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#natural resources 新闻
With 1.9 million hectares affected by fires in Indonesia, the palm oil industry faces questions over what sustainability certification can deliver – and who should be held accountable when fires occur.
政策和金融
Nature funding falls for second year, putting global conservation bargain under strain at COP17
Support for protected and conserved areas fell from more than US$1.2 billion in 2023 to US$1 billion in 2025, as governments conclude COP17 in Yerevan to advance the goal of protecting 30 per cent of land and waters by 2030.
A new report finds that more than 61.5 million hectares of protected areas analysed across tropical countries overlap with oil and gas blocks, while another 42.7 million hectares overlap with mining concessions.
Six young Malaysians are taking their government to court to ask ‘where is our forest?’ as they demand a halt to deforestation.
#natural resources 观点
The first report card on the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal framework was issued at this year’s UN Biodiversity Conference in Yerevan, and the marks were dismal. The problem is not a lack of targets, but a global financial system that pays to destroy nature and penalises those who protect it.
碳与气候
Nature can’t wait
Although the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine are spurring governments to increase spending on defence and focus more on economic growth, it would be a mistake to postpone investments designed to protect nature. In fact, meeting internationally agreed targets could add up to US$450 billion to annual global GDP by 2050.
The downlisting of recovering species can put conservation gains at risk when funding systems shift resources to species facing higher extinction risks.
China is progressing towards the 30x30 target but concerns over livelihoods are hampering progress.
#natural resources 视频
As nature loss emerges as a financial risk, Southeast Asia’s capital markets face pressure to price biodiversity into investment decisions.
As water stress intensifies across Thailand, speakers at Unlocking Capital for Sustainability Thailand 2026 examine how policy, finance and business can strengthen water security.
In this second episode of Eco-Business’s Resilience podcast series, Singapore's Senior Minister of State Janil Puthucheary and youth sustainability advocate Man Jing Kong dives into what resilience means for the city-state with Jessica Cheam. Watch as they discuss everything from climate adaptation to mental health and building public trust as an AI-driven economy reshapes daily life.
In the inaugural episode of Eco-Business's new Resilience podcast series, industry leaders say the palm oil sector's ability to weather disruption will depend not on certification alone, but on rethinking the relationships that underpin the entire supply chain.
#natural resources 播客
In this second episode of Eco-Business’s Resilience podcast series, Singapore's Senior Minister of State Janil Puthucheary and youth sustainability advocate Man Jing Kong dives into what resilience means for the city-state with Jessica Cheam. Watch as they discuss everything from climate adaptation to mental health and building public trust as an AI-driven economy reshapes daily life.
EB工作室
Critical to the country’s energy security in the 1970s, geothermal is now re-emerging as the Philippines’ biggest clean energy advantage at a time when countries are seeking reliable, round-the-clock renewable power, says Francis Giles B. Puno, president and chief operating officer of First Gen Corporation.
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.
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.
#natural resources 新闻发布稿
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
UN report urges investment in Ocean Carbon Intelligence to safeguard the ocean's climate role
National Geographic Society
National Geographic Society funds inaugural wetland conservation projects through new Blue Boundaries programme
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Beneath warming seas, communities are helping reefs recover
City Developments Limited (CDL)
CDL leads the launch of the Saving Glaciers and Oceans Alliance at the World Cities Summit 2026
#natural resources 研究
Eco-Business, supported by S&P Global
S&P Global CSO roundtable: Insights report
Eco-Business for Temasek's Ecosperity
Ecosperity Week 2024 post-conference report: Renewing our Vibrant Spring
Eco-Business & Regional Project Energy Security and Climate Change Asia-Pacific of the KAS
Ocean of Solutions: Protecting biodiversity in the blue economy
SolAbility
Laos leads the Natural Capital Index 2021
Aquatic Life Institute
Benefits of aquatic animal welfare for sustainability
Eco-Business & Regional Project Energy Security and Climate Change Asia-Pacific of the KAS
Accounting for Nature: financing solutions for our planet's natural systems
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