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The region accounts for nearly half of global GDP represented by economies adopting ISSB standards, but ACCA warns that businesses must move beyond compliance to address climate risks, resource pressures and emerging challenges.

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A new transition roadmap will examine support for workers and smaller businesses, but participation and implementation funding remain unclear.

Asean’s official energy outlook, endorsed by its energy ministers on 8 October, reveals a gap between the region’s energy plans and its members’ net-zero pledges, and allows new coal plants to be built even in its lowest-emissions scenario.

Tom Beloe, UNDP's Sustainable Finance Hub Director keynote at CASI

SMEs form the backbone of Asia’s supply chains and labour force across Asia’s emerging markets, yet many struggle to access the finance and insurance needed to withstand climate shocks. Eco-Business speaks to UNDP’s Tom Beloe in Hong Kong, who explains what it will take to reach them.

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El Niño’s shifting ocean temperatures can disrupt atmospheric circulation worldwide – raising the risk of drought in some regions while bringing heavier rainfall and flooding to others. By Ligin Joseph

Environmental conservation is among the most important, universally shared imperatives the world faces, and market access is one of the few carrots available in international politics. By linking tariffs to deforestation, the EU and others can create trade agreements that deliver more conservation and more gains from trade. By Bård Harstad

Ahead of the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Annual Meeting in Bangkok, frontline nations call for financial liberation from the debt traps and failed prescriptions of International Financial Institutions. By Lidy Nacpil, Jean Saldanha and Ucizi Ngulube

The return of smoke haze underscores a sobering reality: while Asean has policies designed to combat it, the problem continues to occur. By Melinda Martinus

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As water stress intensifies across Thailand, speakers at Unlocking Capital for Sustainability Thailand 2026 examine how policy, finance and business can strengthen water security.

Speakers at Unlocking Capital for Sustainability Thailand 2026 discuss how Thailand can align AI adoption, clean energy investment and climate policy to build more resilient cities and unlock long-term capital for adaptation.

Southeast Asian nations are racing to bring clean, affordable power to their people, but one country is outrunning them all. How can states make their renewable energy transition a success?

Fishermen are often cut off from land for weeks out at sea. But a new technology enables them to be connected with loved ones, while boosting the traceability of their catch.

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Southeast Asian energy ministers will meet in October to discuss the future of the region’s power grid. GEAPP’s Kitty Bu tells the Eco-Business podcast what areas they must collaborate on, and how finance and industry can help.

A beach in Balikpapan, Indonesia's "oil city", is covered in plastic trash.

Speaking from the INC-5.2 talks in Geneva, the Singapore Youth for Climate Action president argues that having no treaty is better than a watered-down pact with no limits on plastic production. But there is no explicit Asean-wide support for such caps now, she observes.

EB Studio Dexter Huerto Jr of engineering firm Danfoss tells the Eco-Business Podcast how food supply chains have been affected by a pandemic and conflict, and how they can be fixed.

"We have a choice about the speed of sea-level rise." The Eco-Business Podcast talks to climate scientist Professor Ben Horton about how close the world is to reaching crucial climate tipping points, and what can be done to stop runaway climate change.

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