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As China launches the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organisation (WAICO) to support AI training in developing countries, academics offer contrasting views on how it could extend Beijing’s global influence, much like the Belt and Road, while warning how it may intensify rivalry with the US-led Pax Silica initiative.

30 Jul 2026

Edward Vrkić, United Nations Development Programme chief for Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam, warned that failing to invest in adaptation could be far costlier, …

In his fifth state of the nation address, Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos, Jr elevated AI-driven Pax Silica project, fresh Malampaya gas discovery and renewed …

Charting the course: Powering Asia’s energy transition through maritime decarbonisation

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Changing Course - Climate Adaptation Hub

Singapore’s National Adaptation Conversation, a new platform for stakeholder input, will help shape the country’s first climate adaptation plan due in 2027.

30 Jul 2026

A Thai member of parliament has called for the formation of a new committee to scrutinise the development of new data centres.

Bangladesh’s shipbreaking industry faces a pivotal treaty dispute. The country’s interim government last year decided that both Basel Convention and the Hong Kong Convention (HKC) will apply simultaneously to the local shipbreaking operations.

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Much of Asia's infrastructure was built for a more predictable world, one that no longer exists

Floods, blackouts and overstretched transport systems are exposing a deeper challenge. Across Asia, governments and investors are beginning to write a new playbook, one that moves beyond incremental fixes towards structural transformation.

2 Jul 2026 • News

University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership postgraduate students during a workshop exercise. Source: CISL

For the first time, a great power has moved to price transboundary climate-driven harms–massive wildfires–and extract compensation unilaterally. What was previously a development, insurance, or emissions-accounting issue is now a security and trade dispute between two G7 economies, setting a precedent that others may try to follow. By Vera Songwe

30 Jul 2026

Consumption demand, which has long powered America’s formidable economy, rests on the promise of cheap energy. But the Trump administration has conflated that with fossil fuels, confusing historic correlation with causation and, in the process, jeopardizing long-term prosperity. By Daniel Driscoll

OECD rules won’t save Asian revenues or fund climate resilience. The upcoming UN Tax Convention negotiations offer our best chance to rebuild a broken system. By Lidy Nacpil

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Luanne Sieh has been group chief sustainability officer at CIMB Bank for the last eight and a half years

The Malaysia-headquartered bank's sustainability chief tells the EB Podcast about the discipline's mandate to prove value, wrestling with NGOs, and greenwashing in finance.

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Mah Meri villagers look towards Port Klang as they travel to their shrine off the coast of Carey Island on Hari Moyang, meaning Ancestors' Day. Image: Samantha Ho

Carey Island, home to Malaysia's Indigenous Mah Meri community, is being primed for the expansion of Port Klang, one of the world's busiest container terminals. But the Mah Meri, who depend on the island's dwindling mangroves to produce their UNESCO-recognised wood carvings, are urging the government to recognise the importance of the land to their culture and heritage.

Floods, blackouts and overstretched transport systems are exposing a deeper challenge. Across Asia, governments and investors are beginning to write a new playbook, one that moves beyond incremental fixes towards structural transformation.

As the world marks International Day of the Tropics, the Philippines has pledged to conserve 24 per cent of its land by 2040, but a severe shortage of forest rangers and chronic funding gaps threaten to keep the target out of reach.

The Philippines has lined up tens of gigawatts of offshore wind projects on in service contracts, is preparing to auction 3,300 megawatts more, and already has 178 megawatts in early development – strong signs of growing interest. How much of this will actually get built, however, is uncertain amid social implications, high costs, geopolitical tensions, and the unclear role of Chinese players.

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Women and girls are at higher risk from rising temperatures than men and boys – not just because of differences in biology, but because of socio-economic pressures and cultural norms.

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This report captures key insights from a high-level roundtable convened by Eco-Business in partnership with global non-profit Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) on the sidelines of Singapore Maritime Week 2026. Bringing …