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Policy & Finance

Can the Global South align the world’s carbon markets?

Brazil will chair a new body in an ambitious effort to align the world’s fragmented carbon markets – despite its own not launching until 2030.
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.
UCFS SG 2026 panel 1

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.
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Carbon & Climate

Ocean finance needs a deal-making architecture, not more capital, experts say

Ahead of COP31, experts say ocean solutions and capital exist, but better financial architecture is needed to prepare and bundle projects, then match them with the right mix of blended finance.

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16 September 2026

Al Gore at IMPACT WEEK

Carbon & Climate

Al Gore: Southeast Asia should put its own interests ahead of US-China rivalry

15 September 2026

UCFS SG Jeffrey Siow

Energy

Asean Power Grid: Singapore, Thailand launch two-year push to clear hurdles by 2028

31 August 2026

Singapore’s carbon tax rose to S$45 (US$35) per tonne in 2026.

Carbon & Climate

Singapore’s CIX, Carbonplace plan merger as carbon markets seek trust and scale

28 August 2026

COP31 President-designate Murat Kurum

Policy & Finance

COP31 action plan introduces initiative to turn climate pledges into investable projects

12 August 2026

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Policy & Finance

Green bonds retain lead in Asia as sustainable debt market diversifies

10 August 2026

NCGS 2026 panel 1

Carbon & Climate

Malaysia risks missing crucial reforms as delay to climate change bill creates uncertainty

6 August 2026

SIIA 18th Asean and Asia forum

Policy & Finance

Singapore's competitiveness hinges on deeper Asean ties, report warns amid Hormuz-driven turmoil

The Seychelles

Policy & Finance

Q&A: ‘To avoid war, we need to invest in climate solutions’

31 July 2026

UCFS MY 2026 breakout session

Waste

Malaysia’s EPR rollout must move beyond voluntary action to create a level playing field, says expert

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Policy & Finance

Is climate finance reaching local and Indigenous communities in Nepal?

29 July 2026

UCFS MY 2026 Edward Vrkic

Policy & Finance

'Climate adaptation is economic investment, not a cost': UNDP senior official

28 July 2026

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Policy & Finance

As new sources of climate finance grow, the poorest are neglected

21 July 2026

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Carbon & Climate

Heat stress could trap Filipinos in poverty: report

16 July 2026

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Policy & Finance

What London’s climate week revealed about UK-China green finance work

15 July 2026

Asia has emerged as the world’s largest destination for clean energy investment, supported by government policies, industrial planning and growing adoption of low-carbon technologies.

Policy & Finance

Asia widens green economy lead as global market value tops US$10 trillion: LSEG

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Policy & Finance

MDBs hit record $163bn in climate finance, but advocates question support for poorest countries

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