COP29 signs off on a fund to help vulnerable nations harmed by climate change, but pledges so far stand at just US$720 million. The United Nations climate change conference agreed this week to start ...

Global Witness warns that mining for green energy is fuelling conflict and human rights abuses in Asia and elsewhere, urging tougher standards and protections. Mining minerals to meet global green ...

At the COP29 climate summit, nations must decide on a new global goal to replace the existing target of US$100 billion each year. Delivering this money is widely viewed as important for helping ...

At COP29, campaigners want countries to put health at the heart of climate action and develop new policies against air pollution. Health experts are urging countries to earmark billions of dollars of ...

First week of Baku talks marked by low turnout of leaders, Argentina’s withdrawal, and a gulf between blocs’ demands on a new finance goal. COP29, the United Nations climate change summit, opened this ...

As the economic toll of climate change grows, the Philippines’ private sector is urged to embrace net zero strategies to safeguard economic stability. “Today, there is no one and no place on the ...

Eco-Business takes a look at the key issues being pushed at the pavilions of Asean countries at the climate summit in Baku. From modern art structures to local dancing, Southeast Asian countries have ...

When Indian electricity company Adani Power halved supplies to Bangladesh over its failure to keep up with payments, Dhaka scrambled to pay down some of the more than US$800 million it owes to keep ...

Conservationist Dr Theresa Mundita Lim has concluded her six-year term as executive director of the Asean Centre for ...

As lobbyists flood plastic treaty talks, negotiators must uphold the rule of law to prevent corporate capture.

In recent years, biodiversity credit projects and the methods to calculate their value have proliferated, seen by some as a ...

In 2015, Indonesia announced the construction of seven dams to provide water in East Nusa Tenggara province, an eastern region of the archipelago where access to freshwater is scarce during the annual ...