Eco-Business

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.

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Small-scale mining in developing Asian economies bring new challenges to the fight against mercury pollution and its lasting harms.

China's engagement in overseas renewables grew once again, though not as much as in oil and gas.

The shift to a green economy has deepened global dependence on rare earth elements, prompting countries to pursue collaboration while simultaneously racing to secure local resources.

Oleh Hans Nicholas Jong

Oleh Tom Baxter

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Oleh Chen Yu

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As climate change and great-power rivalry intensify, oceans are emerging as a geopolitical frontier – testing whether diplomacy can manage rising tensions over shipping routes, seabed minerals and fishing grounds. Oleh Hossain Ahmed Taufiq dan Jonas Gamso

By excluding outside powers, Pacific leaders face a test of unity as they grapple with climate change, security rifts and development needs. Oleh Meg Keen

A balanced approach that includes both solar photovoltaic and solar thermal, backed by strong policy support, local manufacturing and circularity infrastructure, is essential to ensure India’s energy security. Oleh Vaibhav Chowdhary dan Shubham Jain

Vast natural-resource endowments have proven to be more of a curse than a blessing, with resource-rich countries often developing more slowly than their resource-poor counterparts. Today, countries rich in critical minerals have a chance to change this – but only if they invest in strengthening their institutional capacity. Oleh Rick van der Ploeg dan Rabah Arezki

Oleh Daniel Litvin

Oleh Vaibhav Chowdhary, Animesh Ghosh dan Debraj Bhattacharjee

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Oleh Gloria Lin

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A Thai firm has built the country's first homes that runs on solar power for 24 hours a day, using a hybrid of solar PV panels and fuel cells.

Japanese firms venture into solar energy storage using discarded electric vehicle batteries, complementing the country's move to continue building more solar power plants.

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Pro-miners argue that deep-sea mining is essential to enable the energy transition. On the Eco-Business podcast, Sian Owen of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition argues why nature's last frontier should be protected, not exploited.

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