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From flood control scandals that swallowed billions in public funds to Indigenous resistance against palm oil bulldozers, Eco-Business’ 10 most-read stories show how extreme weather, geopolitics and rushed renewables are sharpening the urgency – and complexity – of climate action across Asia.

Heavy rainfall across the region was caused by the combination of natural phenomena and climate change but in Indonesia's Sumatra, where the most lives have been lost, the scale of disaster was worsened by deforestation.

Billed as the “Amazon COP”, the UN climate talks will see the debut of Brazil’s flagship fund to “reward” tropical countries for keeping their forests intact.

Logging has undone many ancient trees, but those protected by temples survive down the centuries.

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In 2004, Aceh was hardest hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami. In 2025, Indonesia’s most disaster-aware province was among the worst hit by floods. The failure was not forecasting, but what happened – or didn’t – after the alarms were raised. By Wahyu Wilopo

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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

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Despite generating billions of dollars in illegal revenue a year, environmental crime in the Amazon still isn't a priority at UN climate summits. By Robert Muggah

'Stop the chop': Demonstrators rally against deforestation in Sarawak, Malaysia

For years, Indigenous communities in Sarawak fought against logging on their lands. Today, they can claim a rare victory as timber giant Samling has withdrawn from logging native forests in the Baram area. By Fiona McAlpine

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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.

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