https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/Asia Pacific opinion from Eco-Business for the cleantech and green business community.enCopyright (c) 2021, Eco-BusinessFri, 09 Feb 2024 03:53:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/a-call-to-financial-institutions-work-with-palm-oil-stakeholders-to-scale-climate-action/Mutual benefits are assured when the financial sector collaborates with palm oil stakeholders. FIs can help smallholders secure credit, while getting access to data and insights required to make sound and profitable investment decisions.Fri, 09 Feb 2024 03:53:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/a-call-to-financial-institutions-work-with-palm-oil-stakeholders-to-scale-climate-action/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/official-development-assistance-must-recognise-countries-vulnerabilities/Given the escalating climate crisis, multilateral lenders, such as The World Bank, must urgently adopt an approach to development aid that emphasises prevention.Wed, 07 Feb 2024 07:19:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/official-development-assistance-must-recognise-countries-vulnerabilities/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/concerns-about-the-us-lng-pause-in-asia-are-overblown/The United States' decision to pause permits for new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities does not threaten Asia’s energy security or decarbonisation goals.Tue, 06 Feb 2024 01:24:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/concerns-about-the-us-lng-pause-in-asia-are-overblown/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/matchmakers-for-the-green-transition/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.Mon, 05 Feb 2024 02:07:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/matchmakers-for-the-green-transition/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/climate-disclosure-rules-are-expanding-companies-need-to-keep-up/Many more businesses will soon be obligated to disclose their climate-changing emissions, which could drive action to reduce them.Fri, 02 Feb 2024 03:30:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/climate-disclosure-rules-are-expanding-companies-need-to-keep-up/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/realising-the-potential-of-the-climate-loss-and-damage-fund/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.Fri, 02 Feb 2024 03:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/realising-the-potential-of-the-climate-loss-and-damage-fund/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/cop28-outcome-makes-green-skills-business-critical/Workers worldwide will need the expertise and resources to drive the fossil fuel-free agenda forward.Fri, 02 Feb 2024 02:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/cop28-outcome-makes-green-skills-business-critical/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/how-the-australian-open-is-acing-its-heat-policy/Cutting-edge research and practical decision-making is helping the Australian Open make a call when the weather gets too hot to handle.Tue, 30 Jan 2024 05:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/how-the-australian-open-is-acing-its-heat-policy/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/women-bear-the-brunt-of-asias-climate-failures/What does the future hold for the millions of women left to work in Asia's agriculture sector battling a climate in collapse?Mon, 29 Jan 2024 09:00:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/women-bear-the-brunt-of-asias-climate-failures/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/rich-countries-must-compensate-the-global-south-for-biodiversity-loss/Wealthy nations’ overconsumption is destroying nature, but is often not accounted for by ‘loss and damage’.Mon, 29 Jan 2024 04:30:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/rich-countries-must-compensate-the-global-south-for-biodiversity-loss/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/out-of-step-why-sneakers-and-sportswear-still-lag-on-sustainability/Sportswear, athleisure and sneakers are big business. But they depend on fossil fuel-based materials, and recycling them is particularly tricky.Mon, 29 Jan 2024 02:30:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/out-of-step-why-sneakers-and-sportswear-still-lag-on-sustainability/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/developing-countries-need-debt-relief-to-act-on-climate-change/Climate change is not some distant menace; its effects are already being felt worldwide, especially in climate-vulnerable developing economies.Mon, 29 Jan 2024 01:29:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/developing-countries-need-debt-relief-to-act-on-climate-change/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/how-sea-ice-blew-the-socks-off-scientists/Not all Antarctic sea ice is the same. And the finer details are what scientists need to know more about to understand its impact on the climate system.Wed, 24 Jan 2024 04:53:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/how-sea-ice-blew-the-socks-off-scientists/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/1-billion-people-left-dangerously-exposed-to-heat-stress-by-gaps-in-climate-monitoring/Most informal settlements, commonly known as "slums", are located in tropical Asia and Africa, where residents have limited data and options to adapt to growing heat-related health risks.Tue, 23 Jan 2024 09:12:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/1-billion-people-left-dangerously-exposed-to-heat-stress-by-gaps-in-climate-monitoring/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/as-elections-loom-jokowi-leaves-a-troubled-legacy-for-indonesias-energy-transition/The Just Energy Transition Partnership is not the triumph Jokowi says it is. It is a debt trap. The new president should turn their back on a bad energy transition legacy and adopt a bolder path towards net-zero that leaves no one behind.Wed, 17 Jan 2024 09:01:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/as-elections-loom-jokowi-leaves-a-troubled-legacy-for-indonesias-energy-transition/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/this-election-year-lets-talk-climate/With over 2 billion people set to vote, 2024 will be a critical year for climate action. News outlets need to step up to help the electorate understand what is at stake.Wed, 17 Jan 2024 02:07:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/this-election-year-lets-talk-climate/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/sustainability-concerns-loom-over-indonesias-data-centre-boom/Indonesia's soaring post-pandemic digital economy is being powered mainly by coal. The archipelago needs to find ways to decouple rapid data centre growth from carbon emissions.Tue, 16 Jan 2024 01:25:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/sustainability-concerns-loom-over-indonesias-data-centre-boom/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/harmonising-global-green-taxonomies-cannot-come-soon-enough/Just as shared rules enabled the development of the world's most popular sport, football, a single set of sustainable finance guidelines would accelerate progress in the fight against climate change.Mon, 15 Jan 2024 06:19:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/harmonising-global-green-taxonomies-cannot-come-soon-enough/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/time-for-mdbs-to-stop-using-technical-assistance-to-support-fossil-fuels/Supporting natural gas projects hinders the deployment of clean and renewable energy solutions for developing countries. Instead, nations should receive help in phasing out fossil fuels in line with their climate targets.Mon, 15 Jan 2024 03:45:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/time-for-mdbs-to-stop-using-technical-assistance-to-support-fossil-fuels/https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/sri-lankas-debt-restructuring-is-hurting-older-women/The gender pension gap is particularly acute in the developing world. Sri Lanka’s experience illustrates how the mounting sovereign-debt crisis in developing countries could push even more older women into poverty.Fri, 12 Jan 2024 03:15:00 +0000https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/sri-lankas-debt-restructuring-is-hurting-older-women/