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The market has largely hit its initial goals, but challenges remain over data accuracy and supporting legislation.

How will companies navigate the market, and what does it mean for the global fight against climate change?

Ranger in Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project in Cambodia

Cambodia's leaders are anxious to prove to the world that the forest conservation mechanism can address climate change while providing opportunities for people to thrive in a “new Cambodia”. But there are concerns about greenwash, and observers point to how such projects can end up being a guise for illicit land grabbing by ruling elites.

As the voluntary carbon market seeks to restore trust, Charles Bedford of Carbon Growth Partners, an investment manager who still believes in rainforest credits, shares his due diligence checklist.

By Gabrielle See

By Gabriel Corsetti

Thomson Reuters Foundation

By Samantha Ho

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The first auction on Malaysia’s new voluntary carbon market, the Bursa Carbon Exchange (BCX), took place on 16 March, with around RM7.7 million in carbon credits sold. By Dr Pieter E. Stek

The market must work in sync with a range of policy instruments. Stable institutional and regulatory structures must balance competing interests and trade-offs to ensure optimum coverage, caps, pricing and reporting. By Aman Srivastava

Southeast Asian countries should carefully weigh the economic and environmental impacts of unilateral climate policies like the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). By Mirza Sadaqat Huda

The full potential of the private sector needs to be unleashed to raise the capital needed to fight climate change. This can only be done if carbon is priced high enough to establish the business case for decarbonisation, writes Georg Kell. By Georg Kell

By Nicholas Stern and Joseph E. Stiglitz

By Rhett A. Butler

By Steve Zwick

By Dan Wells

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Achim Steiner talking at the Responsible Business Forum in Singapore. Image UNDP Asia Pacific

The IPCC's climate warning is an opportunity for the business world to show leadership, said UNDP's Achim Steiner in the opening speech at the Responsible Business Forum in Singapore.

Breakthrough casts aside fear that carbon captured and stored underground can seep back into the air and explode.

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The climate talks in Glasgow could have a major trickle-down effect on Asia's business community. What should the region's businesses expect from COP26? The Eco-Business Podcast asked energy and sustainability expert Malavika Bambawale.

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