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Cities

Rise in mild Karachi earthquakes prompts calls for disaster preparedness

The city’s building codes need enforcing, and the groundwater extraction that destabilises buildings needs controlling, say experts.
Nam Cheong Park, Hong Kong

Cities

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

Cities in developing Asia will need US$1.7 trillion per year to respond to climate change, but investors in city-level sustainability projects want to see predictable returns and high-quality climate data.
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Cities

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

Ahead of COP30 climate summit, UN chief heat officer Eleni Myrivili urges radical rethink on how we design our cities.
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Waste

What’s behind China’s waste incineration overcapacity?

Chinese cities have more waste incinerators than they need, while rural areas go short. Change is needed.

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24 November 2025

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Cities

Strong governance and nature integration needed for cities to lead climate fight: Nik Nazmi

12 November 2025

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Carbon & Climate

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

30 October 2025

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Energy

Q&A: How ‘vehicle-to-grid’ technology could boost China’s electricity system

16 October 2025

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Cities

Indonesian island’s traditional residents face relocation for ‘sustainable’ project

15 October 2025

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Cities

Why heat warnings need to get more local

9 October 2025

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Cities

Trees are natural ACs for cities, if you plant the right ones

25 September 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Q&A: ‘Pakistan will have to adapt to floods as the new normal’

10 September 2025

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Cities

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

5 September 2025

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Water

Himalayan governments must put springs on the agenda

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Cities

Q&A: How China is adapting to ‘more frequent and intense’ heat extremes

3 September 2025

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Water

China’s journey from tackling water pollution to restoring ecosystems

2 September 2025

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Cities

Poor infrastructure planning in the Philippines worsens post-flood disease surge: experts

27 August 2025

VinFast opens first showroom in Oman

Policy & Finance

Opportunities in the Gulf: Can a strategic shift in capital from the Middle East to Asia help the region meet ESG funding gaps?

20 August 2025

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Policy & Finance

Malaysia vulnerable to land and resource exploitation in emerging joint ventures with Chinese and US conglomerates: anti-graft expert

12 August 2025

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Cities

Q&A: ‘We don’t need to have people die from heat’

6 August 2025

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Cities

Third of ‘slum residents’ in global south are exposed to ‘disastrous’ flood risks

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