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Cities

AI, bans and facial scans: Digital frontiers in 2026

Gen Z protests, internet shutdowns, surveillance and AI: looking into the digital landscape of 2026.
Nickel mining_fisherfolk

Corporate Responsibility

Philippines under pressure to improve the rights of nickel miners amid global talks on critical minerals

Opaque labour practices are blamed for alleged abuses of nickel mining workers’ rights, according to a recent study, but will the inclusion of language on labour rights at the world’s biggest climate talks be the fundamental step to ease their plight?
UOB Thailand

Policy & Finance

Resilient and ready: Thai businesses don’t see climate action as a burden but a ‘competitive edge’

EB Studio A new Climate Change Act expected to introduce mandatory emissions reporting and reshape the nation’s business landscape will further accelerate Thai companies’ push to decarbonise and stay globally competitive, says UOB Thailand sustainability chief Chow Wong Yuen.
A view of Tokyo street

Transport

Japan debates scrapping car environmental tax, pitting industry pressures against climate aims

Opposition seeks to abolish purchase-time levy, while critics say weaker incentives could slow shift to cleaner cars.

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12 November 2025

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Carbon & Climate

‘Tired of losing’: Twin typhoons expose deep wounds of corruption, climate injustice in the Philippines

3 November 2025

COP30_Amazon_Forest_Exploitation

Policy & Finance

Global asset or frontier for extraction? COP30 is a reckoning for the Amazon

2 November 2025

Boatman_Marine_Resources_Pakistan

Water

Can Pakistan reverse its dismal record on ocean protection?

24 October 2025

Shell lawsut Typhoon Rai

Carbon & Climate

Philippines typhoon victims to sue Shell for climate harms

23 October 2025

AI_Data_Center_Workers_Rights_Union

Policy & Finance

Q&A: Give workers a say in AI rollout, says union head

19 September 2025

Chris DeArmitt speaking at ReThink

Waste

Lobby group rep raises alarm at HK event with 'denialist' claim that plastics don't harm humans or marine ecosystems

18 September 2025

Matigsalug_Dancers_Indigenous_Peopls

Policy & Finance

Indigenous land rights can’t stop commercial development in the Philippines

3 September 2025

Urban_River_Restoration_Chongqing_China

Water

China’s journey from tackling water pollution to restoring ecosystems

22 August 2025

Fisheries_Law_Fisherfolk_China

Water

How does China’s draft Fisheries Law balance conservation with livelihoods?

6 August 2025

Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit_Christina Ng and Winston Chow

Policy & Finance

‘Pricing for delay’: Think tank head says Asia’s financial markets are diverging from science-aligned climate action

31 July 2025

Palawan_UNEP_Coastal

Policy & Finance

Philippines' 'last ecological frontier' battles demand for nickel

25 July 2025

ICJ President Judge Yuji Iwasawa

Policy & Finance

World’s highest court says countries are obliged to regulate fossil fuel emissions

23 July 2025

Rooftop_Solar_Mapping_AI _Philippines

Energy

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

Tannery_India_Water_Pollution

Water

How India’s leather industry is polluting a major river basin

22 July 2025

ICJ hearings December 2024

Policy & Finance

Top court’s climate change opinion expected to hold corporate polluters to account

12 July 2025

UNDP Achim Steiner

Policy & Finance

‘Saying development doesn’t work is a ridiculous claim’: Achim Steiner

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