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At COP30 in Belém, Brazil's plan to quadruple global use of green fuels could have mixed climate impact.

As pastures and thirsty crops dry up the Amazon, Indigenous people try to adapt traditional farming methods.

Kuala Lumpur must confront weak local governance, shrinking green spaces and rising urban heat, said the former environment minister. The challenge now is to adapt and manoeuvre wisely, drawing on lessons from a time when Southeast Asian cities were once seamlessly embedded in nature.

Facing EU anti-deforestation rules, Brazilian farmers at COP30 say they're unfairly blamed for rainforest destruction.

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A decade ago, few governments could imagine a future without fossil fuels. But economic realities have changed and developing countries increasingly view the energy transition as a pathway to green growth. By Adriana Abdenur

COP30 in Belém, Brazil, must boost action on the Escazú Agreement to protect nature’s last line of defence. By Binaifer Nowrojee

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Major activists from Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, Chad and Indonesia demand a larger role at the UN summit in Belém, Brazil. By Nemonte Nenquimo, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim and Rukka Sombolinggi

Local communities and traditional Islamic boarding schools are pushing back on renewable energy projects that prioritise technical and economic benefits over social and ecological considerations. By Iim Halimatusa’diyah

By Sonia Guajajara and Juan Carlos Jintiach

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NGOs urged the government to improve forest data transparency by making maps of protected areas publicly available, and to channel funds to frontline communities living near forests.

The veteran journalist talks to Eco-Business about how his Emmy-nominated documentary depicts the lives of environmental crusaders in Asia's deadliest country for guardians of the seas and forests.

The origin of Covid-19 is believed to be a market selling live wild animals. Eco-Business asked Anbarasi Boopal of Singapore-based animal welfare charity Acres about the link between the exploitation of animals and pandemics, and what can be done to curb the illegal wildlife trade.

Around the world, indigenous people have historically suffered from abuse and rights violations, despite being critical to forest conservation. This tribe in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, just won rights over its land after a 40-year struggle. Are governments waking up to the reality that indigenous groups could lead the battle against climate change?

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The chief of a Manila-based nonprofit that advocates for climate finance transparency tells the EB Podcast that so-called Filipino resilience to natural disasters should not be an “excuse” for developers to dodge accountability for substandard flood control projects.

EB Studio Transboundary haze pollution is back with a vengeance in Southeast Asia. The Eco-Business Podcast talks to RSPO CEO Joseph D'Cruz about what the palm oil sector can do to put out the peatland fires that have burned annually for four decades.

The stories of Malaysia’s indigenous tribes are now being captured through the fresh lenses of young female filmmakers. In this bilingual podcast recorded in English and Bahasa Melayu, they tell Eco-Business why they've picked up the camera.