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The financing will support the country’s carbon market, emissions reductions across key sectors and climate adaptation reforms.

The region accounts for nearly half of global GDP represented by economies adopting ISSB standards, but ACCA warns that businesses must move beyond compliance to address climate risks, resource pressures and emerging challenges.

EB Studio Experts say the region's next challenge is turning climate commitments into enforceable coal retirement plans that protect people, local communities, and energy security.

Asean’s official energy outlook, endorsed by its energy ministers on 8 October, reveals a gap between the region’s energy plans and its members’ net-zero pledges, and allows new coal plants to be built even in its lowest-emissions scenario.

By Kelvin Yap

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With major governments showing open hostility toward climate solutions or focusing on other needs, one might think that progress toward decarbonisation is in jeopardy. Yet across the global industrial sector, many companies are increasing productivity, boosting revenue growth, and reducing emissions all at once. By Nathan Collett and Elisabeth Reynolds

As COP31 gets underway, researchers warn that countries can obstruct climate negotiations without openly rejecting action – using funding disputes, weakened commitments and procedural tactics to delay progress. By Shannon Gibson

Most large companies in the country have inadequate sustainability reporting and major improvements are needed in how they manage sustainability at board level. By Dr Pieter E. Stek and Srijith Kannan

Exclusive As climate risks, energy transition and shifting market expectations reshape the business environment, Malaysia’s ability to compete will increasingly depend on how quickly its companies can adapt. By Shahril Azuar Jimin

By Dr Nora Yusma Mohamed Yusof

By Nicholas Stern

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EB Studio Singapore's rapidly expanding digital economy is driving a surge in data centre energy consumption, creating new challenges for the country's low-carbon ambitions. This Eco-Business video explores how green software and efficient digital infrastructure can support sustainable digital growth.

EB Studio As Malaysia forges ahead with its 2050 net zero climate ambition, businesses must reshape their supply chains for a low carbon future. This Eco-Business video looks at how SMEs can adapt to new sustainability reporting requirements.

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Funding for climate-related solutions has slowed down and it’s a ‘tough game’ for startups, said those familiar with the climate tech space at The Liveability Challenge Grand Finale 2025. What can founders and innovators do to bring an idea to commercialisation? And is Singapore an attractive-enough testbed?

Wily Salim, founder and director, PT Karmic Virya Abadi

The convergence of the compliance and voluntary markets, demand for high-quality carbon credits and efforts to raise the bar on project credibility mean the conditions are right for a market rebound, observers said at the GenZero Climate Summit in Singapore.

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EB Studio Critical to the country’s energy security in the 1970s, geothermal is now re-emerging as the Philippines’ biggest clean energy advantage at a time when countries are seeking reliable, round-the-clock renewable power, says Francis Giles B. Puno, president and chief operating officer of First Gen Corporation.

Climate comedian Stuart Goldsmith says that humour can unlock tricky sustainability problems by "saying the unsayable".

Climate comedian Stuart Goldsmith tells the EB Podcast why jokes might be the most powerful tools for solving sustainability problems.

As Southeast Asia eyes regional power trading to accelerate decarbonisation, veteran solar entrepreneur Frank Phuan unpacks the political, economic and logistical hurdles of moving clean energy across borders.

Getting climate finance on the agenda for COP30 negotiations is expected to be contentious. This article features the first half of a conversation with two veteran attendees of the annual United Nations climate conference.

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