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The environmental disclosure non-profit is undergoing a restructure, which critics say pivots the organisation away from Asia. In response, Bartlett says Asia is strategically important to CDP. Asia's potential to bend the emissions curve is exciting, she says.
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Pakistan's post-election X shutdown faces a legal challenge as campaigners decry effect on freedoms and businesses face losses.
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While less ambitious than international standards, the US regulator's new ruling signals that “climate disclosure is here to stay,” say observers. Many affected Asian entities are from jurisdictions that are rolling out their own rules, like Australia, China and Singapore.
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As US lawmakers move to force TikTok's Chinese parent company to sell the app or face a ban, here is a look at other global curbs.
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United States Opinion

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Across the globe, political campaigns are targeting young people for their votes, but are they listening to their growing anger over climate inaction?
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By maintaining energy subsidies initially designed as temporary measures, we risk perpetuating our dependence on fossil fuels.
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The pop superstar claims she can offset the immense carbon footprint of her private jet but the only way for the superrich to reduce their climate impact is to fly less and choose more sustainable forms of transport.
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The new global treaty to end plastic pollution should consider support for on-the-ground initiatives that remove and recycle waste. A disconnect between international plans and local realities can thwart progress and breed cynicism.
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United States Videos

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As planetary temperatures reach an all-time high, a climate scientist has designed a new way to show how global temperatures have changed every month since the start of the industrial revolution and 2021.
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Researchers have invented a tiny, laser-powered bug that takes off, lands and aspires to hover wirelessly.
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The increasingly competitive dynamic duo of solar photovoltaic plus battery storage is taking energy markets by storm.
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Declining snowfall threatens billions in lost revenue.
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United States Podcasts

"We are already at 1.1°C of warming – a matter of life and death for the Global South", says Professor Winston Chow, the recently appointed co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's working group on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.
The Singapore scientist, recently elected to the UN's top climate body, tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the precarious state of climate adaptation in developing Asia. The region is not well-prepared to manage the cascading risks of extreme climate events, he says.
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EB Studio Covid-19 didn't kill events, but it did change them. Teymoor Nabili and Veemal Gungadin tell the Eco-Business Podcast how a pandemic transformed the way sustainability events are conceived and organised.
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EB Studio As a landmark treaty is thrashed out to tackle plastic pollution, the Eco-Business Podcast debates whether the world is ready to pay a premium for packaging that doesn't damage the planet.
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EB Studio Eco-Business talks to 'Aulani Wilhelm of Conservation International about why a plan to protect the ocean is critical, and why it might just work.
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