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In tropical cities, urban heat islands (UHIs) exacerbate an already challenging hot-humid heat burden for residents. UHIs are formed by urban artificial surfaces like concrete and asphalt that retain heat by day and slowly release it at night, never giving cities a chance to cool.
Polisi & Kewangan
Q&A: AI governance must respect Indigenous peoples
Chadian environmental activist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim talks about Indigenous perspectives on AI.
The International Seabed Authority (ISA), the UN-associated organisation that oversees deep-sea mining activities in international waters, held a council meeting from 13 to 24 July in Kingston, Jamaica.
The country’s biggest corporate mangrove projects are yet to generate carbon credits. But they could lay the foundation for a blue carbon market, experts say.
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‘COP30 is not over’: Indigenous peoples press for hard power
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Is climate finance reaching local and Indigenous communities in Nepal?
30 Julai 2026
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China-led AI bloc could narrow digital divide, expand global influence
28 Julai 2026
Polisi & Kewangan
As new sources of climate finance grow, the poorest are neglected
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What London’s climate week revealed about UK-China green finance work
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Iran’s scientists face growing isolation amid war
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Women, young workers to be hardest hit by AI disruption in Asean: report
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Philippine anti-online disinformation bill feared to threaten freedom of speech, as calls grow for AI governance
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