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Private investments vital to plug the Philippines US$72 billion climate finance gap

Manila, 28 August: – The Philippines will require new and clear strategies to mobilise private sector investment to meet the multi-billion-dollar cost of its nationally determined contributions ...

30 Aug 2025

Once relegated to a niche concern, the private sector is increasingly taking climate risks seriously. Extreme weather, biodiversity loss and natural resources shortages among other environmental risks...

7 Jun 2024

Donald J. Trump’s return to the White House is a remarkable political comeback, but for those invested in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives, his re-election spells a serious setb...

7 Nov 2024

The Philippines is starting to bet big on offshore wind, with new government policies and auctions aimed at turning its vast marine wind resources into real projects. A World Bank study released in 20...

6 Apr 2026

Development finance has been embattled of late. Aid cutbacks have raised alarm over financing for climate and development goals. The most notable example is the egregious dismantling of the US Agency ...

18 Aug 2025

Philippine Congress committee passes landmark bill to drive national decarbonisation, economic growth

The House Committee on Climate Change, under the leadership of Congressman Edgar Chatto, has approved a groundbreaking bill that will set the Philippines on a clear path toward a low-carbon future. T...

11 Aug 2024

The global health community is still coming to terms with the potential fallout from the United States’ decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO), with many experts fixated on the ...

13 Aug 2025

Every year, environmental, social and governance (ESG) consultancy Syntao Green Finance and the China Sustainable Investment Forum (SIF) jointly releases a report on the top 10 trends in responsible i...

28 Jan 2025

One in four countries report backlash on women’s rights in 2024

Women’s and girls’ rights are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher levels of discrimination to weaker legal protections, and less funding for programmes and ...

10 Mar 2025

The Trump administration’s insular and rent-seeking foreign policy will significantly alter the geopolitics of energy transition in Southeast Asia. This will manifest in two ways. First, the potentia...

7 Mar 2025

LoveYourself, a Philippines-based group providing free HIV testing and treatment services, was receiving aid from the United States like innumerable groups promoting health and LGBTQ+ rights around th...

6 Mar 2025

The United Nations framework for reducing emissions by protecting forests in less-industrialised countries, known as REDD+, isn’t doing enough to prioritise Indigenous peoples in the Amazon. That’s th...

28 Oct 2024

...equities, bonds, concessional loans and grants are welcome to build a rich capital structure, but they must "crowd in, not crowd out" each other. Siddiqi, who is also an adjunct professor at the Natio...

13 Dec 2024

Indonesia's energy transition is less hampered by a lack of funding than the difficulty of getting clean energy projects greenlit, a leading energy finance executive said, as the country grapples with...

26 Mar 2025

Singapore Marina Bay Finance Centre Towers

A survey by United States-based law firm Morrison Foerster has found that weak sustainability ratings are not necessarily dealbreakers for Asia-headquartered funds. The annual Asia Funds ESG Survey – ...

9 Nov 2023

Last year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku ended with developed countries agreeing to mobilise US$300 billion annually for climate finance for developing countries. But whil...

15 Apr 2025

eFishery's co-founders Gibran Huzaifah and Chrisna Aditya

Barely two months after talks about going public, Temasek-backed aquaculture startup eFishery is undergoing a leadership reshuffle amid a probe into alleged embezzlement by its co-founders Gibran Huza...

23 Dec 2024

Civil society organisations expressed concern over the scaling down of a fund agreed at the COP climate talks in 2022 to help vulnerable nations cope with climate risk. At the close of the fifth meeti...

15 Apr 2025

Youth for energy transition: The power of the next generation in shaping a sustainable energy future

Energy transition is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and young people are crucial stakeholders. As the Asia-Pacific region is home to about 60 per cent of the global population, 60...

20 Jan 2025

Malaysian national carmaker Proton’s long-awaited electric vehicle (EV), the e.Mas7, was launched in December 2024. Priced between RM105,800 (US$23,950) and RM119,800 (US$27,120), the e.Mas7 is far mo...

6 Mar 2025

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