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On 1 February, India’s Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the government’s budget for 2026, which included a new US$2.2 billion funding push for carbon capture technologies.

Strategically engaging can help shape China's emerging environmental leadership.

But the majority SGX-listed firms polled have begun adopting the ISSB standards already, which they say can attract investors and improve corporate reputation, an industry study finds.

For every $1 going to nature globally, $30 is spent on destructive activities, a new report found. Southeast Asia alone will need to increase nature financing by sevenfold annually by 2030 to meet global biodiversity, land degradation and climate change targets.

Oleh Robin Hicks

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Oleh Daisy Dunne, Molly Lempriere, Orla Dwyer, Josh Gabbatiss, Robert McSweeney

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On 27 January, a landmark ruling on high-earning individuals and large corporations by Pakistan's newly-established Federal Constitutional Court provided a "powerful blueprint" in seeking an overhaul of the international tax system. Oleh Lidy Nacpil dan Farooq Tariq

The world has started to recognise that the climate’s fate depends on what happens to the ocean. At COP30, ocean-based solutions attracted significant attention and investment, but much more must be done to establish the governance structures required for safeguarding this critical planetary system. Oleh Kilaparti Ramakrishna

From Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean to floods in Southeast Asia, insurance is an underused tool for adaptation to climate extremes. Oleh Amol Mehra dan Claire Harbron

There was no shortage of Indigenous representatives at COP30, but the conference did not always seem to be listening, writes Dunio Chiriap Jimbicti. Oleh Dunio Chiriap Jimbicti

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Oleh Jacqueline Peel

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Funding for climate-related solutions has slowed down and it’s a ‘tough game’ for startups, said those familiar with the climate tech space at The Liveability Challenge Grand Finale 2025. What can founders and innovators do to bring an idea to commercialisation? And is Singapore an attractive-enough testbed?

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There is consensus that coal needs to be retired early in Asia, but the mechanisms for financing the phase-out are not clear. This mini-documentary examines how transition credits work and whether they can fund Southeast Asia's equitable switch to clean power.

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.

Rich nations need to shift investments into renewables instead, they say. The civic space for demonstrations at this year's climate summit, held in Egypt, is more restricted than the Scotland event last year.

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As Southeast Asia eyes regional power trading to accelerate decarbonisation, veteran solar entrepreneur Frank Phuan unpacks the political, economic and logistical hurdles of moving clean energy across borders.

Eksklusif The economist and president of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network told the Eco-Business Podcast how China’s green industrial and financial capabilities can help accelerate Southeast Asia's transition to net zero.

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.

As the Philippines gears up to chair Asean next year, Michael Sinocruz says the government will push offshore wind to bolster cross-border renewable energy trade, while protecting marine life impacted by infrastructure.

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