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Heavy rainfall across the region was caused by the combination of natural phenomena and climate change but in Indonesia's Sumatra, where the most lives have been lost, the scale of disaster was worsened by deforestation.

EB Studio A new Climate Change Act expected to introduce mandatory emissions reporting and reshape the nation’s business landscape will further accelerate Thai companies’ push to decarbonise and stay globally competitive, says UOB Thailand sustainability chief Chow Wong Yuen.

Indigenous Peoples at COP30 closing plenary

Climate justice groups celebrated the establishment of a just transition mechanism in Belém, where the COP30 presidency engaged heavily with Indigenous Peoples. Can upcoming hosts Turkey, Australia and Ethiopia take this further?

Over 70 per cent of organisations are investing more than 10 per cent of their capital expenditure in low-carbon initiatives as digitalisation and automation take centre stage.

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Tengah, the site of the most secondary forest loss in Singapore's recent history.

Singapore is facing diminishing forest cover from competing lands uses – but vulnerable secondary forests could play a key role in helping the city-state adapt to intensifying heat stress and flooding. By Robin Hicks

A decade ago, few governments could imagine a future without fossil fuels. But economic realities have changed and developing countries increasingly view the energy transition as a pathway to green growth. By Adriana Abdenur

In Vietnam, an impasse over feed-in-tariffs for renewable energy producers threatens foreign investors’ confidence in government policies. By Le Hong Hiep

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Major activists from Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, Chad and Indonesia demand a larger role at the UN summit in Belém, Brazil. By Nemonte Nenquimo, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim and Rukka Sombolinggi

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NGOs urged the government to improve forest data transparency by making maps of protected areas publicly available, and to channel funds to frontline communities living near forests.

EB Studio As Malaysia forges ahead with its 2050 net zero climate ambition, businesses must reshape their supply chains for a low carbon future. This Eco-Business video looks at how SMEs can adapt to new sustainability reporting requirements.

A growing number of companies are admitting that they can't meet their sustainability targets. Has the era of "corporate vulnerability" begun, where companies are more honest about their sustainability progress?

While some companies greenhush, others are upfront about their inability to meet sustainability targets. Eco-Business asked experts at the Ecosperity conference if it pays for businesses to be "vulnerable" about sustainability progress.

Wily Salim, founder and director, PT Karmic Virya Abadi

The convergence of the compliance and voluntary markets, demand for high-quality carbon credits and efforts to raise the bar on project credibility mean the conditions are right for a market rebound, observers said at the GenZero Climate Summit in Singapore.

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As the Philippines gears up to chair Asean next year, Michael Sinocruz says the government will push offshore wind to bolster cross-border renewable energy trade, while protecting marine life impacted by infrastructure.

With clear climate policies and actions, nations across Asia, Africa and Latin America are filling the vacuum left by the United States. This article features the second half of a conversation with two veteran attendees of the climate COPs.

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.

The region has been historically underrepresented in leadership at global standard setters like the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Sharath Martin, who holds positions in global accounting body ACCA and WWF-Malaysia, tells the Eco-Business Podcast what must change.

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