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A look at Southeast Asia's evolving landscape of solar energy adoption, from achievements to hurdles and future aspirations.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Q&A: Can debt-for-nature ‘swaps’ help tackle biodiversity loss and climate change?
So-called 'debt-for-nature swaps' have regained prominence in recent years as part of efforts to raise finance for conservation efforts across biodiverse developing countries.
Bangladesh's congested capital Dhaka joins the ranks of South Asian cities drawing up plans to prepare for a hotter, wetter future.
Studio EB
Urban Asia is facing a perfect storm. Sea levels are rising, rainfall is becoming erratic, yet more people than ever are moving into cities, leading to tensions and pressures. This report looks at how Asia’s coastal cities can adapt.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Top banks 'bankrolling destruction' in Amazon, says report
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Are reports of climate adaptation finance being exaggerated?
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Q&A: Climate finance at World Bank and IMF spring meetings 2024
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Governments in the region must fix their opaque regulatory frameworks and make use of innovative financing models, says analyst Shantanu Srivastava.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Official development assistance must recognise countries’ vulnerabilities
Given the escalating climate crisis, multilateral lenders must urgently adopt an approach to development aid that emphasises prevention. By incorporating structural vulnerabilities into their allocation formulas, the World Bank and others can strengthen poor countries' resilience and increase fairness, efficiency, and transparency.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Developing countries need debt relief to act on climate change
Climate change is not some distant menace; its effects are already being felt worldwide, especially in climate-vulnerable developing economies.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Nature as infrastructure
Viewing nature as infrastructure is transformative, because it forces us to think in a more systemic way. As we pursue growth and development, we must not only avoid damaging nature; we must also strengthen and enrich it through “nature-positive” investments – all while tapping its vast potential to deliver essential services.
Karbon & Iklim
How to salvage COP28
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Who pays and how: the COP28 dilemma of debt and equity
Kebijakan & Keuangan
The Global North must follow the Global South's lead
#multilateral development bank Video
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.
#multilateral development bank Podcasts
Kebijakan & Keuangan
‘We do not just adopt global standards, we respond to domestic challenges’: Philippine central bank exec Lyn Javier
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas assistant governor tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the regulator’s maiden sustainability report that features an empirical study of climate impacts on banks as well as the nation’s first taxonomy.
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Asian Development Bank (ADB)
ADB raises developing Asia and the Pacific’s economic growth forecast for 2024
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN urges regional cooperation to accelerate digitalisation of cross-border trade procedures
Asian Development Bank
ADB forecasts developing Asia’s economy to grow 4.9 per cent in 2024
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Costs on the rise and volatile, but trade facilitation could mitigate challenges ahead
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Climate change impacts severely impede SDGs: ADB-UN report
Asian Development Bank
Asian Development Bank commits record climate finance of almost US$10 billion in 2023
