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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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Energy

Time for Vietnam to resolve its renewable energy legal quagmire

In Vietnam, an impasse over feed-in-tariffs for renewable energy producers threatens foreign investors’ confidence in government policies.
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Policy & Finance

Climate and development finance must be integrated

Much of the international community has been under the illusion that climate action and development are different pursuits. But to make progress on both agendas, the delegates at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference must recognise that they are one and the same, and begin building an integrated financing system.
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Carbon & Climate

How to measure climate progress

Ending reliance on oil, coal, and gas, and embracing technologies that will only improve and become cheaper over time, is not just smart climate policy. It is the best way to improve economic competitiveness and human prosperity for decades to come.

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15 November 2025

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Policy & Finance

Indigenous women leaders at COP30: Listen to us as equals

12 November 2025

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Policy & Finance

Businesses can’t build resilience without nature strategies

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

27 October 2025

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Policy & Finance

While the West retreats, Asia powers ahead on sustainable finance

23 October 2025

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Energy

Energy trade in Southeast Asia: The need to address resource nationalism

13 October 2025

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Corporate Responsibility

Can ethical supply chains survive the tariff storm?

10 October 2025

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Energy

Why Asean's coal promises keep colliding with reality

1 October 2025

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Policy & Finance

Beyond resumption of China-India dialogue, unresolved issues persist

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

Can Europe and China forge a climate connection?

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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

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