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One of the headline outcomes to emerge from COP30 was a new target to “at least triple” finance for climate adaptation in developing countries by 2035.

Ensuring funds reach countries most in need, quickly and equitably, is climate finance’s biggest challenge.

Following devastating floods that destroyed crops in the breadbasket region of India and Pakistan, food insecurity continues to loom large.

Four island residents take a Swiss cement giant to court while restoring nature at home.

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作者 Johanes Hutabarat

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The very richest people are amassing fortunes while ordinary people’s lives stagnate. But there are policies that can reduce growing inequality. 作者 Joseph E. Stiglitz, Imraan Valodia

The United Nations must clearly define the responsibility of the world's most powerful businesses to help tackle global challenges. 作者 Pauliina Murphy

As the host of this year's UN Climate Change Conference, Brazil seeks to make COP30 the “COP of implementation.” Translating commitments into robust action should include providing indigenous peoples with direct access to predictable and sustainable finance, and treating them as equal partners, rather than as beneficiaries. 作者 Eileen Mairena Cunningham

Ending reliance on oil, coal, and gas, and embracing technologies that will only improve and become cheaper over time, is not just smart climate policy. It is the best way to improve economic competitiveness and human prosperity for decades to come. 作者 Gernot Wagner

作者 Nemonte Nenquimo, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim 和 Rukka Sombolinggi

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作者 Marcella Ribeiro 和 María Luisa Gómez

作者 Wenzhong Huang, Shandy (Shanshan) Li 和 Yuming Guo

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EB工作室 From sponge cities to coastal forests, Asia is seeking ways to work with nature and prepare for the risks in a warmer-than-expected future. This Eco-Business video looks at what else cities need to do to strengthen climate resilience.

Video footage appears to show protestors, who were demonstrating against mining operations, being dragged away by police near Ipilan Nickel Mine in Brooke’s Point, Palawan. Mining insiders are calling for maximum tolerance in similar standoffs.

A coalition of scientists and environmentalists found “widespread economic impacts” for communities in the Philippine province, heightening calls for accountability from the sunken tanker reportedly chartered by a San Miguel Corp subsidiary.

Mining operations at Altai Philippines Mining Corporation have been suspended for now, after week-long protests from locals of Sibuyan Island in Romblon, who claimed the extraction of nickel ore will disrupt the island’s intact ecosystems.

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The chief of a Manila-based nonprofit that advocates for climate finance transparency tells the EB Podcast that so-called Filipino resilience to natural disasters should not be an “excuse” for developers to dodge accountability for substandard flood control projects.

LGBTQ people have long had to chart their own paths in the face of discrimination on bread and butter issues, like housing and employment. Pink Dot campaigners tell the Eco-Business Podcast their hopes amid a political leadership refresh.

In celebration of Indigenous Peoples' month in the Philippines, the former United Nations special rapporteur tells the Eco-Business Podcast about her lifelong work to empower communities in Asia’s most dangerous country for environmental defenders.