Eco-Business

The COP30 climate summit has brought these minerals, and China’s central role, to the fore of just transition debates.

Feeding the 8.2 billion people who inhabit the planet depends on healthy soils.

The latest round of country climate plans ‘barely move the needle’ on future warming, the head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned.

Groundbreaking research shows how wars accelerate global warming; experts say militaries must report emissions.

By Daisy Dunne, Ho Woo Nam

By Lin Zi, Shalinee Kumari, Farahnaz Zahidi Moazzam

By Anika Patel

Thomson Reuters Foundation

All Russia News →

As climate change and great-power rivalry intensify, oceans are emerging as a geopolitical frontier – testing whether diplomacy can manage rising tensions over shipping routes, seabed minerals and fishing grounds. By Hossain Ahmed Taufiq and Jonas Gamso

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. By Jacqueline Peel

The promotion of fossil fuel-driven growth by US President Donald Trump poses significant challenges but there are mitigating factors as well. By Saswata Chaudhury

Eco-Business has launched new subscription plans for our community. We invite you to support our independent journalism and thought leadership initiatives to forge a sustainable Asia and beyond. By Jessica Cheam

By Jessica Cheam

By Liu Yuanling

By Håvard Halland and Jessica Lovering

By Hippolyte Fofack

All Russia Opinion →

All Russia Videos →

All Russia Podcasts →