Opinion / #digitalisation
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.
Energy
Beyond green data centres: Leaner, smarter AI for Southeast Asia’s sustainable digital future
Booming growth in data centres is escalating electricity demand and risks undermining the region’s energy transition goals.
Policy & Finance
India’s digital divide and the consequent welfare bias
Digitalisation of government services is creating inequalities in the delivery of schemes to the marginalised.
Carbon & Climate
An intelligent trade-off: AI as a double-edged sword in Southeast Asia’s climate battle
Although artificial intelligence (AI) offers positive benefits for Southeast Asia’s climate battle, the region should not look at its usage through rose-tinted glasses. Without careful consideration, such systems may inadvertently undermine and be counterintuitive to the very climate goals that they aim to achieve.
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7 January 2025
Food & Agriculture
Synergising digital tech and climate tech to enhance Asean climate action
20 August 2024
Food & Agriculture
Small farms the key to Malaysia's palm oil sustainability
26 June 2024
5 February 2024
Policy & Finance
Matchmakers for the green transition
6 July 2023
Policy & Finance
How can fintech innovation supercharge global women's development?
4 July 2023
31 May 2023
Carbon & Climate
Is generative AI bad for the environment?
1 March 2023
Policy & Finance
Digital payment systems could revolutionise health care
22 July 2022
Policy & Finance
The world needs a digital lifeline
12 July 2022
Policy & Finance
Aiding the digital revolution in global financial inclusion
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Corporate Responsibility
Four ways Southeast Asian journalists are under digital attack
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Food & Agriculture
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