Eco-Business

Residents on Indonesia’s Bangka Island say wetland destruction from tin mining and oil palm expansion is driving a surge in deadly crocodile attacks along the coast.

If the world’s second largest steel producer is to cut emissions in the sector, the country must navigate a complex scrap metal landscape.

Vietnam wants to open its first nuclear power plant by 2031, but experts question the timeline and villagers fear for their livelihoods.

A new ‘corporate scorecard’ reveals the gap between steelmakers' climate ambition and action.

By Qiu Chengcheng, Danny Hartono

By Siva Selan

By You Xiaoying

By Joan Aurelia

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Workers in an electronic manufacturing factory in a Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) area in Laguna.

The World Bank has made a volte-face on industrial policy. Southeast Asian countries will need to consider the new policy, but calibrate it across vastly different national contexts. By Marco Kamiya

Vietnam’s stalled Chinese-backed solar factories underscore how Global South nations must demand technology transfer and value addition – not just capital inflows – from China’s expanding overseas clean-tech investments. By Xue Xiaokang

COP30 agreed to triple adaptation finance, but the fashion industry needs adaptation measures now. By Jason Judd and Kalpona Akter

Given that China is the world’s largest emitter and has a high carbon intensity, some assume that its trade war with the United States, which has shifted production to third countries, would have environmental benefits. In fact, the conflict has increased carbon dioxide emissions in developing and advanced economies alike. By Qiyuan Xu

By Gernot Wagner and Roland Kupers

By Emmanuel Guerin and Bernice Lee

By Rakesh Mohan and Janak Raj

By Zaynab Sadan

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