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Carbon & Climate

Even ‘weak’ cyclones are being turned into deadly rainmakers by fast-warming oceans

Despite accurate forecasts, weak cyclones in South Asia triggered deadly floods – highlighting how warmer oceans are amplifying rainfall and reshaping cyclone risks in a warming climate.
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Cities

What happened to gender equality in 2025

Progress is fragile and 2026 must be the year of action and accountability on gender rights.
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Manufacturing

Can the fashion industry adapt to a warming world?

COP30 agreed to triple adaptation finance, but the fashion industry needs adaptation measures now.
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Policy & Finance

India’s climate diplomacy must account for domestic inequalities

Economic liberalisation in India has shifted the emissions burden from more equal and developed states to less equal ones. This needs to change.

All Opinion

16 December 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Three reasons why China wants global green leadership after COP30

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Food & Agriculture

India’s food waste is turning into an environmental time bomb

15 December 2025

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Policy & Finance

Trade wars destroy the planet

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Policy & Finance

This year’s climate talks saw real progress – just not on fossil fuels

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Transport

The need for gender-inclusive public transport policies

8 December 2025

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Manufacturing

The critical minerals race is putting the planet at risk

West Sumatra flood damage

Carbon & Climate

Sumatra’s flood crisis: How deforestation turned a cyclonic storm into a likely recurring tragedy

1 December 2025

Tengah, the site of the most secondary forest loss in Singapore's recent history.

Cities

Can Singapore’s secondary forests play a role in its climate adaptation plan?

Fossil fuel funeral

Carbon & Climate

A new opening for a fossil fuel phase out?

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Water

‘Forever chemicals’ contaminate more dolphins and whales than we thought – new research

Indigenous Peoples at COP30 closing plenary

Carbon & Climate

COP30: five reasons the UN climate conference failed to deliver on its ‘people’s summit’ promise

Hong Kong, Tai Kok Tsui

Policy & Finance

Global inequality is as urgent as climate change: the world needs a panel of experts to steer solutions

28 November 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Why the UN Environment Assembly is essential to a safer, more resilient planet

26 November 2025

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Carbon & Climate

The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality

24 November 2025

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Energy

Time for Vietnam to resolve its renewable energy legal quagmire

20 November 2025

Australia outback and road into the unknown

Carbon & Climate

Australia’s withdrawal from COP31: Strategic recalibration or retreat from climate leadership?

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