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Cities

How Singapore can help shape Asia’s next generation of infrastructure

As the region’s infrastructure needs grow more complex, the city-state’s financing, engineering and technology capabilities could help deliver more integrated and resilient systems.
Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan called for a UN convention on AI safeguards, saying geopolitical and commercial rivalry make halting development unrealistic and common safety standards and human oversight essential

Policy & Finance

Singapore urges UN convention on AI safeguards as global risks mount

Proposal calls for common safety rules and human oversight, as research highlights security threats and potential disruption to jobs.
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Lifestyle

Singapore’s sustainability challenge is no longer awareness, but action

EB Studio Moving Singaporeans from sustainability awareness to action will require more than information, says Singlife’s Head of Sustainability, Chia Ko Wen, who highlights the need to make sustainable choices easier, more affordable and more relevant to people’s everyday lives.
Water is becoming a factor that can shape where companies invest, how much they can produce and how resilient their supply chains will be

Water

Southeast Asia’s growth is getting thirstier – and businesses are taking notice

EB Studio As industrialisation, digital infrastructure and climate pressures reshape demand, companies are being pushed to look beyond how much water they consume and ask whether the wider systems they depend on can sustain long-term growth.

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22 September 2026

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Energy

China is using AI to improve renewable efficiency. What can Southeast Asia learn?

21 September 2026

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Cities

Indonesia’s wildfire haze blankets Southeast Asia

18 September 2026

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Policy & Finance

Climate adaptation and resilience need its own investment language: MAS

17 September 2026

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Policy & Finance

Asean Power Grid faces licensing hurdle as Singapore pursues clean power imports

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Cities

Beyond extreme heat: Understanding Asia's climate-health future

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Energy

Southeast Asia becomes top Asian market for Chinese clean technology

16 September 2026

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Waste

EU scrap rules threaten aluminium supply to Southeast Asian recyclers

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Carbon & Climate

Al Gore: Southeast Asia should put its own interests ahead of US-China rivalry

15 September 2026

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Energy

Asean Power Grid: Singapore, Thailand launch two-year push to clear hurdles by 2028

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Carbon & Climate

‘We need solutions’: Southeast Asia’s climate risks sharpen case for ocean investment

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Energy

Malaysia’s power grid strains under data centre boom and renewables growth

11 September 2026

Banks headquartered in eight Asia-Pacific markets facilitated just US$0.83 of low-carbon energy financing for every US$1 directed towards fossil fuels in 2024

Policy & Finance

Thailand’s US$6 billion solar push tests Asean’s green finance ambitions

9 September 2026

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Energy

Data centres and prolonged heat are pushing Malaysia’s power demand higher

27 August 2026

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Policy & Finance

Philippines should rethink data centre ambitions amid energy, geopolitical risks: biz leaders

26 August 2026

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Carbon & Climate

Asia needs to rethink healthcare as climate risks intensify

25 August 2026

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Policy & Finance

Asean corporates turn to sustainable finance as 67% plan green or sustainability-linked debt, report finds

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