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Kenzin Valley in Nepal’s Rasuwa District

Climate scientists say decades of glacier retreat, snow loss and permafrost thaw heightened Himalayan risks long before the catastrophe that struck Rasuwa District and communities downstream.

2 Sep 2026

In his third letter, COP31 president Murat Kurum unveils the Climate Implementation Bridge, an initiative to help countries translate national climate plans into concrete, …

The system uses AI to recommend emissions-reduction measures based on factors including a company's industry, equipment, energy consumption and reduction targets.

The artificial intelligence system draws on a database of more than 5,700 energy-saving and carbon-reduction measures as Taiwanese manufacturers face new carbon-pricing and disclosure …

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

8 Sep 2026 • Conference

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With most of its climate rules on the books, green procurement is a new frontier for China’s climate action, write two experts.

2 Sep 2026

The 26 August failure occurred in Nepal’s Langtang National Park near the border with China.

Scientists say warming is destabilising ice and mountain slopes, but the precise trigger remains under investigation.

Shandong province has led China in retiring small coal-fired power units. But the real test, cutting coal reliance while keeping heat and power supplies secure, lies ahead.

Oleh Han Qing

Oleh Hu Min, Li Xindi, Yang Li

Oleh Taejun Kang

Oleh Tom Baxter

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The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil and the China Sustainable Palm Oil Alliance have been advocating for greater supply chain traceability and encouraging Chinese buyers to deepen their support for certified growers on the ground, including in Southeast Asia.

24 Okt 2025 • Berita

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Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund said it will step up expectations for external asset managers to strengthen stewardship activities

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Southeast Asian countries are seeking to adopt some measure of autonomy in the AI technology competition between China and the US. The question is whether such efforts can be successful. Oleh Tran Nguyen dan Tobias Burgers

4 Sep 2026

The latest evidence suggests that the Chinese scientific establishment understands the dangers of a planned Himalayan dam – the world's largest – more clearly than its political leadership is willing to acknowledge. With the livelihoods of two billion people at stake, the international community needs to weigh in. Oleh Brahma Chellaney

Partnerships with China, not protectionism, will determine affordable, interoperable and equitable global decarbonisation and energy security. Oleh Peter Newman dan Ray Wills

Oleh Shouqing Zhu

Oleh Gerald Mako

Oleh Bertrand Badré dan Esther Crauser-Delbourg

Oleh Gernot Wagner dan Adam Michael Bauer

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For too long, traditional economic models have treated our environment as an external, infinite resource to be extracted and spread. This is an accounting error with catastrophic consequences.

In this second episode of Eco-Business’s Resilience podcast series, Singapore's Senior Minister of State Janil Puthucheary and youth sustainability advocate Man Jing Kong dives into what resilience means for the city-state with Jessica Cheam. Watch as they discuss everything from climate adaptation to mental health and building public trust as an AI-driven economy reshapes daily life.

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Going 100 per cent organic is not easy for smallholder farmers in the region. Is there a middle road to take where a gradual shift can be managed, while ensuring that the livelihoods of farmers are taken care of?

Women sift sand, hunting for tiny plastic pellets and other debris still washing ashore since the sinking of the X-Press Pearl, a vessel containing chemicals and plastics, in May 2021 off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Six months after the sinking of the Singapore-flagged X-Press Pearl off the coast of Colombo, local communities are trying to recover from one of the worst maritime disasters in history.

Trying to lead a more sustainable lifestyle is often fraught with controversy, contradiction and hypocrisy, and tackling big problems like climate change and social inequality can seem futile. But there are some things you can do to make a difference in the Year of the Tiger. Here are 22 of them...

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Recent outcry over deforestation in the city-state has started a conversation about where forests fit in the future of a metropolis that aims to be a ‘city in nature’.

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7 Mar 2018

The time for declarations is over. That is the message from UN Global Compact Network Singapore (UNGCNS) as it opens its 18th annual Summit today - bringing together more than …

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Asia-Pacific charts next phase of digital transformation as AI reshapes connectivity

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Measuring what matters: Practical sustainability reporting for SMEs

More than 60,000 ACCA members work in SMEs globally. During London Climate Action Week 2026, ACCA and UK Finance hosted a roundtable on the practical challenges SMEs face in collecting …