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Indigenous Peoples at COP30 closing plenary

Climate justice groups celebrated the establishment of a just transition mechanism in Belém, where the COP30 presidency engaged heavily with Indigenous Peoples. Can upcoming hosts Turkey, Australia and Ethiopia take this further?

Experts call for sustainable financing to make up for funding shortfall for family planning and sexual and reproductive health.

For the first time in the history of COP climate summits, the US – the world’s largest historical emitter – has not sent a delegation to the talks.

EB Studio Despite a slowdown in gender-inclusive commitments from traditional western markets, the Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) has pushed ahead with plans to scale women-focused 'orange capital', while forging new alliances to expand the 'orange economy' in emerging Asia.

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Major activists from Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, Chad and Indonesia demand a larger role at the UN summit in Belém, Brazil. By Nemonte Nenquimo, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim and Rukka Sombolinggi

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Systemic inequality and financial exclusion are blocking women’s full economic participation – and costing the global economy trillions. By Ritika Agrawal and María Fernanda Espinosa

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Digitalisation of government services is creating inequalities in the delivery of schemes to the marginalised. By Prachi Bansal and Ritika Agrawal

COP30 in Brazil is an opportunity to spotlight the risks facing environmentalists and to ramp up measures to better protect them. By Ana María Palacios Briceño and Eduardo Marenco

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By Lorraine Ndhlovu and Negar Mohtashami Khojasteh

By Dr Tariq Choucair, Katherine M. FitzGerald, Lucinda Nelson

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Women play a key role in developing innovations to push for sustainability, but barriers remain to their entry into STEM careers. To celebrate International Day of Women & Girls in Science, EB Impact speaks to three women in science on making an impact and pursuing careers in STEM.

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The stories of Malaysia’s indigenous tribes are now being captured through the fresh lenses of young female filmmakers. In this bilingual podcast recorded in English and Bahasa Melayu, they tell Eco-Business why they've picked up the camera.

What are the dangers of gender bias in technology design and what are the market opportunities for womentech—technologies that centre the needs of women?

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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