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Despite being highly vulnerable to climate risk, Sri Lanka is slow to tap into climate funding due to a range of issues including inadequate data systems, institutional weaknesses and limited capacity to design and implement viable projects.

US aid freeze has left a big funding gap in development sector. Could China, South Korea or Japan step up to the plate?

Its charter says gender equality should be considered when filling the top post, but so far Asean’s 15 sec-gens have all been men. On International Women's Day, Eco-Business spoke to Asean watchers drumming up support for Indonesia to widen its search when fielding the next sec-gen.

A 700-kilometre sea wall is to be built to protect northern Java from flooding. But critics warn that the US$50 billion mega-project is a short-term solution that could exacerbate regional inequality and add to Indonesia's debt burden.

By Aruna Chandrasekhar, Ayesha Tandon

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By Rhick Lars Albay

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It is imperative that adaptation measures are implemented now to safeguard against future extreme climate events. By Dr Raksha Pandya-Wood and Dr Azliyana Azhari

Climate change is clearly affecting the Philippines. Whether it can transform a long-held national attribute into successful climate adaptation will determine what the future holds. By Ariel Macaspac Hernandez

Many with disability live in poverty, in low-income countries that are vulnerable to climate disasters. Yet climate resilience planning excludes their voices. By Molly M King

In today’s fragmented world, the Loss and Damage Fund could easily be derailed. But it is in our common interest to assist the most climate-vulnerable countries with recovery and reconstruction. By Monique Barbut and Robert Filipp

By Mami Mizutori

By Simon Zadek and Jayati Ghosh

By Myriam Castaneda Solares

By Brian Robert Cook

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Watch: Singapore researchers are trying to give banana skins and coconut husks a new lease of life in water purification kits that can be used in disaster situations. They could one day also be used in the manufacture of batteries.

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