Climate

By Tanya Lee Roberts Davis • Nov 13, 2023
As the Asia Pacific Climate Week and Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation gatherings get underway, expect public financial institutions like the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank to showcase their plans for supporting “Just Transitions” schemes in the region. As both institutions have track records of financing coal-power projects, their proposals for supporting ‘coal-to-clean’ pathways should be intensely scrutinised

By Andrew Haffner • Oct 21, 2023
Despite ongoing controversy in its flagship Southern Cardamom REDD+ project, the Kingdom is driving forward with plans to greatly expand climate finance schemes across its officially protected areas. In partnership with the Earth Journalism Network, the Globe went deep to learn what lies within the country's credit rush

By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana • Jul 24, 2023
This week, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is convening experts and policymakers to discuss transformative adaptations to worsening natural disasters. Ahead of the meeting, UN Under-Secretary-General Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana lays out its mission and the stakes for its success

By Amanda Oon • Jun 13, 2023
Pushed to go beyond greenwashing, corporations are looking for answers on how to reduce emissions along their value chains. In her latest role as climate chief of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, former U.K. Energy Minister Claire Perry O’Neill wants to turn investment for good