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Carbon & Climate

How insurance can transform our resilience to climate shocks

From Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean to floods in Southeast Asia, insurance is an underused tool for adaptation to climate extremes.
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Carbon & Climate

‘They invite us to speak, but not to decide’

There was no shortage of Indigenous representatives at COP30, but the conference did not always seem to be listening, writes Dunio Chiriap Jimbicti.
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Manufacturing

Can the fashion industry adapt to a warming world?

COP30 agreed to triple adaptation finance, but the fashion industry needs adaptation measures now.
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Policy & Finance

This year’s climate talks saw real progress – just not on fossil fuels

COP30 delivered gains on climate finance and forests but stalled on fossil fuel phaseout – exposing both the limits of consensus talks and the growing role of action outside negotiations.

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20 November 2025

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Policy & Finance

Climate and development finance must be integrated

17 November 2025

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Carbon & Climate

COP30 must do good, not just avoid harm

15 November 2025

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Carbon & Climate

How to measure climate progress

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Policy & Finance

Indigenous women leaders at COP30: Listen to us as equals

13 November 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Climate justice is no longer an aspiration but a legal duty

11 November 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Geopolitics, backsliding and progress: What to expect at COP30 climate talks

10 November 2025

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Policy & Finance

What COP30 must do

21 October 2025

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Policy & Finance

Southeast Asian banks need to end loopholes allowing finance for industrial coal power

17 September 2025

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Policy & Finance

Ahead of COP30, philanthropy can unlock climate finance

16 September 2025

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Policy & Finance

Climate resilience is a strategic investment

12 September 2025

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Policy & Finance

How green industrial policies are advancing in the Asia-Pacific

31 August 2025

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Energy

India's climate finance gap is smaller than it seems

22 August 2025

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Carbon & Climate

The Global South must claim the climate mantle at COP30

19 August 2025

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Corporate Responsibility

Building inclusive economies: Lessons from East Asia’s social innovation ecosystems

18 August 2025

China Development Bank

Policy & Finance

China’s lending to the Global South has been growing more commercial

5 August 2025

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Cities

Does Indonesia’s new capital city, Nusantara, fit into the president’s long-term vision?

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