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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.
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?

Singapore is facing diminishing forest cover from competing lands uses – but vulnerable secondary forests could play a key role in helping the city-state adapt to intensifying heat stress and flooding.
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Policy & Finance

Indigenous women leaders at COP30: Listen to us as equals

Major activists from Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, Chad and Indonesia demand a larger role at the UN summit in Belém, Brazil.
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Food & Agriculture

India’s farm policies behind bad air, unhealthy diet, water crisis

Law and policy measures that prioritise sustainable agriculture are needed to address India’s environmental challenges.

All Water Opinion

12 November 2025

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Policy & Finance

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

11 November 2025

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Cities

What really kills people in tropical cyclones

10 November 2025

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Water

AI wants our water

6 October 2025

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Water

A landmark treaty could protect the high seas – and spark new conflicts

1 October 2025

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Policy & Finance

Beyond resumption of China-India dialogue, unresolved issues persist

30 September 2025

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Transport

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

26 September 2025

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Water

The Ganges River is drying faster than ever – here’s what it means for the region and the world

23 September 2025

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Waste

What will it take to break the global plastic treaty deadlock?

3 September 2025

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Waste

How India helped scuttle the global plastics treaty

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Carbon & Climate

What will happen to the legal status of ‘sinking’ nations when their land is gone?

25 July 2025

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Policy & Finance

Nature risk is financial risk

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Cities

Bulldozing Bali's Bingin Beach misses the real threat of overdevelopment

24 July 2025

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Policy & Finance

Rethinking ocean finance

20 June 2025

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Waste

How birds are taking a hit from microplastics contamination

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Carbon & Climate

In defence of science: Let’s tell the truth on climate and health

18 June 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Finishing what the world started at the UN Ocean Conference

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