Eco-Business

But exceptions have been made for REDD+ projects from Papua New Guinea that adopt a jurisdictional approach to measure deforestation rates. The eligibility list will be reviewed annually.

The Dubai climate summit closed with a deal to transition away from fossil fuels for the first time, with world leaders applauding it as "historic". Many including small island states are still upset that the commitment stops short of a complete phase-out.

Fiji, Palau, and Samoa are the first countries to oppose deep-sea mining in international waters. Commercial-scale extraction of the seabed could go ahead as soon as next July, once regulations are finalised, a prospect that alarms environmentalists.

Frustrated with the pace of global action to fight climate change, more at-risk nations could follow the Pacific island nation’s lead by turning to the courts.

By Robin Hicks

By Gillian Parker and Liang Lei

By Gillian Parker

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During the pandemic, 11 of 16 Small Island Developing States got a downgrade or negative credit outlook from at least one of the big three credit rating agencies, threatening both economic development and climate adaptation efforts. By Emily Wilkinson and Kanni Wignaraja

COP28 will include the conference's first dedicated 'Health Day', offering due recognition that a health crisis is inextricably linked to the climate crisis. By Angie Bone, Karin Leder, Tin Tin Su and Tony Capon

Founder and managing director Jessica Cheam investigates the relationship between business and our natural world, and shares about the genesis of Eco-Business in this book chapter contribution to 'Peace and Nature', a book compilation of 50 essays and edited by Professor Tommy Koh, Lye Lin Heng and Shawn Lum launched in Singapore recently. By Jessica Cheam

The international community has recognised the special circumstances facing small island developing states, but has done little more to help. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the global financial system, where SIDS often must fend for themselves – small fish at the mercy of predatory sharks. By Wavel Ramkalawan, Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa and Ralph Gonsalves

By Allan Rarai and Meg Parsons

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By Gayathry Venkiteswaran

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