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Higher electricity tariffs add to household cost pressures as the regional power exporter seeks to shore up its state utility.
News / Policy & Finance
Bangladesh’s most climate-vulnerable areas struggle to access bank credit
The flow of bank credit to climate-vulnerable regions remains low, with lending heavily concentrated in major commercial areas, including Dhaka.
Opinion / Cities
Cities across the world are sinking because of groundwater depletion. But the process can be reversed
Replenishing depleted groundwater could slow or even reverse land subsidence in coastal cities – but fault lines can determine where and how quickly the ground rises.
News / Policy & Finance
Nature funding falls for second year, putting global conservation bargain under strain at COP17
Support for protected and conserved areas fell from more than US$1.2 billion in 2023 to US$1 billion in 2025, as governments conclude COP17 in Yerevan to advance the goal of protecting 30 per cent of land and waters by 2030.
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29 October 2026
Opinion / Policy & Finance
Nobel Peace for a fragmented world
Opinion / Policy & Finance
US tech leaders are urgently calling for rules on AI – China already has them
Opinion / Carbon & Climate
How can the same El Niño cause drought in one part of the world and floods in another?
28 October 2026
Opinion / Policy & Finance
How trade deals can save nature
Opinion / Policy & Finance
Rethinking sustainable livelihoods from the ground up
News / Carbon & Climate
Asia Pacific sees highest heat-related productivity losses at US$2.4 trillion: MSCI study
27 October 2026
News / Food & Agriculture
Taiwan’s tea growers rethink farming as climate pressures intensify
Opinion / Cities
Cities are sinking but citywide averages hide the real problem
News / Policy & Finance
China to lower VAT rebate for new energy vehicle exports
26 October 2026
Opinion / Carbon & Climate
Who will pay to preserve tropical forests?
Opinion / Water
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