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Governments and car manufacturers sell electric cars as the future of green transport. But a less visible trend is challenging this story: many electric cars are getting bigger. The International Ener...

19 Jun 2026

Sustainability-themed mutual funds outperformed non-ESG peers and the KOSPI over one- and three-year periods

Public mutual funds with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) themes in South Korea outperformed both non-ESG funds and the broader market over longer investment horizons, while also showing lo...

8 May 2026

Climate tech startups in Southeast Asia attracted US$166 million in disclosed equity funding in 2025, marking a year-on-year increase despite a challenging global fundraising environment, according to...

9 Jun 2026

With worsening climate change leading to rising seas, a new commission of global experts has been established to investigate and address its health impacts. Named the Lancet Commission on Sea-Level Ri...

13 Apr 2026

A Singapore-based climate venture builder has launched a US$100 million fund to create dozens of climate-focused companies across Southeast Asia and India, highlighting growing investor interest in te...

19 Jun 2026

In 2025, China’s engagement in countries signed up to the Belt and Road reached its highest level since the initiative’s launch, driven by a sharp uptick in oil and gas deals. Energy engagement, inclu...

23 Jun 2026

Global climate financing will not reach the scale needed to support emerging economies unless governments, regulators and multilateral lenders fundamentally rethink how transition projects are finance...

25 May 2026

World Bank Group’s IFC commits to Seraya Partners Fund II to support sustainable infrastructure development in Southeast Asia

To address critical infrastructure gaps in emerging markets in Southeast Asia, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group and the largest global development institut...

26 Feb 2026

This week, as the United Nations holds the fourth substantive session of negotiations for a Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (or UN Tax Convention) in New York, we should look at ...

2 Feb 2026

An Indonesian miner holds up a nickel ore

Governments must recognise human rights, environmental protection and equity in mineral value chains in the climate negotiations, said nonprofits in a letter addressed to close to a hundred countries ...

15 Oct 2025

Powering Asean: Why grid ambition needs bankable transmission

For decades, Asean has recognised the strategic importance of strengthening its grid infrastructure while facilitating regional integration. As renewable energy potential grows, power demand rises, a...

21 May 2026

The Cali Fund was created under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at the COP16 nature negotiations in Cali, Colombia, last year. On 19 November, nine months after the fund officially lau...

23 Dec 2025

Conceptual image of the Shinan Ui offshore wind farm

Hanwha Ocean has secured a major offshore wind engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract in South Korea, as the government steps up efforts to boost wind power and rebalance an energy m...

24 Dec 2025

As Malaysia prepares to table its long-awaited Climate Change Bill and National Carbon Market Policy in Parliament, the country stands at an important inflection point. For the first time, climate amb...

4 Mar 2026

SpaceX’s lowest-possible environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating from global ratings firm MSCI has put the newly listed aerospace company at the centre of a wider debate over whether sustain...

23 Jun 2026

Asia’s institutional investors managing some US$123 trillion are bumping up their investments in climate solutions or transition finance, with a tripling in direct egnagements with policymakers for cl...

18 May 2026

Poorest nations will see sharp drop in crop yields, impacting human development: UNDP

A major new dataset released via the Human Climate Horizons (HCH) data platform by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report Office, in collaboration with the ...

19 Nov 2025

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It was the beginning of spring in Karachi, and frigid mornings were giving way to balmy afternoons. But Bilal Colony was already far warmer than the rest of the city, and uncomfortably so. The easter...

16 Apr 2026

Malaysia's government-backed civil service pension firm, The Retirement Fund Inc (KWAP), has launched the country's first climate-focused investment fund with a target deployment of RM2 billion (US$47...

22 Oct 2025

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