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Understanding China’s motivations for its climate finance actions at COP29 last year could unlock opportunities for greater ambition.

Despite the US climate retreat and the risk of forest arson, the chief executive of COP30 sees the transition to sustainability as inevitable.

Led by COP30 host Brazil, 12 countries are finalising a fund that aims to raise US$125 billion for tropical forest conservation and launch at the November climate summit.

Earth Day 2025 calls for action to triple clean electricity capacity by 2030. Eco-Business examines which countries in Southeast Asia are leading and lagging for clean power adoption.

By Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

By Emma Bryce

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At COP30, Brazil will launch the Tropical Forest Forever Facility to fund communities on the frontlines of the nature crisis. By Sonia Guajajara and Juan Carlos Jintiach

Five looming decisions in the development finance world could help to mitigate environmental and social risks of transition minerals, write Boston University researchers. By Julie Radomski and Rebecca Ray

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Public development banks must spearhead a systemic overhaul of global finance to ensure climate funding reaches the most vulnerable and accelerates the green transition. By Serge Ekué and Javier Díaz Fajardo

The ‘rights of nature’ is an allied approach, but nature needs something with more and broader teeth, that can elicit a moral and political consensus on the need for nature conservation. By Katherine Snow

By Mohammed Usrof, Disha Ravi, Heleen Bruggink and Erica Njuguna

By Paul Teng

By Caitlin Smith and Alma Castrejon-Davila

By Amar Rao

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Juice Media parody ad mocking government inaction on climate change

We're screwed, claims a government parody ad, as politicians drag their heels on climate change. Taking a shot at the Australian government, the video exposes the absurdity of longstanding political inaction to address the climate crisis and puts out a not-so-subtle call for collective action.

Various female groups and leaders, spearheaded by the UN Women, gathered at the sidelines of the on-going climate conference to highlight the specific consequences of global warming on women, as well as the climate action they can pioneer

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The climate non-profit's head Sherry Madera insists there are just 450 questions, not over 5,500 as some industry players have cited, in its new questionnaire, which has faced pushback for failing to ease disclosure burden as intended.

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.

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