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The Philippines will push to make loss and damage fund ‘meaningful’: climate finance rep
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Mark Joven, who steered negotiations for the Philippines to host the loss and damage fund board, speaks to Eco-Business about the nation’s role in helping to rachet up pledges for the climate-vulnerable, as COP29 nears.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Asia’s poorest countries owe twice as much in debt as they receive in climate finance: IIED
Ahead of COP29, a study by International Institute for Environment and Development shows that Asia's least developed countries have debt growing at a faster rate than climate support.
Coal-fired power plants are driving a health crisis in Southeast Asia, where fine particle pollution causes millions of premature deaths annually.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Green bonds, red flags: Cambodia’s microfinance crisis deepens amid sustainability push
Microfinance institutions in Cambodia, accused of predatory lending, are pivoting to green bonds while borrowers, burdened by debt and climate impacts, struggle to survive.
Karbon & Iklim
Climate scientists sound alarm over Asia’s rising seas
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To encourage greater water reuse, India must prioritise infrastructure development, implement sound policies and allow private sector participation.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Overcoming the development-project implementation gap
New research by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) shows that disbursing International Development Association (IDA) funds to projects that positively affect people’s lives must overcome major barriers.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
The World Bank and IMF must put a value on clean air
Air pollution is a 'silent killer', say former New Zealand PM and former WHO chief scientist.
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
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Time for MDBs to stop using technical assistance to support fossil fuels
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Why I think the World Bank should not host the loss and damage fund
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Karbon & Iklim
Highlights from Ecosperity Week 2019
Eminent speakers and thousands of attendees discussed strategies for a resource-efficient future at Ecosperity Week 2019. As they heard about the science of global warming, delegates were called upon to be part of the solution.
Karbon & Iklim
Ideas to tackle the existential threat of global warming
Suggestions by delegates at the World Bank's recent Innovate4Climate event in Singapore included: Supporting developing countries in their efforts to conserve the forests, and launching more incubators for climate-friendly solutions.
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Battery technology could reshape the global energy sector, and this year's #Innovate4Climate summit in Singapore will focus on the cutting-edge innovation that could change the energy landscape.
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‘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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United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN urges regional cooperation to accelerate digitalisation of cross-border trade procedures
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN forum opens with a resounding call to accelerate SDG action in South Asia
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East Asia and Pacific: Sustained growth, momentum slowing
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SolAbility Sustainable Intelligence
The Global Sustainable Competitiveness Report 2020
