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Carbon & Climate
‘Comedy can say the elephant in the room’: Why climate action needs a sense of humour
Climate comedian Stuart Goldsmith tells the EB Podcast why jokes might be the most powerful tools for solving sustainability problems.
As Southeast Asia eyes regional power trading to accelerate decarbonisation, veteran solar entrepreneur Frank Phuan unpacks the political, economic and logistical hurdles of moving clean energy across borders.
Carbon & Climate
‘Money has always been the big fight’: assessing COP30’s key battlegrounds with Third World Network’s Meena Raman
Getting climate finance on the agenda for COP30 negotiations is expected to be contentious. This article features the first half of a conversation with two veteran attendees of the annual United Nations climate conference.
Corporate Responsibility
Refill fountains may not be effective at reducing waste: L’Occitane Asia sustainability chief Venisa Chu
The Asia Pacific ESG head of the B Corp-certified cosmetics firm says refill stations have been disappointing and getting suppliers on board with decarbonisation is difficult, but her team has not been affected by the ESG backlash.
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1 September 2021
Carbon & Climate
Is the world decarbonising fast enough?
7 June 2021
9 May 2021
24 February 2021
6 October 2020
Policy & Finance
Mining and the cost of the energy transition
21 August 2020
Policy & Finance
Green finance: Will banks tell us how they spend our money?
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News / Carbon & Climate
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News / Transport & Logistics
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Opinion / Food & Agriculture
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