Eco-Business

The global market for e-bikes is surging. These bicycles, usually equipped with pedals and an electric motor assist, are popular with consumers and commuters and are becoming part of local business delivery systems. The trend could significantly reduce particulate pollution and smog, as well as cut carbon emissions in the transportation sector.

Alexandra Soezer has been appointed the director of Qatar-based Climate Action Centre of Excellence, which was launched at last year's COP28 summit where parties failed to reach a consensus on the key rules for global carbon credit trade.

It has been more than one year since the gavel came down at the last UN biodiversity summit, where almost every country in the world agreed on a plan to protect nature.

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To access the new loss and damage fund set up at COP28, poorer countries need support to collect better data on climate disasters.

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Work must continue beyond the two weeks in Dubai to drive a gender-responsive transition, writes COP28's Razan Al Mubarak in her post-COP28 reflection. Improving data, finance and creating work opportunities for women should be prioritised. By Razan Al Mubarak

Africa did not cause the climate crisis, but African leaders find themselves having to take the initiative in developing strategies for coping with it, to mitigate climate change's impact on the continent's water security and sanitation. By Alex Simalabwi

Lockdowns have increased the risk of violence against women. Governments have made more resources available for survivors, but without programmes to address the problem's root causes, the assistance do little to prevent future incidents. By Vandana Sharma and Isabela Salgado

Saving the planet does not have to come at the expense of feeding the poor, and vice versa. If governments can implement a series of relatively low-cost initiatives with private-sector support, the world can still wipe out global hunger by 2030 without jeopardising the fight against climate change. By Maximo Torero

By Bambang Susantono, Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Kanni Wignaraja

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By Achim Steiner and Maria Ramos

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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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