#Paris Agreement 新闻
Opaque labour practices are blamed for alleged abuses of nickel mining workers’ rights, according to a recent study, but will the inclusion of language on labour rights at the world’s biggest climate talks be the fundamental step to ease their plight?
Coastal flooding could bring US$500 billion of annual damages to the Asia-Pacific by the year 2100, if countries do not adapt to rising sea levels.
China is starting to proactively adapt but its climate-finance systems remain focused on cutting emissions.
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.
#Paris Agreement 观点
With the planet headed for well beyond 1.5°C of warming, the stakes for business are rising. Those who confront climate risk now could unlock what many economists say is the growth story of the century.
Three decades after the optimism of the 1992 Earth Summit, the climate regime faces a tough test. The retreat of multilateralism and the rules-based international order has left COP30 struggling to hold together the fading promise of global action.
As the world gathers in the Amazon, political headwinds and fading ambition test the limits of global climate cooperation.
政策和金融
What COP30 must do
Whereas last year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference tripled the global climate-finance target, this year’s gathering must show how funds will be delivered. Developing countries are doing their part, but their climate strategies cannot succeed without external support.
#Paris Agreement 视频
碳与气候
‘Recovery within five years’: Carbon players bullish on market revival despite geopolitical jitters
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.
#Paris Agreement 播客
政策和金融
‘We don’t want to pit adaptation and loss and damage funds against each other’: veteran COP observer
At the close of COP30, nations agreed to triple adaptation finance by 2035, while the fund for loss and damage appeared to remain sidelined. Lidy Nacpil, a long-time attendee of the climate conference, explains why.
With clear climate policies and actions, nations across Asia, Africa and Latin America are filling the vacuum left by the United States. This article features the second half of a conversation with two veteran attendees of the climate COPs.
The sea-level rise expert has moved to Hong Kong – now seen as a gateway to more collaboration with China on climate science. But he tells the EB Podcast that data from US agencies is still critical for calculating climate defences in Asia.
EB工作室
Plastic waste is flooding the planet. Instead of waiting for regulation to drive change, give value to recyclables and mobilise the people, says Plastic Bank.
#Paris Agreement 新闻发布稿
Philippine House of Representatives
At COP30, the Philippines delivers a bankable business case for nature
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Ministers urge decisive methane action as global report shows progress, warns of gaps
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Amid rising heat, sustainable cooling can slash emissions and save trillions of dollars
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP launches US$100 million programme to accelerate climate, nature action
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
What is climate transparency and why is it important?
#Paris Agreement 研究
Asia Research and Engagement
Time out: Coal Capex in China
