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News / Policy & Finance

Rare win for Indigenous peoples at COP16 but biodiversity financing remains elusive

After two weeks of tense negotiations, the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) adjourned on 2 November with little progress made on securing developed countries' contributions to the Global...

7 Nov 2024

Rare win for Indigenous peoples at COP16 but biodiversity financing remains elusive

Podcasts / Energy

Philippine firms not dismantling climate policies despite US influence: MGEN sustainability chief Christer Gaudiano

The backlash against companies in the United States that pursue environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies has not impacted firms in the Philippines, according to Christer Gaudiano, head of...

23 May 2025

Philippine firms not dismantling climate policies despite US influence: MGEN sustainability chief Christer Gaudiano

News / Carbon & Climate

South Pole appoints new chief on back of carbon project furore

Climate consultant South Pole has named a new chief executive three months after the previous head stepped down. Dr Daniel Klier, a finance and consultancy veteran who formerly held roles in McKinsey ...

29 Feb 2024

South Pole appoints new chief on back of carbon project furore

Press Releases / Imagine H2O

Introducing Imagine H2O's Water Innovation Pilot Fund

A new Special Purpose Vehicle managed by Imagine H2O will provide recoverable grants and loans to de-risk water and climate solutions faster. Pilot financing will be deployed alongside a technical ass...

7 Aug 2024

Introducing Imagine H2O's Water Innovation Pilot Fund

Opinion / Policy & Finance

How the election will affect America's response to the climate crisis

The outcome of the United States presidential election will have a massive impact on the US government’s response to the climate crisis, with far-reaching consequences globally for the environment, hu...

27 Sep 2024

How the election will affect America's response to the climate crisis

Press Releases / Eco-Business

Calls for increased private investments to help Thailand meet net zero goals amid climate financing deal shortfall at COP29

Thailand ranks among the most climate vulnerable countries in the world as mounting climate risks – from heatwaves to floods – threatens domestic livelihoods Finance, ...

26 Nov 2024

Calls for increased private investments to help Thailand meet net zero goals amid climate financing deal shortfall at COP29

Press Releases / United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

UN forum catalyses collective action to make feminist finance a reality for Asia and the Pacific

The second edition of the groundbreaking Feminist Finance Forum, organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), closed today in Bangkok with participa...

26 May 2024

UN forum catalyses collective action to make feminist finance a reality for Asia and the Pacific

Asian People's Movement on Debt and Development protesting against coal financing in Japan

News / Policy & Finance

Asia’s top banks are still financing coal due to massive loopholes: report

Half of Asia's biggest banks still have no restrictions on coal finance, and the rest that do – namely the major Singapore and Japanese banks – only have weak restrictions with narrow project finance ...

23 Jan 2024

Asia’s top banks are still financing coal due to massive loopholes: report

Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam at the water report launch 2024

News / Water

Building water-related disclosures into carbon reporting frameworks is a ‘low-hanging fruit’: Singapore's president

As many countries in the region, such as Malaysia and Singapore, mandate International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)-aligned climate reporting for large corporations, the same must be done for...

18 Oct 2024

Building water-related disclosures into carbon reporting frameworks is a ‘low-hanging fruit’: Singapore's president

Opinion / Lifestyle

How India's Covid-19 lockdowns impacted menstrual health

Indian women used far fewer sanitary pads, tampons and other period products during COVID-19 lockdowns — with those items becoming hard to access due to not being initially included on the essential i...

27 Feb 2024

How India's Covid-19 lockdowns impacted menstrual health

COP28 ministering pairing press conference

News / Carbon & Climate

‘Unique sense of momentum’: COP28 president Al Jaber sets expectations for second week of climate talks

High expectations have been set for the COP28 climate negotiations happening in Dubai as the second week kicked off with COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber declaring at a media briefing on Friday that “s...

8 Dec 2023

‘Unique sense of momentum’: COP28 president Al Jaber sets expectations for second week of climate talks

News / Policy & Finance

NGOs boycott AIIB annual meeting, citing a ‘troubling pattern of exclusion’ of impacted communities

A global coalition of 250 non-governmental organisations has declined to participate in the Beijing-headquartered Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)’s annual meeting, citing a “troubling patt...

25 Sep 2024

NGOs boycott AIIB annual meeting, citing a ‘troubling pattern of exclusion’ of impacted communities

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Opinion / Policy & Finance

Gender discrimination in finance holds back women – and investment

They say a woman’s work is never done. It certainly true when it comes to gender equality. That goal remains out of reach, despite record numbers of women joining the workforce. Globally, women’s wag...

26 Mar 2024

Gender discrimination in finance holds back women – and investment

Girls walk as they carry jerrycans to fetch water

Opinion / Water

Water is vital to climate and nature protection. Will it last?

The climate crisis is at a critical juncture, and there is a missing piece in the debate that requires urgent attention: Water. Often overlooked in climate discussions, it in fact is indispensable to ...

22 Apr 2024

Water is vital to climate and nature protection. Will it last?

Sustainability professional should not be prescriptive with their solutions, says Aun Abdullah of real estate company Lodha.

Podcasts / Green Buildings

Inaction is not an option for companies in climate-vulnerable nations like India: Lodha ESG chief Aun Abdullah

For climate-vulnerable countries like India, which is in a critical growth and urbanisation phase, pushing back on climate action as the United States has done is not an option, says Aun Abdullah, hea...

30 May 2025

Inaction is not an option for companies in climate-vulnerable nations like India: Lodha ESG chief Aun Abdullah

A steel manufacturing plants in Indonesia

News / Policy & Finance

Is transition finance the key to Asia's energy transition?

Instead of divesting from high-emitting sectors and hoping they will one day decarbonise, investors should find ways to help these sectors transition to greener operations. This is especially importan...

29 Oct 2024

Is transition finance the key to Asia's energy transition?

Tharman Shanmugaratnam_Welcome Dinner Ecosperity Week 2024

News / Carbon & Climate

Too much climate pessimism leads to people ‘lying flat’: Singapore’s president

There is still, around the world, a prevailing culture of climate inaction or wanting to postpone action in the hope that things get better, observed Singapore's President Tharman Shanmugaratnam. But ...

16 Apr 2024

Too much climate pessimism leads to people ‘lying flat’: Singapore’s president

Press Releases / Fair Finance Asia (FFA)

Fair Finance Asia reveals critical gaps in gender considerations of the Asian Development Bank’s Energy Transition Mechanism pilot in Indonesia’s Cirebon 1

...equities but also work actively to bridge critical gender gaps,” said Myrah Nerine Butt, Gender Justice Policy Advocacy Manager, Oxfam in Asia. To strengthen the implementation of th...

5 Dec 2024

Fair Finance Asia reveals critical gaps in gender considerations of the Asian Development Bank’s Energy Transition Mechanism pilot in Indonesia’s Cirebon 1

Opinion / Policy & Finance

A new playbook for preserving nature

The global economy is addicted to the relentless – and unsustainable – extraction of natural resources. Yet despite our complete dependence on nature, its contribution – for example, the water used t...

16 Aug 2023

A new playbook for preserving nature

Press Releases / World Economic Forum

Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils: Collective action to tackle global crises

Over 500 experts gathered at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils 2024 to address the world’s most pressing issues related to economic inequality, climate emer...

18 Oct 2024

Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils: Collective action to tackle global crises