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Tom Beloe, UNDP's Sustainable Finance Hub Director keynote at CASI

Policy & Finance

Climate insurance could save small businesses. Why is it so hard to reach them?

SMEs form the backbone of Asia’s supply chains and labour force across Asia’s emerging markets, yet many struggle to access the finance and insurance needed to withstand climate shocks. Eco-Business speaks to UNDP’s Tom Beloe in Hong Kong, who explains what it will take to reach them.
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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.
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Carbon & Climate

Can a Chinese AI weather system help Pakistan manage the impacts of a changing climate?

MAZU offers faster forecasts and supports early warning systems. But its effectiveness depends on quality of data and disaster response capacity, experts say.
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Energy

Pakistan’s solar revolution leans on workers toiling in extreme heat

Nearly a fifth of all Pakistani households rely on solar energy, but the people installing and cleaning these panels have little to no protection.

All Pakistan News

16 July 2026

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Policy & Finance

Amid Hormuz instability, attention shifts to Pakistan’s Gwadar port

10 July 2026

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Energy

How fuel-importing countries in South Asia can survive the next global conflict

8 July 2026

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Cities

As Pakistan’s monsoon arrives, people with HIV worry

3 July 2026

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Cities

Q&A: Keeping Pakistan’s homes cool with simple solutions

30 June 2026

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Waste

The floating answer to the green steel challenge

23 June 2026

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Waste

Plastic food packaging is the biggest source of coastal litter, study finds

10 June 2026

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Cities

To green China’s overseas infrastructure, start with what it buys

11 May 2026

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Lifestyle

Extreme heat reshapes travel in Asia, nearly half of travellers changing plans: survey

30 April 2026

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Cities

Pakistan’s deadly heat puts pregnant women at risk, low-cost cooling offers relief

16 April 2026

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Cities

Pregnancy and heat in Pakistan: Researchers seek to fill dangerous knowledge gaps

15 April 2026

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Energy

Protesters march 700 kilometres to save sacred groves from solar development

14 April 2026

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Cities

‘My body feels like lead’: Heat is making pregnancy a nightmare in Karachi

8 April 2026

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Cities

Worsening air in Sri Lanka blamed on transboundary pollution

31 March 2026

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Energy

The Gulf conflict shows climate finance must evolve to withstand geopolitics

27 March 2026

Cities in Pakistan are the most vulnerable globally to rising temperatures and heat stress.

Carbon & Climate

Heat inequality: Climate driving mortality in poor nations, cutting deaths in rich regions

26 March 2026

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Food & Agriculture

War and climate stress push Afghan farmers to the brink

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