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Speaking at an event in Singapore, ClientEarth CEO Laura Clarke (second, left)

Corporate Responsibility

ClientEarth aims to double staff in Asia by 2028

The CEO of the environmental law charity said suing corporate polluters is not the way to drive impact in Asia, where it focuses on capacity building. The organisation currently has 20 staff in the region.
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Carbon & Climate

Singapore outlines first national climate adaptation plan

Singapore's draft adaptation plan will address heat resilience, coastal defence, and water security. Climate scientists and NGOs say the plan must also include nature and the most vulnerable to climate risks in its design.
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Water

Malaysia to integrate water pricing into national adaptation plan, says environment ministry

The impacts of deforestation must also be counted towards the true cost of water, the ministry’s secretary-general said. Meanwhile, the country's first fair share carbon budget report could help strengthen the government’s forest conservation efforts.
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Policy & Finance

Indigenous rights should be at the heart of climate commitments

Governments must transform their climate plans’ references to Indigenous Peoples from box-ticking to partnership, write four experts.

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9 January 2026

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Carbon & Climate

Analysis: World’s biggest historic polluter – the US – is pulling out of UN climate treaty

30 December 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Malaysian climate watchdog takes government to court over greenwashing oversight

29 December 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Eco-Business’ 10 most read stories of 2025

22 December 2025

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Policy & Finance

Taiwan to ease carbon fees for heavy industry over competitiveness fears

Mirabella Pulido, ClientEarth

Corporate Responsibility

ClientEarth hires first Asia fundraiser

16 December 2025

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Cities

A year of Gen Z protests: Can they bring real change in 2026?

15 December 2025

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Policy & Finance

Climate change in court: cases to watch in 2026

4 December 2025

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Policy & Finance

Climate ‘loss and damage’ should include supply chain impacts

3 December 2025

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Water

Indonesian islanders plant mangroves, seek justice as seas rise

1 December 2025

Indigenous Peoples at COP30 closing plenary

Carbon & Climate

COP30 secured a win for civil society – what can future hosts learn from Brazil's approach to people’s participation?

23 November 2025

COP30 closing plenary

Carbon & Climate

Global climate talks end with adaptation disagreements and no fossil fuel pledge

21 November 2025

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Water

Rapid emissions cuts would avoid 64 cm of ‘locked in’ sea level rise by 2300

20 November 2025

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Policy & Finance

At COP30, focus on wildfire prevention amid record destruction

19 November 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Down to the wire: COP30 negotiators labour over adaptation finance

12 November 2025

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Carbon & Climate

‘Tired of losing’: Twin typhoons expose deep wounds of corruption, climate injustice in the Philippines

11 November 2025

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Carbon & Climate

'We want to spend the money': catastrophe-hit countries can now apply to UN's US$800 million loss and damage fund

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