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Nature-based projects expand across Southeast Asia, but design gaps and unintended impacts limit conservation benefits.

Indonesia plans to rezone large parts of Way Kambas National Park in Sumatra for carbon trading and luxury tourism to raise conservation funds.

Mangroves in Santa Monica, Surigao del Norte, Philippines.

The United Kingdom’s flagship £500 million Blue Planet Fund, which supports marine environment programmes in developing countries like the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam, is in question, following news of a planned budget cut.

Local farmers will extend paddy drainage and adopt low-emission methods to generate government-certified J-Credits, creating a new revenue stream from climate-friendly rice cultivation.

作者 Taejun Kang

作者 Robin Hicks

作者 Taejun Kang

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Carbon credits to be tabled under Malaysia’s new climate change bill should serve as a bridge towards decarbonisation rather than a substitute for it. 作者 Renard Siew

Sustainability standards and ratings do not generate enough information for businesses to understand their environmental impacts across scales and create mitigation plans to avoid further transgression of planetary boundaries. 作者 C. Kendra Gotangco Gonzales, Aryanie Amellina 和 Beatrice Crona, Giorgio Parlato, Ingo Fetzer, Lan Wang-Erlandsson and Nitin Chaudhary

Tailors working in a local garment factory in Bangladesh

The fashion industry business will not come from diplomacy or presidential handshakes, but from trust-based relationships built on fair purchasing practices, sustainability concerns, and other ethical commitments. 作者 Joleen Ong

Unless governments act fast to tighten rules on carbon credits, Article 6 could become a dangerous loophole that stalls progress. 作者 Injy Johnstone

作者 Rizka Nugrahaeni

作者 Amar Rao

作者 Julie de los Reyes 和 Katrina Navallo

作者 Dr Yung En Chee 和 Professor Euan Ritchie

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Wily Salim, founder and director, PT Karmic Virya Abadi

The convergence of the compliance and voluntary markets, demand for high-quality carbon credits and efforts to raise the bar on project credibility mean the conditions are right for a market rebound, observers said at the GenZero Climate Summit in Singapore.

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There is consensus that coal needs to be retired early in Asia, but the mechanisms for financing the phase-out are not clear. This mini-documentary examines how transition credits work and whether they can fund Southeast Asia's equitable switch to clean power.

独家 In this exclusive interview to mark Earth Day, Eco-Business speaks to Dr Sylvia Earle, oceanographer and founder of Mission Blue, who draws the link between our climate crisis and the health of our oceans.

EB工作室 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.

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A small-scale miner in Bicol, Philippines

Critical minerals will be central to this year’s Asean meetings, said environment assistant secretary Noralene Uy, as the Philippines ushers the region towards domestic processing as summit chair.

Australia's action against greenwashing has been driven largely by consumers, says John Pabon, author of The Great Greenwashing

Former United Nations policy analyst and sustainability consultant John Pabon tells the EB Podcast how Australia became Asia Pacific's most progressive country in holding green claims to account.

Ani Dasgupta, CEO of World Resources Institute

The chief executive of World Resources Institute also told the Eco-Business Podcast that the gutting of USAID is less of a concern than how to unlock private capital for climate and nature in developing countries.

EB工作室 With alternatives such as sustainable aviation fuel still too expensive and low in demand for the aviation industry to consider, carbon offsets could be a way to reduce emissions – if used right. EcoSecurities and the International Air Transport Association tell the Eco-Business podcast how airlines can ensure compliance when new regulations become mandatory

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