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Carbon & Climate

Three reasons why China wants global green leadership after COP30

China wants to lead the climate agenda on its own terms – exporting clean tech and influence, while sidestepping tougher cuts and accountability.
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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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Water

AI wants our water

While much of the AI debate focuses on its economic potential, its expanding physical footprint tells a different story. The machines driving this revolution depend on a resource far older – and far more contested – than data or electricity.
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Carbon & Climate

Is China’s energy system ready for the AI boom?

China’s data centres are expanding rapidly to meet surging AI demand – raising urgent questions about energy use, climate targets and the shift to renewables.

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9 September 2025

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Energy

Beyond green data centres: Leaner, smarter AI for Southeast Asia’s sustainable digital future

22 July 2025

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Policy & Finance

Financing for development must account for women

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Policy & Finance

India’s digital divide and the consequent welfare bias

3 July 2025

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Manufacturing

The delicate art of natural resource diplomacy

26 May 2025

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Carbon & Climate

An intelligent trade-off: AI as a double-edged sword in Southeast Asia’s climate battle

25 March 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Sustainability in an unstable world

27 February 2025

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Carbon & Climate

DeepSeek’s AI disruption: Implications for global climate policy

10 July 2024

Google fourth data centre in Singapore

Carbon & Climate

Power-hungry AI is driving a surge in tech giant carbon emissions. Nobody knows what to do about it

1 July 2024

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Cities

Walking our way towards more sustainable cities

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Food & Agriculture

AI can transform global food security and climate action

17 April 2024

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Carbon & Climate

How education and social media regulation can combat science denial

27 March 2024

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Cities

How can AI and 3D printing address global housing challenges?

21 March 2024

Drones for monitoring rice crops

Food & Agriculture

Making AI work for food security in Asean

29 August 2023

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Policy & Finance

Rosy unemployment rates mask a grim reality

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