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  ‘Heat is no equaliser’: Women and households may be forced to bear cost of Super El Niño

  UN Women warns climate shocks can push more unpaid work and health risks onto households, while WHO says …

  ‘Heat is no equaliser’: Women and households may be forced to bear cost of Super El Niño
• News / Carbon & Climate

  Asia Pacific sees highest heat-related productivity losses at US$2.4 trillion: MSCI study

  Real estate firms operating mainly in the region account for most of the companies analysed by MSCI with …

  Asia Pacific sees highest heat-related productivity losses at US$2.4 trillion: MSCI study
• News / Water

  Nearly all global coral reefs face collapse within 50 years: IUCN

  Climate-driven heat stress is pushing coral reefs towards widespread ecological collapse – threatening marine biodiversity, coastal livelihoods and …

  Nearly all global coral reefs face collapse within 50 years: IUCN
• Opinion / Policy & Finance

  US tech leaders are urgently calling for rules on AI – China already has them

  China has built an extensive framework for regulating AI risks – challenging perceptions that global governance must begin …

  US tech leaders are urgently calling for rules on AI – China already has them
• News / Policy & Finance

  From haze law to the Asean power grid: what is at stake for the region this week

  Singapore will table changes to its haze law on Tuesday, as Malaysia weighs a law of its own …

  From haze law to the Asean power grid: what is at stake for the region this week
• News / Policy & Finance

  Nature funding falls for second year, putting global conservation bargain under strain at COP17

  Support for protected and conserved areas fell from more than US$1.2 billion in 2023 to US$1 billion in …

  Nature funding falls for second year, putting global conservation bargain under strain at COP17