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Policy & Finance

Q&A: COP30 Europe envoy on green backlash and taxing tech

As COP30 approaches, special envoy to Europe Laurence Tubiana discusses keeping climate ambition alive in the face of a backlash.
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Carbon & Climate

ChatGPT tool launches to cut AI emissions with shorter responses

PromptZero claims to be able to trim AI-generated text to lower emissions, as experts explore how artificial intelligence can both contribute to and help manage environmental risks.
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Policy & Finance

Odd jobs, digital cards help Rohingya refugees navigate aid cut

Seven years after fleeing conflict in Myanmar, displaced Rohingya struggle with aid squeeze in world's biggest refugee camp.
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Policy & Finance

Migrants in UAE turn to crypto to send remittances home

Foreign workers say blockchain services offer a better way to send money home - but are they leaving themselves vulnerable to losses?

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16 March 2023

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Policy & Finance

AI boom is dream and nightmare for workers in Global South

5 January 2023

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Policy & Finance

Brazil targets Amazon rainforest NFTs in win for indigenous people

7 December 2022

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Policy & Finance

Bitcoin mining's carbon footprint swelled 126 times in just five years: study

2 November 2022

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Cities

Cyber criminals hold Asian tech workers captive in scam factories

26 September 2022

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Policy & Finance

Cost of crypto: report says US bitcoin as dirty as 6 million cars

20 September 2022

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Energy

Solar bitcoin mine plan divides villagers in El Salvador

30 July 2022

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Cities

Brazilian prosecutors probe company over Amazon forest NFT sale

14 February 2022

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Carbon & Climate

Malaysian officials dampen plans for giant, secret carbon deal in Sabah

5 August 2021

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Cities

Address risky human activities now or face new pandemics, experts warn

1 July 2021

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Policy & Finance

China's bitcoin crackdown sparks fears of dirtier cryptomining

18 June 2021

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Policy & Finance

Dirty money: What is the environmental cost of bitcoin?

5 February 2021

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Policy & Finance

Singapore renewable energy finance firm Positive Energy scales back as Covid stymies investment

7 December 2020

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Carbon & Climate

What will 2021 bring in the world of conservation?

23 April 2019

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Food & Agriculture

How e-commerce is improving rural livelihoods and food safety in China

21 February 2019

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Policy & Finance

The coffee farmers betting on blockchain to boost business

7 December 2018

The NUS prototype

Carbon & Climate

7 cool sustainability innovations from Asia in 2018

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