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The UN’s Global Stocktake is effectively a to-do list for the climate. Countries know where they need to be, but will they get there?

Climate experts offer their views on Rishi Sunak’s weakening of net zero policies.

Fossil fuels equals eco-fascism - SG Climate Rally 2023

Over 1,400 people attended the first physical climate rally since the pandemic. Alongside worker rights groups, climate campaigners shed light on climate-related inequalities and pushed for inclusive and transparent mitigation strategies.

COP28 faces extra pressure to shift world from fossil fuels after many leaders criticise oil, coal and gas at UN climate summit.

By Qiu Chengcheng, Qin Qi

By Ng Wai Mun

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Notably absent from the Climate Ambition Summit in New York was US President Joe Biden, raising questions on the nation's climate commitments and delivery of its green finance obligations. By Lidy Nacpil

With the climate crisis escalating fast, calls for more authoritarian decision-making structures – widely viewed as more efficient – are increasing. But the notion that any version of an authoritarian system would be free of “special interests,” and run by neutral, rational technocrats, is implausible. By Jan-Werner Mueller

Despite the challenges of addressing climate change, technology and innovation are accelerating the net-zero transition. By Benedict Macon-Cooney and Tone Langengen

Those suffering the worst from climate change need a say in how a new fund to help them is run – and direct access to its resources. By Harjeet Singh and Liane Schalatek

By Debbie Hillier and Barbara Rosen Jacobson

By Lili Fuhr

By Peter Godfrey

By Michael Wysession

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EB Studio Asia's green transition pathways need to be socially inclusive given huge differences in economic development across the region, says experts at the Boston Consulting Group. State-owned enterprises have an "outsized" role to play, they add.

Rich nations need to shift investments into renewables instead, they say. The civic space for demonstrations at this year's climate summit, held in Egypt, is more restricted than the Scotland event last year.

Pension funds are some of the world's largest investors—holding trillions in assets—billions of which are pumped into fossil fuel companies like Shell, BP, and Total.

In the video, environmental law group ClientEarth compares the oil and gas giant's advertisements on its low-carbon investments to a burger chain claiming that they’re vegan because they’ve got salad on the menu.

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The Philippines has ended new coal development as it pursues a low-carbon future. Don Paulino of non-profit Philippine Energy Independence Council and boss of Shell's exploration arm, argues why natural gas should remain in the energy mix.

Exclusive The world's largest asset manager says it has put sustainability at the core of its investment approach. Eco-Business speaks to Shinbo Won, BlackRock's investment stewardship director in Singapore about what this means for investors, and how companies are responding to increased ESG pressure.

People using ATM machines in Singapore. Image: Robin Hicks/Eco-Business

Fossil fuels, tobacco, weapons—our banks could be spending our money on things we don't want them to. Eco-Business talks to finance expert Mayur Singh about why consumers in Asia should asking banks how they spend their money.

EB Studio [The EB Podcast] In this concluding episode of the Let’s Write the Future series, we explore how the rise of renewable energy, the electrification of transport and the Fourth Industrial Revolution are changing our lives, cities, and the world.

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