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  AI’s societal risks make governance a business-wide challenge in Singapore

  As AI adoption grows, companies face mounting pressure to address the technology's trilemma of environmental footprint, workforce disruption …

  AI's societal risks make governance a business-wide challenge in Singapore
• News / Policy & Finance

  Indonesia carbon market needs stronger demand to protect biodiversity: experts

  Voluntary markets alone cannot compete with deforestation drivers, panellists say, as Indonesia seeks to scale carbon trading and …

  Indonesia carbon market needs stronger demand to protect biodiversity: experts
• News / Energy

  Asia’s reliance on air conditioning to beat the heat could backfire on climate adaptation: MSCI Institute

  As demand for air-conditioning increases across Asia Pacific countries, a new report warns that running coolers on fossil …

  Asia’s reliance on air conditioning to beat the heat could backfire on climate adaptation: MSCI Institute
• News / Energy

  Taiwan raises power demand forecast on AI, chip industry growth

  The government expects electricity consumption to rise 2.5 per cent annually through 2035 and plans nearly 26 GW …

  Taiwan raises power demand forecast on AI, chip industry growth
• News / Cities

  As India gets hotter, clothing adds a layer to caste inequality

  Wearing breathable textiles like cotton is becoming a form of heat adaptation, but for many Dalit families, they …

  As India gets hotter, clothing adds a layer to caste inequality
• News / Manufacturing

  EU deforestation rules push Thai rubber farmers to seek support

  Small-scale farmers who underpin Thailand’s lucrative natural rubber industry are under pressure to prepare for the EU Deforestation …

  EU deforestation rules push Thai rubber farmers to seek support