Indonesia Berita
Karbon & Cuaca
Rekindling our sacred ties with the land is key to upholding environmental rights in Asean: Max Han Kai Ding
The Malaysian winner of the Sustainability Leadership Youth A-List says channeling hope and anger into meaningful action is how every Southeast Asian can help protect a region disproportionately affected by climate change.
Karbon & Cuaca
‘Expect further delay’: Southeast Asia’s carbon market plagued by political uncertainty, methodology setbacks
Weak demand, a delay in Verra's deforestation risk maps and Article 6 uncertainty has hurt project developers. The recent resignation of Malaysia’s environment minister is also expected to slow carbon-related regulation.
Chinese international cooperation mechanisms such as the Belt and Road Initiative could fill the gaps left by US withdrawal.
Governments are meeting in France to discuss how to protect oceans from harmful fishing practices, like bottom trawling.
Indonesia Pendapat
Local communities and traditional Islamic boarding schools are pushing back on renewable energy projects that prioritise technical and economic benefits over social and ecological considerations.
Karbon & Cuaca
An intelligent trade-off: AI as a double-edged sword in Southeast Asia’s climate battle
Although artificial intelligence (AI) offers positive benefits for Southeast Asia’s climate battle, the region should not look at its usage through rose-tinted glasses. Without careful consideration, such systems may inadvertently undermine and be counterintuitive to the very climate goals that they aim to achieve.
As Malaysia takes on the Asean Chairmanship in 2025, it has a unique opportunity to champion a bold, legally binding regional framework for environmental rights. Such a framework would protect the people most affected by environmental degradation and hold corporations accountable for transboundary climate harm.
Indonesia is among the 10 heaviest-hit countries by United States tariffs. Trade talks will mean balancing the US need for critical minerals and Indonesia's desire to develop its domestic processing industries.
Karbon & Cuaca
Transition offsets: no silver bullet for closing down coal
Polisi & Kewangan
Adaro’s coal spin-off highlights gaps in bank coal exit policies
Indonesia Video
While some companies greenhush, others are upfront about their inability to meet sustainability targets. Eco-Business asked experts at the Ecosperity conference if it pays for businesses to be "vulnerable" about sustainability progress.
Karbon & Cuaca
‘Recovery within five years’: Carbon players bullish on market revival despite geopolitical jitters
The convergence of the compliance and voluntary markets, demand for high-quality carbon credits and efforts to raise the bar on project credibility mean the conditions are right for a market rebound, observers said at the GenZero Climate Summit in Singapore.
Makanan & Pertanian
Pandemics and the exploitation of wildlife — what’s the connection?
The origin of Covid-19 is believed to be a market selling live wild animals. Eco-Business asked Anbarasi Boopal of Singapore-based animal welfare charity Acres about the link between the exploitation of animals and pandemics, and what can be done to curb the illegal wildlife trade.
Improving energy efficiency could meet a quarter of Southeast Asia’s emissions reduction targets. Here is how efficiency could drive Southeast Asia's energy transition.
Indonesia Audio
The chief executive of World Resources Institute also told the Eco-Business Podcast that the gutting of USAID is less of a concern than how to unlock private capital for climate and nature in developing countries.
Karbon & Cuaca
The challenges of the environment beat: A conversation with journalists in Southeast Asia
The Eco-Business Podcast speaks to reporters Nadiah Rosli, Adelia Dinda Sani, Gerald Flynn and Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez about funding limits, data access, and reporting against the odds in one of the world's most climate-vulnerable regions.
Trump 2.0 may prove to be a "bump in the road" for climate action, but banks and investors in Asia see growth and opportunity in the region for decarbonisation as climate risks grow.
Indonesian environmental campaigners took a novel approach to raising climate awareness by publishing five children's books about the country's environmental issues. This podcast explores their creative process and the public's response.
Indonesia Siaran Akhbar
Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS
Power without borders: Charting Asean's path to an interconnected energy future
Indonesia Penyelidikan
Fair Finance Asia (FFA)
Towards a gender-transformative energy transition in Asia
Eco-Business, supported by Boehringer Ingelheim
Moving towards a rabies-free Southeast Asia
Emancipate Indonesia
#SaveSmallHands: the tobacco industry reaps double benefits from children
Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society (CAPS)
Public-private partnerships for social good
