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Tom Beloe, UNDP's Sustainable Finance Hub Director keynote at CASI

Policy & Finance

Climate insurance could save small businesses. Why is it so hard to reach them?

SMEs form the backbone of Asia’s supply chains and labour force across Asia’s emerging markets, yet many struggle to access the finance and insurance needed to withstand climate shocks. Eco-Business speaks to UNDP’s Tom Beloe in Hong Kong, who explains what it will take to reach them.
Water is becoming a factor that can shape where companies invest, how much they can produce and how resilient their supply chains will be

Water

Southeast Asia’s growth is getting thirstier – and businesses are taking notice

EB Studio As industrialisation, digital infrastructure and climate pressures reshape demand, companies are being pushed to look beyond how much water they consume and ask whether the wider systems they depend on can sustain long-term growth.
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Energy

China is using AI to improve renewable efficiency. What can Southeast Asia learn?

The region must strengthen grids and clean energy capacity to incorporate AI for efficiency, experts say. But in China, the technology is no silver bullet for decarbonising energy systems.
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Policy & Finance

Climate adaptation and resilience need its own investment language: MAS

Investors need a clearer way to measure and value resilience as Asia faces rising climate risks, according to Singapore's financial regulator, with the absence of a common metric making adaptation harder to finance at scale.

All Cambodia News

12 September 2026

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Energy

Explainer: How Laos’ role as Southeast Asia’s ‘battery’ is changing

3 September 2026

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Policy & Finance

Cambodia cracks down on social media wildlife trade, but gaps remain

3 August 2026

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Transport

EV adoption in Southeast Asia shows promise but more incentives needed to scale mobility across markets

20 July 2026

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Transport

Investigators find Laos's illegal wildlife trade thriving despite crackdowns

6 July 2026

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Carbon & Climate

Illegal timber from Cambodia and Laos bypasses Vietnam safeguards: report

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Energy

Cambodia’s grid has reached people who can’t connect to it

2 July 2026

Electric vehicle manufacturing in China

Transport

China's EV exports rise 49 per cent year-on-year as Asean demand powers growth

1 July 2026

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Transport

Asean poised for US$8.5bn windfall from UN-backed airline carbon scheme

29 June 2026

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Food & Agriculture

Cambodia’s Indigenous communities say they are barred from sacred sites

10 June 2026

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Cities

To green China’s overseas infrastructure, start with what it buys

10 May 2026

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Food & Agriculture

The world’s great deltas are sinking, threatening global food supplies

20 April 2026

First International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels announcement at COP30

Policy & Finance

Southeast Asia must pursue energy sovereignty, not just security, says civil society

6 April 2026

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Transport

Cambodia scraps EV import taxes, citing fuel price pressure

24 March 2026

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Cities

'Milestone' improvement in Southeast Asia's 2025 air quality, but still short of WHO limit

18 March 2026

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Policy & Finance

US forced labour investigations could lead to new tariffs for Asia: experts

19 February 2026

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Policy & Finance

Asia-Pacific set to miss most UN development goals as environmental decline deepens, report warns

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