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EB Studio Southeast Asia is a particularly vulnerable region to climate threats. Digital solutions may be key to helping the region shore up resilience against economic losses and increasing climate-induced extreme weather events.

Nation-states have too much sway over international climate talks, which should give a more prominent role to businesses and other non-state actors to achieve progress, legal scholars say.

A lack of country and company-specific data on Malaysia’s methane emissions, however, has constrained researchers, who are now calling on the government to mandate a reporting standard for the potent greenhouse gas.

The bill will be put up for public consultation that will last for at least a month after September, said Malaysia's natural resources and environmental sustainability minister. This will help strengthen the framework and ensure buy-in.

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Across the region, it’s never been more critical to cultivate a resilient healthcare workforce capable of addressing climate-induced public health issues. By Gabriela Fernando and Angie Bone

Applying lessons from the Montreal Protocol and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will forge an effective Global Plastics Treaty. By Jorge Emmanuel

A new international tax taskforce is exploring tax policies that could finance sustainable development and climate action. This could pave the way for a fair taxation system that would accelerate a just transition. By Laurence Tubiana

Long a source of tension with its neighbours, China’s transboundary rivers are opening opportunities for regional cooperation. By Fengshi Wu

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Eminent speakers and thousands of attendees discussed strategies for a resource-efficient future at Ecosperity Week 2019. As they heard about the science of global warming, delegates were called upon to be part of the solution.

Screen Grab Patricia Espinosa Interview Feb 2017 Carbon Brief

Patricia Espinosa is tasked to steer the international climate negotiations through the finer details of the Paris Agreement. What happens if the US renegades on its current commitment? Is Brexit a threat? Her answers on this video.

With 31 more countries submitting their instruments of ratification for the Paris climate pact last week, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is confident the Paris Agreement will have entered into force before his term concludes.

Screen Grab: Patricia Espinosa August 3 interview on Climate Change

UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Patricia Espinosa, talks about the need to mobilise the world in the fight against climate change, which is affecting lives every day.

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"We are already at 1.1°C of warming – a matter of life and death for the Global South", says Professor Winston Chow, the recently appointed co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's working group on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.

The Singapore scientist, recently elected to the UN's top climate body, tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the precarious state of climate adaptation in developing Asia. The region is not well-prepared to manage the cascading risks of extreme climate events, he says.

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