Opinion / #loss and damage
Karbon & Cuaca
Climate justice is no longer an aspiration but a legal duty
This year’s advisory opinions from two prominent international courts mark a turning point, write two environmental law experts.
The legal future of sinking islands remains uncertain, and their way of life, identity, and culture hangs in the balance.
The International Court of Justice’s landmark opinion means big polluters must answer for climate harm.
Karbon & Cuaca
Historic ruling finds climate change ‘imperils all forms of life’ and puts laggard nations on notice
In a landmark opinion, the world’s highest court says states must act on climate or risk breaching international law and human rights.
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27 December 2024
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Polisi & Kewangan
Harmonising loss and damage finance will be key to COP29
5 September 2024
Polisi & Kewangan
Climate impacts are crippling insurance and Big Oil must pay up
5 August 2024
Karbon & Cuaca
How unplanned development, unusual rain ended in disaster
12 April 2024
Karbon & Cuaca
Taxing polluters is the key to climate justice
2 February 2024
Polisi & Kewangan
Realising the potential of the climate loss and damage fund
29 January 2024
Polisi & Kewangan
Rich countries must compensate the Global South for biodiversity loss
18 December 2023
Karbon & Cuaca
No finance? No fossil fuel phase-out
30 November 2023
Polisi & Kewangan
Loss and damage as a common climate cause
16 November 2023
Polisi & Kewangan
Why I think the World Bank should not host the loss and damage fund
24 October 2023
Polisi & Kewangan
Who pays and how: the COP28 dilemma of debt and equity
29 September 2023
Polisi & Kewangan
Why I think the US is the biggest bully and blocker of climate action
12 September 2023
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28 August 2023
Karbon & Cuaca
100 days to COP28: Can it deliver climate action?
5 July 2023
Polisi & Kewangan
Climate change talk is cheap without projects to finance
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Berita / Bandar-bandar
Deadly floods affect millions across South and Southeast Asia, leaving over $4 billion in loss and damage
Heavy rainfall across the region was caused by the combination of natural phenomena and climate change but in … -
![Tengah, the site of the most secondary forest loss in Singapore's recent history.]()
Pendapat / Bandar-bandar
Can Singapore’s secondary forests play a role in its climate adaptation plan?
Singapore is facing diminishing forest cover from competing lands uses – but vulnerable secondary forests could play a … -
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Berita / Karbon & Cuaca
COP30 secured a win for civil society – what can future hosts learn from Brazil’s approach to people’s participation?
Climate justice groups celebrated the establishment of a just transition mechanism in Belém, where the COP30 presidency engaged … -
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Berita / Polisi & Kewangan
Taiwan issues new governance guidelines to ease local tensions over renewable energy rollout
A year-long government “sandbox” study identifies recurring conflicts in solar, aquaculture-solar, micro-hydropower and geothermal projects, prompting policy reforms … -
![Cows bathing in Lake Toba, north Sumatra.]()
Berita / Makanan & Pertanian
Asia’s banks are failing to grasp growing food system risks: study
Study warns that Southeast Asian and Indian lenders are overlooking major climate, biodiversity, and public-health risks tied to … -
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Berita / Karbon & Cuaca
South Korean province clears CO2-to-eSAF project in push for cleaner aviation fuel
Initiative advances government plans to scale carbon capture and e-fuel technologies to support long-term net zero goals.
