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Carbon & Climate
The part Chinese AI could play in predicting extreme weather
AI forecasting is quick and cheap, but errors can’t be tracked and explained, and more data and testing are needed.
Policy & Finance
Can the Global South align the world’s carbon markets?
Brazil will chair a new body in an ambitious effort to align the world’s fragmented carbon markets – despite its own not launching until 2030.
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Food & Agriculture
From Hormuz to rice fields: how Middle East conflict could worsen Philippines’ next El Niño food shock
As the Philippines braces for lower rice yields from El Niño, farm experts warn that Middle East disruption could make 2027’s harvest more vulnerable by raising fertiliser costs just as tighter water supplies constrain planting.
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Manufacturing
Has the Iran war been a setback for greener steelmaking?
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Transport
Fishers struggle as Gwadar port grows
28 July 2026
Policy & Finance
As new sources of climate finance grow, the poorest are neglected
16 July 2026
Policy & Finance
Amid Hormuz instability, attention shifts to Pakistan’s Gwadar port
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Policy & Finance
Iran’s scientists face growing isolation amid war
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