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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.
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Green Buildings

Bangladesh broadens green building drive as climate pressures mount

Currently, Bangladesh has 35 certified green buildings and sustainable offices in various non-manufacturing sectors, and the concept is gaining more ground.
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Cities

2026 World Cup under heat threat as stadiums face unplayable future

Rising heat linked to climate change is expected to increase health risks for players, workers and spectators at many sporting venues by 2050.
The South Korean study is among the first attempts to quantify the long-term nature loss associated with major domestic companies using the TNFD’s LEAP methodology

Cities

South Korea’s top firms linked to nature loss equal to five times Seoul area, study finds

Analysis of 29 major Korea Exchange-listed companies using TNFD methodology found 327,837 hectares of natural area disappeared in and around domestic business sites from 1980 to 2020.

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2 July 2026

Much of Asia's infrastructure was built for a more predictable world, one that no longer exists

Green Buildings

How Asia must rethink the way it builds

9 April 2026

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Cities

Bangkok poised to become Southeast Asia’s hottest city by 2050, new study warns

25 February 2026

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Carbon & Climate

Every click has a cost: Singapore’s push to make digital use more sustainable

16 February 2026

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Green Buildings

Singapore can sharply cut construction emissions by reusing existing buildings, study finds

11 February 2026

In Climate UX's study of Singapore's websites, small-to-medium sized businesses had the greenest digital presence, as they were most likely to use cloud services by big providers that procure clean energy.

Energy

Singapore websites failing global climate metrics, study finds

4 February 2026

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Corporate Responsibility

CapitaLand Investment sustainability chief Vinamra Srivastava moves on after 10 years

16 January 2026

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Energy

High costs, higher risks: Can the Philippines power its data centre hub ambitions?

11 December 2025

Joel Jay Soriano, First Gen's head of strategy and planning, speaking at the Asian Clean Energy Summit

Energy

Decarbonisation in the Philippines is a 'balancing act': First Gen strategy head Joel Jay Soriano

8 December 2025

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Cities

Rise in mild Karachi earthquakes prompts calls for disaster preparedness

28 November 2025

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Cities

Governance, data gaps and unpredictable returns limiting climate adaptation investment in Asia's cities: experts

27 November 2025

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Cities

Q&A: Can UN 'Beat the Heat' with plan for scorching cities?

12 November 2025

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Green Buildings

Building sector's appetite for sustainability wanes amid cost and geopolitical concerns

10 September 2025

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Cities

‘Climate criminals’: Greenpeace Philippines warns US$19 billion in climate-tagged funds potentially lost to corruption

8 August 2025

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Carbon & Climate

David Fogarty leaves CBRE to head up UN Global Compact Network Singapore

23 July 2025

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Energy

AI reveals solar gap: Philippines’ largest cities use under 1% of rooftop solar potential

9 July 2025

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Cities

Fast-growing, Global South cities are ‘strikingly underrepresented’ in climate research

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