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Bandar-bandar

AI, bans and facial scans: Digital frontiers in 2026

Gen Z protests, internet shutdowns, surveillance and AI: looking into the digital landscape of 2026.
Loy Yang B coal-fired power station, a 1,200-megawatt plant that supplies 20 per cent of power to the state of Victoria. Sembcorp says the plant's "flexible and low-cost baseload electricity will be required to support the integration of renewables into the grid."

Tenaga

Singapore’s Sembcorp eyes $4.3bn acquisition of Australia’s Alinta Energy

The Singapore firm has said it would acquire the Chow Tai Fook Enterprises-owned coal, gas, wind and solar firm, but there are no plans to retire a 1,200-megawatt coal plant, arguing it needed to provide affordable and secure energy, even as Australia grows its renewables capacity.
Greenwashing listicle for 2025

CSR

20 brands called out for greenwashing in 2025

This year, ‘greenrinsing’ – shifting climate targets after luring investment – cast a shadow over corporate decarbonisation efforts, while fossil fuel firms leaned on carbon capture technologies to justify ongoing expansion and promoted natural gas as "clean".
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Karbon & Cuaca

Asia-Pacific faces ‘US$500 billion a year’ hit from rising seas if current policies continue

Coastal flooding could bring US$500 billion of annual damages to the Asia-Pacific by the year 2100, if countries do not adapt to rising sea levels.

All Australia News

1 December 2025

Indigenous Peoples at COP30 closing plenary

Karbon & Cuaca

COP30 secured a win for civil society – what can future hosts learn from Brazil's approach to people’s participation?

23 November 2025

COP30 closing plenary

Karbon & Cuaca

Global climate talks end with adaptation disagreements and no fossil fuel pledge

20 November 2025

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Polisi & Kewangan

Australia steps aside as Türkiye wins bid to host 2026’s UN climate meeting

18 November 2025

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Karbon & Cuaca

Analysis: Which countries have sent the most delegates to COP30?

7 November 2025

Solar panels on a commercial building in Penang, Malaysia.

Tenaga

Falling technology costs and rising corporate demand make clean energy financially viable for businesses in Asia Pacific

29 October 2025

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Karbon & Cuaca

UN report: Five charts showing how global deforestation is declining

21 October 2025

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Polisi & Kewangan

As COP30 approaches, US policy reversals are slowing global climate momentum

10 October 2025

Bhadla Solar Park in Rajasthan, India,

Tenaga

Asia Pacific’s clean energy capacity set to nearly double over next five years

25 September 2025

Scott Morrison_Impact Week

Polisi & Kewangan

Controversial Cook Islands seabed mining plan gets backing from former Australia PM Scott Morrison

24 September 2025

A smallholder oil palm farmer in Indonesia moves fresh fruit bunches.

Makanan & Pertanian

EU delays deforestation law again, as Indonesian palm oil sector pushes for smallholder exemptions

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Karbon & Cuaca

Analysis: IPCC’s seventh assessment has record-high representation from global south

8 September 2025

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Polisi & Kewangan

‘We need to arrive empowered’: Indigenous women demand a seat at the COP30 table

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Karbon & Cuaca

Explainer: Could making ocean clouds shinier cool the planet?

15 August 2025

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Karbon & Cuaca

Explainer: What is ‘climate anxiety’?

12 August 2025

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Row over health of Indian Ocean tuna

24 July 2025

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Makanan & Pertanian

Mapped: 16 times extreme weather drove higher food prices since 2022

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