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The ex-chief investment officer for Asia at Morgan Stanley Investment Management will head up the new office tasked with deploying up to US$500 million from the Singapore government towards clean energy infrastructure in the region.

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A decline in development aid weakens the ability to de-risk projects, says Henry Alt-Haaker, managing director of the annual conference that convenes this week. He tells Eco-Business how blended finance, with a reformed structure, can help fill the gap, and discusses the Asia-focused initiatives the forum will launch this year.

The Latin American country seeks to balance its BRICS leadership with pragmatism and broader multilateral goals ahead of COP30.

Multilateral development banks can help derisk the costs of decarbonisation and interconnections, with tech companies like Google playing a key role as large offtakers of clean energy. But the Asean Centre of Energy needs the mandate of the region's leaders to develop feasibility studies and optimisation scenarios.

By Gabrielle See

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Tackling the intertwined crises of debt, climate change and biodiversity loss is essential to restoring growth and stability in developing economies. By Vera Songwe and Moritz Kraemer

There is scepticism around climate finance through private investments, and if private finance is to play a bigger role, policy reforms ahead of this year’s COP30 are needed. Alternatively, could the G20 or BRICS lead on climate finance? By Montek Singh Ahluwalia

With the globalisation engine no longer as powerful as it once was, economic growth alone is unlikely to eradicate poverty. One complementary approach is to bolster financial inclusion. By Wolfgang Fengler

Weakening the World Bank and other multilateral development banks that have a large United States presence could present an opportunity for a little-known, relatively new Chinese-led international organisation like the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. By Tamar Gutner

By Serge Ekué and Javier Díaz Fajardo

By Prapimphan Chiengkul

By Ambroise Fayolle

By Shantanu Srivastava

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EB Studio From sponge cities to coastal forests, Asia is seeking ways to work with nature and prepare for the risks in a warmer-than-expected future. This Eco-Business video looks at what else cities need to do to strengthen climate resilience.

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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas assistant governor tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the regulator’s maiden sustainability report that features an empirical study of climate impacts on banks as well as the nation’s first taxonomy.

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