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To prepare for climate-fuelled floods and heat, Bangladesh's garment factories are using new data sources, including worker input.

Energy transition expert Kou Jingna explores the low-carbon marathon being run in China’s steelmaking powerhouse, Shanxi province.

Thousands are applying for jobs in Israel, where building sites have been short of workers since the start of the Hamas conflict.

The Malaysian carbon exchange also plans to offer renewable energy certificates for trade on its platform and accept Gold Standard-certified carbon credits later this year in a bid to expand its product offerings.

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Given the escalating climate crisis, multilateral lenders must urgently adopt an approach to development aid that emphasises prevention. By incorporating structural vulnerabilities into their allocation formulas, the World Bank and others can strengthen poor countries' resilience and increase fairness, efficiency, and transparency. By Abdoul Salam Bello, Patrick Guillaumont and Arnaud Buissé

Mobilising new climate-finance flows requires identifying less gargantuan, but no less important, green projects that are attractive to a wide range of investors, both geographically and in terms of size. Digital platforms that offer these matchmaking services will be crucial to meeting our climate commitments. By Emma FitzGerald

Many more businesses will soon be obligated to disclose their climate-changing emissions, which could drive action to reduce them. By Janet Ranganathan

In today’s fragmented world, the Loss and Damage Fund could easily be derailed. But it is in our common interest to assist the most climate-vulnerable countries with recovery and reconstruction. By Monique Barbut and Robert Filipp

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EB Studio Asia's green transition pathways need to be socially inclusive given huge differences in economic development across the region, says experts at the Boston Consulting Group. State-owned enterprises have an "outsized" role to play, they add.

Rich nations need to shift investments into renewables instead, they say. The civic space for demonstrations at this year's climate summit, held in Egypt, is more restricted than the Scotland event last year.

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Do children ask the toughest questions? This World Oceans Day, we get renowned oceanographer Dr Sylvia Earle, founder of Mission Blue, to field questions from curious kids on the mysteries of the deep.

Exclusive In this exclusive interview to mark Earth Day, Eco-Business speaks to Dr Sylvia Earle, oceanographer and founder of Mission Blue, who draws the link between our climate crisis and the health of our oceans.

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The oil and gas sector needs to cut operational emissions faster, Charlotte Wolff-Bye tells the Eco-Business podcast. But slashing fuel output won’t do for the Asian supplier, and it welcomes respectful debate at the climate summit.

EB Studio Plant-based milks have grown in popularity in recent years, driven by a combination of health, environmental and practical concerns. Nutritionists on the Eco-Business podcast, produced in association with Kerry, weigh the pros and cons of non-dairy milk.

In a region where large hydro projects and expanding biofuel plantations coincide with an upcoming coal phaseout, a laissez-faire approach could worsen existing inequalities and mar the success of a clean energy buildout.

The populous coal-rich powerhouse has six months to tell investors how it plans to spend G7 money to decarbonise equitably. We ask experts about the risks, strategy, and opportunities.

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