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As environmentally friendly solutions become more commonplace, sustainable finance has become less about hitting targets and more about using sectoral expertise to help businesses transition, suggests UOB’s Melissa Moi.
Emerging markets face gaps in equity financing, currency risk protection and scalable investment structures, say experts, who warn that climate projects will not be bankable without stronger policy support and financial reform.
From flood control scandals that swallowed billions in public funds to Indigenous resistance against palm oil bulldozers, Eco-Business’ 10 most-read stories show how extreme weather, geopolitics and rushed renewables are sharpening the urgency – and complexity – of climate action across Asia.
As climate risks become financial risks, investing in resilience is essential to protecting economic growth, attracting capital and securing Malaysia’s long-term prosperity.
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Edward Vrkić
Even as political denial and regulatory paralysis grip parts of the West, a different message has been resounding across Asia – it is not retreating, but rising to the occasion.
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Jessica Cheam
Clean energy investments in developing countries are slowed by an outdated banking rulebook from the 2008 financial crisis. At New York Climate Week, leaders should rethink the Basel Framework and its impacts on finance flows.
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Philippe Varin
In the latest episode of the Climate Tech in Asia series, we speak to Breakthrough Energy and Green COP about what the shifting geopolitical landscape means for the climate tech ecosystem in Asia.
In the latest episode of the Climate Tech in Asia series, we speak to Breakthrough Energy and Green COP about what the shifting geopolitical landscape means for the climate tech ecosystem in Asia.