Eco-Business

Ensuring funds reach countries most in need, quickly and equitably, is climate finance’s biggest challenge.

As Taiwan accelerates in circular industries, the test for Southeast Asia is whether the region can align with the island’s new circular economy roadmap fast enough to unlock advantages in cross-border trade.

Policy & Finance

COP30, in numbers

Can the forest fund raise enough contributions to meet its target? Will the climate finance roadmap be able to get rich nations to deliver sufficient funding to developing countries? Eco-Business gives a run down on which numbers matter at the world’s biggest climate conference that will kick off in Brazil this week.

From submerged heritage towns to burning forests, 2025 laid bare how “climate whiplash” is reshaping Asia’s weather and way of life.

By Siva Selan

By Rhick Lars Albay

By Matias Avramow

By Ng Wai Mun

All Vietnam News →

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

Southeast Asian countries have struggled to stick to their promises to reduce coal use in their energy mix. High-level commitments must be translated into enforceable roadmaps, and private demand unlocked to acceelerate clean energy investments. By Lintang Ambar Pramesti and Suwanto

An ageing agricultural workforce bodes ill for our ability to feed the world. To entice young people to work in food systems, policymakers should demonstrate the industry’s breadth, while providing them with the resources and skills to modernise farming and build sustainable, innovative agribusinesses. By Maximo Torero

Current macroeconomic frameworks rightly treat climate shocks as threats to fiscal stability, but do not recognise the economic benefits of investing in measures that mitigate their effects. By Pepukaye Bardouille and Mahmoud Mohieldin

By Muyi Yang, Xiwei Xu and David Lo

By Nguyen Khac Giang

By Vinod Thomas

By Indira Zahra Aridati

All Vietnam Opinion →

Launched as policymakers lock horns with petrochemicals lobbyists over a treaty to end plastic pollution, the documentary produced by Eco-Business asks why opportunities to solve humanity's waste crisis are being wasted. It will premiere in Singapore and screen on the sidelines of the upcoming COP28 climate summit.

Vietnam's wind market is thriving, but more work lies ahead if the country wants to power its booming economy without imperilling its people and the planet.

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?

An e-jeepney in the Philippines. A growing movement is underway to electrify Southeast Asia's transport. Image: Eco-Business

In gridlocked, smoggy Southeast Asian cities, change is afoot to electrify transport and clear some of the world's most polluted skies. This video documents the pockets of hope for e-mobility around the most climate-vulnerable region.

All Vietnam Videos →

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.

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.

In the first of a podcast series featuring Southeast Asia's clean energy entrepreneurs, the CEO of Gurin Energy says that Asean countries will be left behind in artificial intelligence and robotics if the region does not connect its grid and deploy renewables at speed and scale.

Asia lags the world in natural catastrophe protection. Part of the problem could be counting extreme weather losses only after they happen, industry insiders tell the Eco-Business podcast.

All Vietnam Podcasts →