Environmental risks have slipped down the rankings in the short term – crowded out by more immediate geopolitical and economic fears, even as they remain as the top long term risks. Anxiety over AI also emerges as a top concern in the World Economic Forum's 2026 Global Risk Report.
Climate-driven weather extremes linked to El Niño are quietly eroding life expectancy in Japan, Australia, South Korea, Singapore, and the United States, with impacts that linger for more than a decade, according to new research.
Economic liberalisation in India has shifted the emissions burden from more equal and developed states to less equal ones. This needs to change.
作者
Prakash Kashwan 和
Ashok Swain
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.
作者
Wani Nur Imannina
In this wide-ranging fireside chat moderated by Eco-Business CEO Jessica Cheam, AIA Group's chief investment officer Dr Mark Konyn asserts there is “no U-turn” among corporates invested for the long term, even as political regimes change amid a new world order.
Women play a key role in developing innovations to push for sustainability, but barriers remain to their entry into STEM careers. To celebrate International Day of Women & Girls in Science, EB Impact speaks to three women in science on making an impact and pursuing careers in STEM.
Nine months after she was appointed to lead Malaysia's environment ministry, Yeo Bee Yin spoke to Eco-Business about gender equality, plastic pollution and boosting the country's green industry.
LGBTQ people have long had to chart their own paths in the face of discrimination on bread and butter issues, like housing and employment. Pink Dot campaigners tell the Eco-Business Podcast their hopes amid a political leadership refresh.
In a region where large hydro projects and expanding biofuel plantations coincide with an upcoming coal phaseout, a laissez-faire approach could worsen existing inequalities and mar the success of a clean energy buildout.
Former Monetary Authority of Singapore sustainability chief Darian McBain and recruiter Paddy Balfour tell the Eco-Business podcast why people are exaggerating their ESG expertise and why that's a problem in a key region for sustainable development.
The stories of Malaysia’s indigenous tribes are now being captured through the fresh lenses of young female filmmakers. In this bilingual podcast recorded in English and Bahasa Melayu, they tell Eco-Business why they've picked up the camera.