Eco-Business Podcast

Cross-border clean energy projects are worth the pain: Sunseap co-founder Frank Phuan

In the second episode of a new podcast series that profiles Southeast Asia's clean energy pioneers, Eco-Business spoke with Frank Phuan, co-founder of Singapore solar pioneer Sunseap and now founder of Equator Renewables Asia, a new company focused on unlocking cross-border green power.

Jeffrey Sachs: China is unequivocally the world's climate power today. Asean's opportunity is next.

As a global powerhouse for clean technology and green finance, China can do more to help Southeast Asia lower its greenhouse gas emissions and transition to net zero, says Dr Jeffrey Sachs, economist, Columbia University professor and president of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). Tune in to this episode of the Eco-Business podcast as we discuss: - How the GBA can help finance Asean's energy transition - Asean's rise as a strategically important player - How China can improve its climate leadership - Why investing in climate action and data still matters

‘Regulation and measurement needed to fix methane emissions in Southeast Asia’: Experts on controlling potent climate agitant

Capping methane release in the oil and gas sector is one of the fastest – and cheapest – ways to tackle climate change. But measurement mandates are first needed to abate the dangerous climate agitant, Viknesh Andiappan and Shareen Yawanarajah tell the EB Podcast.

'I want others to own sustainability too – but letting go is hard': Golden Agri CSO Anita Neville

In this episode of On the frontlines, which profiles the changemakers on the hard edge of sustainable business, Anita Neville, chief sustainability and communications officer of palm oil company Golden Agri-Resources, talks about how the job of the chief sustainability officer is changing, and the growing influence of finance over the role in the context of the palm oil industry.

'We don't want to pit both adaptation and loss and damage funds against each other': Lidy Nacpil

At the close of COP30, nations agreed to triple adaptation finance by 2035, while the fund for loss and damage appeared to remain sidelined. A veteran attendee of the climate conference explains why.