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With Chancellor Olaf Scholz keen to use Germany’s presidency of the G7 to create an international ‘climate club’, James Norris looks at what such an arrangement could mean.

New adaptation measures bring hope to people on the chars of the Brahmaputra, whose homes are often lost to floods and erosion.

Mining regions that lean on coal for revenue will be severely hit if work on a post-coal economy starts now, says new research, calling for more spending on renewable energy.

Recent research has indicated that modifications to aspects of the water cycle are now causing Earth system destabilisation at a scale that modern civilisation might not have ever faced.

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Longer-term planning is needed for life on a warmer planet. Most of today’s early warning and response systems do not account for the risks of a changing climate and must be improved. By Kristie L. Ebi

Amid the increased prominence of sustainability in policymaking and legislation, there is a huge opportunity for chief finance officers, or CFOs, to take the lead in corporate accountability. By Hendri Yulius Wijaya

Solar panels at a village on Sumba island, Indonesia

Change in itself isn’t necessarily bad if we take ownership of it. We’ve done some things right and will need to rapidly scale these efforts up. By Robert Lempert and Elisabeth Gilmore

Some plants and animals love fire. Others do not. Science will help figure out which areas to burn, which to hose and how to create resilient ecosystems. By Sophie Wilkinson, Tim Curran and Luke Kelly

By Andrew Deutz

By Trang Chu Minh

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By John Sayer

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Juice Media parody ad mocking government inaction on climate change

We're screwed, claims a government parody ad, as politicians drag their heels on climate change. Taking a shot at the Australian government, the video exposes the absurdity of longstanding political inaction to address the climate crisis and puts out a not-so-subtle call for collective action.

With a vision to end the drudgery of manual rickshaw pulling, social enterprise SMV Green is also helping restore clean air in one of India's most polluted cities through electric rickshaws.

EB Studio About four out of every five people impacted by sea-level rise by 2050 will live in East or Southeast Asia, creating an urgent need climate-smart solutions for cities. This year’s Innovate4Climate summit will look at the climate-smart solutions the region needs.

Achim Steiner talking at the Responsible Business Forum in Singapore. Image UNDP Asia Pacific

The IPCC's climate warning is an opportunity for the business world to show leadership, said UNDP's Achim Steiner in the opening speech at the Responsible Business Forum in Singapore.

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Filipino commuters during Covid. Image: Commuters of Metro Manila

Exclusive As the country plunges into a recession borne out of the pandemic, how can it get back on its feet? On this podcast, Eco-Business spoke to top Filipino environmentalist Loren Legarda on how conservation should not take a backseat to economic development.

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