazardous air pollution and releasing vast amounts of stored carbon – underscoring the urgent need to restore degraded peatlands.
There are many proven ways to protect people and assets from extreme weather, and such measures often prevent economic losses worth many times their cost. But ensuring their implementation requires making them more affordable and creating innovative revenue mechanisms and financing structures.
Thailand’s proposed THB165 billion (US$4.91 billion) flood diversion project presents an opportunity to rethink flood management – combining engineering with natural floodplains, wetlands and river restoration to strengthen long-term resilience.
Karbon & Iklim
How can the same El Niño cause drought in one part of the world and floods in another?
El Niño’s shifting ocean temperatures can disrupt atmospheric circulation worldwide – raising the risk of drought in some regions while bringing heavier rainfall and flooding to others.
Perkotaan
Climate resilience starts with care
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Warming Himalayas: Nepal’s climate justice test
Karbon & Iklim
Can adaptation accelerate climate action?
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Karbon & Iklim
‘Resilience is not a buzzword’: Palm oil leaders call for industry reset amid global shocks
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.
Studio EB
From sponge cities to coastal forests, Asia is seeking ways to work with nature and prepare for the risks in a warmer-than-expected future. This Eco-Business video looks at what else cities need to do to strengthen climate resilience.
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Kebijakan & Keuangan
‘We don’t want to pit adaptation and loss and damage funds against each other’: veteran COP observer
At the close of COP30, nations agreed to triple adaptation finance by 2035, while the fund for loss and damage appeared to remain sidelined. Lidy Nacpil, a long-time attendee of the climate conference, explains why.
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.
Karbon & Iklim
America’s attack on climate science could affect adaptation capacity in Asia: climate scientist Ben Horton
The sea-level rise expert has moved to Hong Kong – now seen as a gateway to more collaboration with China on climate science. But he tells the EB Podcast that data from US agencies is still critical for calculating climate defences in Asia.
Andrew Buay, vice president for group corporate sustainability at Singtel, tells the EB Podcast that CSOs should not be precious about losing part of their job as the function evolves.
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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
'Cool leaders', a roadmap and nature for cooling: Global Cooling Pledge acts on heat
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP: World set to cross 1.5°C global warming, but can still limit, adapt to and return from higher temperatures
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