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A pitiful 8 per cent of Asia-Pacific companies have established their plans toward a net-zero emission target, showing much apathy in corporate boardrooms on climate-change risks.

Iran is one of just four countries that have not ratified the Paris agreement, though recently said it would if sanctions are lifted. But Iran’s failure to address climate change is largely ideological, not just economic, writes Kourosh Ziabari.

India not only has the potential to become a net-zero carbon emission country by 2070 but can also support others in achieving their climate change goals, said Rachel Kyte.

With commitments made at the Cop26, more commonly referred to as COP26, Vietnam must become a green factory, a green production center of the world.

The fate of the climate may depend on whether countries think the world is playing stag hunt or a prisoners' dilemma.

The latest draft National Power Development Plan for the 2021 - 2030 period, with a vision to 2045 (PDP VIII) has made drastic reduction of CO2 emissions with no new coal-fired power plants to be built in the planning period, and with the switch from coal and natural gas to biomass, ammonia, and hydrogen, according to Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Dang Hoang An.

Effective sustainable measures are needed to reverse and limit the effect of climate change on the world

Short-term solutions to the supply crunch caused by the Russian invasion risk undermining green ambitions.

Duke of Cambridge tells Cate Blanchett’s climate podcast that ‘women-led solutions’ and those from the ‘indigenous community’ are crucial

Vietnam has the opportunity to develop a pathway for inclusive, green growth that others can learn from, United Nations Development Programme Resident Representative Caitlin Wiesen has said.