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Press Releases / UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

Harmful investments outpace nature protection by 30 to 1: UNEP

For every US$1 the world invests in protecting nature, it spends US$30 on destroying it. This stark imbalance is the central finding of a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report released today. It ...

3 Feb 2026

Harmful investments outpace nature protection by 30 to 1: UNEP

News / Carbon & Climate

South Korea opens carbon trading to securities firms in major market overhaul

South Korea has approved the trading of greenhouse gas emissions allowances through securities firms for the first time from Monday, a move the government says will broaden participation and inject fr...

24 Nov 2025

South Korea opens carbon trading to securities firms in major market overhaul

Press Releases / GCash

How financial health and responsible AI can redefine inclusion in the Philippines

In a country where millions are newly entering the formal financial system, inclusion must be measured not by sign-ups or transactions, but by whether people are becoming more financially resilient ov...

26 Feb 2026

How financial health and responsible AI can redefine inclusion in the Philippines

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

Asia-Pacific leaders meet to fast-track action on water, energy, cities and development partnerships

The window to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is narrowing and regional progress must speed up. This was the clear message set forth as government officials, development experts, b...

24 Feb 2026

Asia-Pacific leaders meet to fast-track action on water, energy, cities and development partnerships

Opinion / Policy & Finance

India’s climate diplomacy must account for domestic inequalities

Climate negotiators, researchers, and activists converged in the Amazonian city of Belém for the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change from 10 to 21 ...

18 Dec 2025

India’s climate diplomacy must account for domestic inequalities

Press Releases / UN-Habitat

Why the world’s water crisis is increasingly an urban challenge

As the international community prepares for the 2026 UN Water Conference and the thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13), a growing body of evidence shows that the global wa...

16 Feb 2026

Why the world’s water crisis is increasingly an urban challenge

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News / Policy & Finance

Private equity eyes up to US$1.3 trillion climate adaptation market by 2030

As the climate crisis intensifies, adaptation and resilience are emerging as the next frontier for private investors. A new report by consulting giant Boston Consulting Group and Singapore state inve...

8 May 2025

Private equity eyes up to US$1.3 trillion climate adaptation market by 2030

News / Carbon & Climate

Fossil Fuel Treaty group raises concern after adviser detained in India

Global climate advocacy group Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative said it was concerned by the detention of one of its advisers in India, after climate campaigner Harjeet Singh was held overnight and later ...

9 Jan 2026

Fossil Fuel Treaty group raises concern after adviser detained in India

News / Policy & Finance

Could a Global South movement boost gender-responsive investments amid DEI retreat?

Indonesia’s women entrepreneurs have been the backbone of the country’s economy, driving more than 60 per cent of its national gross domestic product as they operate millions of micro, small and mediu...

26 Sep 2025

Could a Global South movement boost gender-responsive investments amid DEI retreat?

Opinion / Energy

India’s energy transition needs focus on inclusion, accessibility

India's announcement of its 2070 net-zero emissions goal in 2021 has led to a substantial uptick in the development of policies and tools to assess the impacts of macro-level energy transition strat...

27 Mar 2025

India’s energy transition needs focus on inclusion, accessibility

Press Releases / the World Bank Group

Women’s economic opportunity laws only half-enforced globally: study

Laws designed to ensure equal economic opportunities for women are only half-enforced on average across the world, indicating that the barriers that keep women from contributing fully to growth and pr...

11 Mar 2026

Women’s economic opportunity laws only half-enforced globally: study

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

A food security imperative for the Johor-Singapore SEZ blueprint

The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ), formalised in 2024, has been widely heralded as a catalyst for cross-border economic integration. Beyond its commercial promise, the zone presents a...

15 Aug 2025

A food security imperative for the Johor-Singapore SEZ blueprint

News / Policy & Finance

Q&A: ‘India must ready tools to prevent virus outbreaks’

While infant deaths have dropped dramatically in India in recent decades, viral infection rates among children remain stubbornly high and must be tackled with vaccines, says Gagandeep Kang, a leading ...

25 Feb 2026

Q&A: ‘India must ready tools to prevent virus outbreaks’

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

Filling the first and last-mile gap: Asean's electric bus push

Southeast Asian cities and economies are growing fast. The region enjoys a sharp rise in urbanisation and economic activities, but this comes in tandem with the challenges of traffic congestion, carbo...

19 Jan 2026

Filling the first and last-mile gap: Asean's electric bus push

News / Policy & Finance

Malaysia vulnerable to land and resource exploitation in emerging joint ventures with Chinese and US conglomerates: anti-graft expert

Governments across Southeast Asia are prioritising foreign direct investment (FDI) for economic growth at the expense of environmental integrity, exacerbating the region's climate crisis, a Malaysian ...

20 Aug 2025

Malaysia vulnerable to land and resource exploitation in emerging joint ventures with Chinese and US conglomerates: anti-graft expert

News / Food & Agriculture

EAT-Lancet report: Three key takeaways on climate and diet change

The EAT-Lancet Commission report on “healthy, sustainable and just food systems” says this diet would require producing more fruit, vegetables and nuts, as well as fewer livestock. The findings build...

8 Oct 2025

EAT-Lancet report: Three key takeaways on climate and diet change

Opinion / Waste

How India helped scuttle the global plastics treaty

India has opposed limits on the production of primary virgin plastic in the name of development and industrialisation. It thus became a party to scuttling the proposed United Nations Global Plastics T...

3 Sep 2025

How India helped scuttle the global plastics treaty

News / Water

Inequities in coral reef research undermine global scientific collaboration: study

...equities in marine science research and specifically in the field of coral reefs. A 2021 paper in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science found systemic biases in coral reef research due to the relati...

28 May 2025

Inequities in coral reef research undermine global scientific collaboration: study

Press Releases / Globe

NGOs call for fundraising for flood-hit Philippines via GBayanihan

More than 2.7 million people across 17 regions in the Philippines have been reeling from a series of storms and heavy monsoon rains, prompting various groups calling for more funds to aid in disaster ...

29 Jul 2025

NGOs call for fundraising for flood-hit Philippines via GBayanihan

News / Energy

Q&A: A ‘holistic’ approach to the long-awaited Asean Power Grid

Asean has been dreaming of a regional power grid since the 1990s, with a vision to develop the energy resources of each of its 10 member states and to build interconnectivity among them. The Asean ...

16 Sep 2025

Q&A: A ‘holistic’ approach to the long-awaited Asean Power Grid

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