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The World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) held their spring meetings last week in Washington DC – a key event in a critical year for international climate finance.

24 Apr 2024

India’s Indigenous Prototype Fast Breeder Nuclear Reactor (PFBR) and abundant thorium reserves hold key to India’s future energy security.

The announcement by the world's main verifier of corporate climate targets was welcomed by companies. But NGOs say allowing firms to use carbon credits …

China’s decision to ramp up spending could accelerate a shift and help achieve long-term climate goals by bringing forward the peak in fossil-fuel use …

Despite being on other sides of the planet, Jakarta and Iowa are staring down similar issues around water hygiene and supply.

Weekly Top 5 Movers

880 Hanwha Corp	35.20%
6472 NTN Corporation	15.66%
105560 KB Financial Group Inc.	15.11%
3436 SUMCO Corporation	12.77%
161390 HANKOOK TIRE & TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd.	12.55%

Weekly Flop 5 Movers

5108 Bridgestone Corporation	-4.76%
603799 Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co., Ltd. Class A	-2.71%
7267 Honda Motor Co., Ltd.	-2.39%
5014 Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd.	-2.17%
532296 Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited	-2.11%

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As Donald Trump prepares for this year’s US presidential election, he continues to summarise his energy policies with one simple slogan: “Drill, baby, drill.”

20 Mar 2024

The environmental disclosure non-profit is undergoing a restructure, which critics say pivots the organisation away from Asia. In response, Bartlett says Asia is strategically important to CDP. Asia's potential to bend the emissions curve is exciting, she says.

Pakistan's post-election X shutdown faces a legal challenge as campaigners decry effect on freedoms and businesses face losses.

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Tools already exist for the oil and gas industry to reduce methane and massively decrease global emissions. Firmer regulations, however, may be the only way to stop polluters.

28 Feb 2024 • News

Naoki Katayama, deputy general manager of Kanden

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We say this is an “energy transition”. Transition is a rather innocuous word. But the scale of this so-called transition is massive, and we will need to get it done over the next two decades or so, which is not a lot of time, when you think about the enormity of the task.

Climate change will exacerbate existing inequalities in global education access and attainment, with already disadvantaged groups facing the largest learning setbacks. By Caitlin Prentice, Francis Vergunst, Helen Louise Berry and Kelton Minor

22 Mar 2024

Across the globe, political campaigns are targeting young people for their votes, but are they listening to their growing anger over climate inaction? By Dr Justin See

By maintaining energy subsidies initially designed as temporary measures, we risk perpetuating our dependence on fossil fuels. By Günther Thallinger and Ludovic Subran

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"We are already at 1.1°C of warming – a matter of life and death for the Global South", says Professor Winston Chow, the recently appointed co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's working group on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.

The Singapore scientist, recently elected to the UN's top climate body, tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the precarious state of climate adaptation in developing Asia. The region is not well-prepared to manage the cascading risks of extreme climate events, he says.

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Follow the region's used textiles on a journey through sorting, upcycling and recycling as they are diverted from the landfills.

Going 100 per cent organic is not easy for smallholder farmers in the region. Is there a middle road to take where a gradual shift can be managed, while ensuring that the livelihoods of farmers are taken care of?

Women sift sand, hunting for tiny plastic pellets and other debris still washing ashore since the sinking of the X-Press Pearl, a vessel containing chemicals and plastics, in May 2021 off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Six months after the sinking of the Singapore-flagged X-Press Pearl off the coast of Colombo, local communities are trying to recover from one of the worst maritime disasters in history.

Trying to lead a more sustainable lifestyle is often fraught with controversy, contradiction and hypocrisy, and tackling big problems like climate change and social inequality can seem futile. But there are some things you can do to make a difference in the Year of the Tiger. Here are 22 of them...

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Southeast Asia's clean energy transition

Singapore-headquartered renewable energy developer Gurīn Energy today announced that its board of directors has approved a final investment decision (FID) on the Capas Solar Power Project in the Philippines.

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Asean Interconnector Study: Taking a regional approach to decarbonisation

The Asean Interconnector Study conducted by DNV delves into the critical aspects of decarbonisation within the member states of the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean). This comprehensive research …