https://www.scmp.com/rss/324639/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has just finalised an ambitious new framework, setting out how it will face the challenge of climate change up to 2030. What the ADB does matters. It is the regional development bank for Asia and the Pacific, with operations of over US$30 billion last year, and it recognises the huge threat climate change poses to this vast region. Most of Asia’s economic centres are located on coastlines, and the Asia-Pacific has the largest number of climate-vulnerable people... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2109956/what-banks-do-tackle-climate-change-matters-asia-pacific?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2109956/what-banks-do-tackle-climate-change-matters-asia-pacific?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Sep 2017 07:07:38 +0000 Much has been said about how Beijing and the European Union will now take over America’s mantle and lead the world on climate change. The world’s newest development bank – the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank – held its annual meeting in South Korea last week and approved its new energy-sector strategy. The investments funded by this new bank will turn all the fine words into action and set the way forward for the EU and China on the all-important issue of climate change. AIIB’s... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2099175/aiib-right-shun-coal-cleaner-energy-investments?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2099175/aiib-right-shun-coal-cleaner-energy-investments?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Jun 2017 08:56:36 +0000