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Not enough is being done to protect workers' health as heatwaves fuelled by climate change increase the risks, labour experts say.

A family living in the northern part of Jakarta, the world’s fastest sinking metropolis, gets on with life as their home is flooded.

As Indonesia's capital is slowly claimed by the Java Sea, thousands of people are losing their homes and are increasingly vulnerable to disease and fresh water scarcity.

A growing number of lawsuits against companies and states could spur greater action to tackle climate change.

The Brazilian city of Belém will welcome the world at next year’s UN climate summit, but faces a race to be ready. Its residents are calling for a lasting legacy and investment.

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Oleh Robin Hicks

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Deadly diseases carried by mosquitoes are spreading due to weather brought about by climate change. A bacteria-based solution could be key to fighting back. Oleh Riris Andono Ahmad

Chinese policymakers face difficult choices in setting climate goals. Some appear technical but have significant implications for environmental outcomes. Oleh Li Shuo dan Lauri Myllyvirta

As climate change makes smog and bushfires more common, people will die from air pollution at increasingly high rates – especially in densely populated cities. Oleh Yuming Guo dan Wenhua Yu

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Across the region, it’s never been more critical to cultivate a resilient healthcare workforce capable of addressing climate-induced public health issues. Oleh Gabriela Fernando dan Angie Bone

Oleh Pinki Chahal dan Durairaj Kumarasamy

Oleh Chris Beyrer

Oleh Robert Redford dan Xiye Bastida

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Studio EB Investors are starting to feel the effects of climate change in an unexpected place – their financial returns. There are now growing calls within the business community to improve the quality and coverage of climate risk disclosure.

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.

Amid competing concerns such as urban development and tackling climate change, keeping biodiversity conservation in people's minds can be a challenge. Eco-Business asks primatologist Andie Ang how that can be tackled.

Studio EB Our urban infrastructure is responsible for almost 40 per cent of global carbon emissions. Climate solutions need to include the biggest energy guzzlers, clean energy and retrofitting old buildings.

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"We are already at 1.1°C of warming – a matter of life and death for the Global South", says Professor Winston Chow, the recently appointed co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's working group on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.

The Singapore scientist, recently elected to the UN's top climate body, tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the precarious state of climate adaptation in developing Asia. The region is not well-prepared to manage the cascading risks of extreme climate events, he says.

Scientists in the Global South are studying how solar geoengineering could affect their communities. One team in Pakistan is focusing on malaria, a mosquito-borne disease that affects millions in tropical and sub-tropical countries yearly.

"Earth For All" is an update to the landmark 1972 book that warned of our unsustainable growth. Jørgen Randers, the author who worked on both titles, tells Eco-Business what is at stake if we don't fix our broken economic system.

"We have a choice about the speed of sea-level rise." The Eco-Business Podcast talks to climate scientist Professor Ben Horton about how close the world is to reaching crucial climate tipping points, and what can be done to stop runaway climate change.

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