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Policy & Finance
14 sustainable innovations that gave us hope in 2025
From carbon-lite AI to recycled human hair, Eco-Business sifts through the technologies that tackled environmental and social problems in a year that artificial intelligence use exploded and climate impacts intensified.
Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia are now among the world’s fastest-growing electric vehicle markets, surpassing major economies in EV share of new car sales, a report from Ember finds.
Energy
Decarbonisation in the Philippines is a ‘balancing act’: First Gen strategy head Joel Jay Soriano
EB Studio
As well as adapting to intensifying climate impacts, the Philippines' largest renewable energy company must carefully weigh up how quickly it divests from natural gas, Soriano tells Eco-Business.
Carbon & Climate
How can China meet its climate adaptation challenges?
China is starting to proactively adapt but its climate-finance systems remain focused on cutting emissions.
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Food & Agriculture
Asia’s banks are failing to grasp growing food system risks: study
28 November 2025
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Policy & Finance
The global goal on adaptation must respond to actual needs
24 November 2025
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19 November 2025
Carbon & Climate
Down to the wire: COP30 negotiators labour over adaptation finance
17 November 2025
Carbon & Climate
Indonesia lampooned for platforming fossil fuel lobbyists at COP30
12 November 2025
11 November 2025
Policy & Finance
COP30, in numbers
8 November 2025
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