Eco-Business

Living reefs at Pulau Hantu in Singapore

The city-state is in advanced talks with a few countries in the region, including Thailand, says a government official. To date, Singapore has struggled to find eligible credits from its seven existing carbon trading partners.

Disaster-prone nations should look to secure adaptation funding beyond multilateral climate meetings such as COP, suggested Liz Thompson, who leads a group of climate-vulnerable countries.

UN climate negotiations can stay on course without the US, but the multilateral process faces deeper challenges.

A new report documents some of the most widespread and damaging droughts in recorded history, between 2023 and 2025, affecting millions across Africa, the Mediterranean, Latin America and Southeast Asia.

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By Gabrielle See

By Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

By Rhick Lars Albay

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Solutions that are not country-led nor aligned with a country’s national development objectives are ultimately unsustainable. By Crispian Olver and Tom Beloe

The political and regulatory upheaval in the EU and the US has made it an uncertain year for climate finance. Has the world seen progress in meeting the US$300 billion climate finance pledge made at the COP29 climate summit? By Pietro Rocco and Toby Kwan

With cities at the frontline of climate resilience, COP30 is a key opportunity to scale-up urban finance. By Robert Muggah and Philip Yang

More recognition, private sector investment is needed to protect Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge that preserves nature. By Cristiane Julião

By Jonathan Hall

By Navroz K Dubash

By Jessica Cheam

By Georgia Hammersley

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Fireside chat with Dr Mark Konyn, AIA group chief investment officer

In this wide-ranging fireside chat moderated by Eco-Business CEO Jessica Cheam, AIA Group's chief investment officer Dr Mark Konyn asserts there is “no U-turn” among corporates invested for the long term, even as political regimes change amid a new world order.

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There is consensus that coal needs to be retired early in Asia, but the mechanisms for financing the phase-out are not clear. This mini-documentary examines how transition credits work and whether they can fund Southeast Asia's equitable switch to clean power.

EB Studio Investors are starting to feel the effects of climate change in an unexpected place – their financial returns. There are now growing calls within the business community to improve the quality and coverage of climate risk disclosure.

Jovie Montajes, founder of Light of Hope PH

After 20 years without electricity, more than 50 households in Cebu's poorest district have been provided with solar energy, financed by carbon offsets.

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Jessica Cheam, Mervyn Tang and Jocelyn Dove speaking at the Sharpening the ESG focus 2025 event

Trump 2.0 may prove to be a "bump in the road" for climate action, but banks and investors in Asia see growth and opportunity in the region for decarbonisation as climate risks grow.

The climate non-profit's head Sherry Madera insists there are just 450 questions, not over 5,500 as some industry players have cited, in its new questionnaire, which has faced pushback for failing to ease disclosure burden as intended.

ADX's chief strategy and transformation officer Matthias Büchler tells the Eco-Business podcast why sustainability is a key growth strategy and how the COP summit shaped ESG reporting for listed companies on the exchange.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas assistant governor tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the regulator’s maiden sustainability report that features an empirical study of climate impacts on banks as well as the nation’s first taxonomy.

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