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UN Women warns climate shocks can push more unpaid work and health risks onto households, while WHO says months of advance warning should be used to strengthen public systems before pressures escalate.

A pasenger seen sitting in an iconic Bangkok bus.

A new transition roadmap will examine support for workers and smaller businesses, but participation and implementation funding remain unclear.

After a 2019 pause and two rounds of limited tenders, Singapore joins China, Germany and Japan in regulating data centre efficiency by law, while making operators' clean energy pledges binding.

Water is becoming a factor that can shape where companies invest, how much they can produce and how resilient their supply chains will be

EB Studio As industrialisation, digital infrastructure and climate pressures reshape demand, companies are being pushed to look beyond how much water they consume and ask whether the wider systems they depend on can sustain long-term growth.

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Drone view of a residential area in Kijal, Malaysia, showing extensive flooding and submerged buildings

Asean must push for stronger adaptation funding, faster loss and damage support and a transition away from fossil fuels as climate risks intensify. By John Leo Algo

After a summer of apocalyptic headlines, a new survey finds that people across the political spectrum are deeply concerned about preparing for the effects of global warming. The adaptation imperative may end up being the kind of crisis that forces us to stop neglecting the green agenda and act at the necessary scale. By Simon Zadek and Natalie Samarasinghe

Jeepneys and vehicles navigate flooded streets in Malabon, Metro Manila, Philippines.

With a Super El Niño and powerful typhoons threatening to converge, the climate-vulnerable nation must move beyond reactive disaster response and prepare for compounding climate risks before they strike. By John Leo Algo

A widening gap between renewable energy supply and electricity demand threatens TSMC’s climate goals, customer expectations and long-term strategic resilience

Despite ambitious climate targets, the chipmaker faces a widening renewable energy shortfall that could undermine competitiveness, supply-chain resilience and Taiwan’s energy security. By Chia-Wei Chao, Taiwan Climate Action Network

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Economic fears look set to trump any concerns about climate change among voters, according to street interviews conducted by Eco-Business.

Campaigning for the city-state's general elections has crossed the halfway mark, but climate has hardly featured as an electoral issue. Eco-Business hits the streets to ask Singaporeans from a range of socioeconomic groups: Would they vote for a party that promises bolder climate action?

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