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How are business leaders integrating climate risks into their decisions?

India's farmers face mounting losses as drought worsens, with some even driven to suicide, spurring calls for social protection to ease the pressure.

As the cost of insurance against climate-related losses increases, governments may need to step in to provide fiscal support, experts say.

Garment factories are safer 10 years since Bangladesh's Rana Plaza disaster, but workers still face low pay and poor conditions.

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By Robin Hicks

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It could be more effective as a strategy, as compared to divestment. Southeast Asia is already feeling the effects of climate change and needs strategic and effective action by investors. By Mark Konyn

Covid-19 is forcing cities around the world to face the reality that they're ill-prepared for emergencies. It’s time to reinvent the modern urban center with an eye toward fully equipped health systems and state-of-the-art digital infrastructure that incorporates unanticipated risks. By Patricia Viel

The European Commission's so-called “taxonomy” for classifying green investments should address three important questions. Unfortunately, the Commission's one-dimensional approach disregards two of the three, with potentially damaging consequences. By Stan Dupré

China’s CSR landscape has changed almost as much as its urban skylines over the last decade, but the next ten years should bring even faster progress. China’s people and their leaders are no longer willing to allow companies to ignore their operations' impact on human and environmental welfare. By Asit Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada

By Bertrand Badré and Antoine Sire

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24-year-old Indonesian doctor Gamal Albinsaid's Garbage Clinical Insurance is helping Indonesians get their medical health cover through selling household waste. Watch his story here.

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