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Inaugural Africa Climate Summit dominated by debt and finance

...the planet at the lowest possible cost. These polluters use their dominant market power to transfer the cost of the permits onto their customers, many of whom are in the global south. “They displace t...

13 Oct 2023

Inaugural Africa Climate Summit dominated by debt and finance

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The key to future climate adaptation is to tap past knowledge

...the run off from the hills. They have been farming around the Yero Valley for centuries and their reverence for nature is at the centre of all their practice. Their rice cultivation is often why the A...

20 Dec 2022

The key to future climate adaptation is to tap past knowledge

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Asean and Japan at 50 years: Shaping a sustainable society for the future

...when Southeast Asian nations came together to form the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), Japan was the first country in the world to build official ties with the regional bloc as a "dial...

29 Mar 2023

Asean and Japan at 50 years: Shaping a sustainable society for the future

News / Food & Agriculture

Restoring nature could depend on how countries help farmers

...the sector. A few decades ago, huge subsidies meant vast swathes of the country's marginal land was cleared for grazing, fertiliser was overused, and the country's sheep population boomed to the point...

1 Dec 2022

Restoring nature could depend on how countries help farmers

News / Corporate Responsibility

MSL Group hires Suzy Goulding to lead APAC sustainability practice

...when the need for brands and organisations to drive sustainable change could not be more critical". While most companies want to improve their sustainability credentials, Goulding said they lack the k...

26 Sep 2022

MSL Group hires Suzy Goulding to lead APAC sustainability practice

News / Manufacturing

Lego factory lays bricks for Vietnam clean energy transition

...the people and therefore, there must be genuine participation of the people in how these large pots of climate finance are used. Sisilia Dewi, Asia director, 350.org "This is a step in the right dire...

19 Dec 2022

Lego factory lays bricks for Vietnam clean energy transition

News / Cities

Greta Thunberg's rise from youth activist to global climate leader

...the UN COP25 summit as the 16-year-old became the youngest individual to be Time Magazine's person of the year. March 13, 2020: As governments limit or ban mass gatherings to stem the spread of the ne...

5 Jan 2023

Greta Thunberg's rise from youth activist to global climate leader

News / Policy & Finance

From rhino bonds to debt-for-nature swaps: Can these financing instruments protect Asia's biodiversity?

...the past year. The early excitement has led the World Economic Forum (WEF) to estimate that the market for such credits could reach US$2 billion by the end of the decade – the current size of the volu...

23 May 2024

From rhino bonds to debt-for-nature swaps: Can these financing instruments protect Asia's biodiversity?

Lunch break at a sustainability event at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.

News / Transport

The climate cost of post-Covid revenge event-going

...the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens returning after a three-year hiatus and a global finance conference in November an attempt to put the city back on the global financial map. At the heart of the issue is tha...

27 Mar 2023

The climate cost of post-Covid revenge event-going

News / Policy & Finance

How can the palm oil industry reach net zero?

...the atmosphere? Living plants, through photosynthesis, capture CO2 from the atmosphere and store it in their tissues, including their leaves, stems and roots. This carbon can also be transferred to th...

21 Jun 2023

How can the palm oil industry reach net zero?

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The global climate system's Himalayan hotspot

...The key takeaway was that the multifaceted nature of the challenge in the region should not impede action, but instead spur the development of a holistic approach. Whenever the smog cleared and the pe...

12 May 2023

The global climate system's Himalayan hotspot

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Trouble with carbon markets

...the rise of “carbon cowboys.” These carbon-credit dealers underpay the businesses and communities in the Global South that provide nature-based offsets, which they then sell with a markup to developed...

13 Mar 2023

Trouble with carbon markets

News / Food & Agriculture

Booming investor interest in agritech is inspiring a wave of Cambodian entrepreneurs. But can the solutions scale?

...their only option is to go to micro-lending institutions and get into a cycle of debt. Then they feel the crops aren't working, so they cut them down and that makes the soil bad for the harvest of new...

10 Oct 2023

Booming investor interest in agritech is inspiring a wave of Cambodian entrepreneurs. But can the solutions scale?

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Wealthy nations prioritised unrealistic targets over a global biodiversity fund

...the Earth’s surface area by 2030 – considered the “star” of the agenda and “the biodiversity equivalent of the 1.5C on climate change” – is now enshrined in the post-2020 GBF. Beyond the 30×30 goal, t...

3 Jan 2023

Wealthy nations prioritised unrealistic targets over a global biodiversity fund

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Climate action is 'good business', UN climate chief says at COP27

...the job down into what needs to be done in each of the eight years left. "You can get lost in the weeds - and the weeds don't provide the clarity and the direction that is needed," he said. At decades...

10 Nov 2022

Climate action is 'good business', UN climate chief says at COP27

News / Energy

Why renewable energy must be responsible energy

...the direct and indirect benefits they generate do not benefit the communities they most impact. Several organisations including World Resources Institute (WRI) India, Forum for the Future, The Energy ...

10 Mar 2023

Why renewable energy must be responsible energy

News / Carbon & Climate

‘Intention is not enough’: Philippine firms urged to step up action on net zero

...thers. NZCA is a private sector-led consortium initiated by the Energy Development Corporation (EDC), the biggest vertically-integrated geothermal energy producers in the world, and one of the country...

21 Nov 2023

‘Intention is not enough’: Philippine firms urged to step up action on net zero

News / Transport

Methanol edges ahead in shipping’s quest for cleaner fuel, as regulators warn of dangers of ammonia

...the agency has been touting the use of ‘green methanol’ as the more viable alternative. Preparations are already underway for the first methanol bunkering operation in the Singapore port – the busies...

10 May 2023

Methanol edges ahead in shipping’s quest for cleaner fuel, as regulators warn of dangers of ammonia

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Will Asia take the lead in fighting the world food crisis through insects?

...the second half of 2023, these insects will be commonplace in dishes throughout the country. Vietnam is another prime example of favorable regulations for insect farming. The Vietnamese government ...

10 May 2023

Will Asia take the lead in fighting the world food crisis through insects?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Powering the blue economy with blue finance

...the financial viability of the project and the newness of customised financial instruments. “ The approach of uniting the financial sector with the real economy through blue finance as a catalyst fo...

7 Jun 2023

Powering the blue economy with blue finance

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