#urbanisation News
China’s surging electric vehicles (EVs) ownership – now exceeding 25.5 million – is opening the door to a new technology that can help to enhance the flexibility of electricity supply.
With relocation looming, a community in the Riau Islands is fighting to protect its ancestral villages and coastal environment from harm.
As cities are warming in very uneven ways, experts say heat warnings need to become more granular to save lives.
Urban trees are on the rise but researchers are only starting to uncover the best way to cool cities with them.
Carbon & Climate
Q&A: ‘Pakistan will have to adapt to floods as the new normal’
#urbanisation Opinion
India’s clean energy transition is often portrayed as prohibitively expensive. But a new study finds that actual financing needs are far more modest and concentrated in just four sectors, including steel and cement.
As Bali demolishes a vibrant surf hub, critics argue informal doesn’t mean unsustainable – and luxury villas are doing more harm.
With cities at the frontline of climate resilience, COP30 is a key opportunity to scale-up urban finance.
To enable cities to adapt to extreme heat, authorities must clearly understand the risks and which solutions work best for whom.
Policy & Finance
The climate challenge as a development opportunity
#urbanisation Podcasts
Green Buildings
Are our climate targets too weak or too ambitious? Hang Lung Properties’ sustainability chief John Haffner
Having "stretch targets" can spur innovation, says the sustainability chief for one of Hong Kong's largest real estate firms in the latest episode of "On the frontlines". He also shares why the firm has chosen to publish the draft of its net zero plan for open discussion of its climate targets.
A new report predicts Hong Kong could lose one quarter of its wildlife to new developments. WWF Hong Kong conservation head Dr Bosco Chan and Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden's Dr Stephan Gale tell the EB Podcast that developers must build in ways that protect nature and bolster climate resilience.
Green Buildings
Inaction is not an option for companies in climate-vulnerable nations like India: Lodha ESG chief Aun Abdullah
In the latest episode of 'On the frontlines', the real estate giant's ESG head tells the EB Podcast that while there has been no pushback on climate action by corporate India, questions remain over whether the booming real estate sector is decarbonising fast enough.
Exclusive
In this new podcast series 'Climate Tech in Asia', Eco-Business speaks to Gogoro chairman and CEO Horace Luke about the company's recent listing on the Nasdaq and its quest to electrify Asia's ubiquitous two-wheelers and make battery swapping mainstream.
#urbanisation Press Releases
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Students invited to shape Bangkok’s transport future
Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW)
SIEW 2025 registration opens: Envisioning energy tomorrow, building systems today
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Safer streets, stronger futures: Making road safety everyone’s business
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Amid scorching temperatures, India turns to ideas both old and new to beat the heat
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
How data is helping cities counter plastic pollution
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
'Engines of opportunity, centres of vulnerability': The growing challenges of Asia Pacific's cities
#urbanisation Research
Eco-Business, supported by S&P Global
S&P Global CSO roundtable: Insights report
