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Transport

The need for gender-inclusive public transport policies

Women make up more than half of public transport users in Malaysia's capital city Kuala Lumpur, but urban transport systems must be designed to ensure their time, safety and well-being are accounted for.
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Policy & Finance

Responsible investment’s AI trilemma – emissions, job losses and inequality

Investors who fail to assess and mitigate the potential harms of adopting Artificial Intelligence cannot credibly call themselves "responsible".
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Carbon & Climate

How climate became China’s strategy for survival and security

China’s climate pivot has been shaped by its survival strategy, and this is now quickly redefining its resilience in the 21st century. Whether that power endures will depend on Asean – arguably China’s closest testbed for clean energy development. The recent Asean Summit and Apec meetings suggest China’s successes in climate and development will see a far larger reach beyond its shores.
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Cities

Rights on demand: Asia’s gig economy gets a legal upgrade

The initiatives in Singapore and Malaysia to protect gig workers could act as a model for emerging economies to regulate platform labour.

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30 September 2025

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Transport

Filling the gap in liability, compensation for alternative fuel spills from ships

31 August 2025

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Energy

India's climate finance gap is smaller than it seems

19 August 2025

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Policy & Finance

Asian companies take note: Trump is still focused on human rights abuses in your US supply chain

30 July 2025

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Policy & Finance

A new trade agenda for climate-resilient development

16 June 2025

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Cities

Pulling Hanoi from the pollution precipice

19 May 2025

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Policy & Finance

Carbon pricing is advancing despite Trump

8 April 2025

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Transport

Autonomous driving and Southeast Asia: Will it hit the road?

27 March 2025

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Transport

The biofuel sham could worsen global hunger and inequality

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Energy

India’s energy transition needs focus on inclusion, accessibility

24 March 2025

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Transport

Can the shipping industry decarbonise?

6 March 2025

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Transport

Will Proton's electric vehicle spur new local supply chains – and displace the old?

5 March 2025

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Cities

India needs to redefine 'urban'

13 February 2025

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Energy

How Trump’s pursuit of cheap oil will impact India’s energy security

10 February 2025

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Food & Agriculture

How China’s appetite for salmon could reshape global seafood markets

20 January 2025

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Cities

The climate policy pendulum

17 January 2025

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Cities

Philippines’ car-centric society: Time to switch lanes

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