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A survey of 19 countries in Asia revealed important gaps in data, disclosures, and taxonomies, and that these are exacerbated by inconsistent national climate policies that can promote fossil fuel
Continue readingHow Asia Can Unlock $800 Billion of Climate Financing
Adam Tooze at Chartbook: As data from the IEA confirm, the scale of China’s green energy push in the last couple of years dwarfs the much ballyhooed green energy programs
Continue readingIn China, Clean Energy is NOW the Driver of Economic Growth
Lethal drones with facial recognition, armed robots, autonomous fighter jets: we’re at the dawn of a new age of AI-powered warfare, says technologist Alexandr Wang. He explores why data will
This article is from a presentation made for the Rosemary Bechler Inaugural Memorial Lecture, an event organised by DIEM25, of which Rosemary was a founder member. It took place at
We have to build new economic models, new businesses and possibly new lifestyles or humanity that are just as good, or even better, than what we have today – Gim
WATCH: Nature is amazing! A camera recorded from start to finish how a bird built its nest and had its chicks.
Whoever comes to power in the days after February 8 will find that their campaign trail promises will hit the hard wall of reality almost immediately. by Uzair M. Younus
Continue readingWhat Economic Challenges Lie Ahead for the New Govt
Anil Ananthaswamy in Quanta: A theory developed by Sanjeev Arora of Princeton University and Anirudh Goyal, a research scientist at Google DeepMind, suggests that the largest of today’s LLMs are not stochastic parrots.
Continue readingNew Theory Suggests Chatbots Can Understand Text
Zack Beauchamp in Vox: On Monday, tens of millions across India celebrated the opening of the Ram Mandir — a huge new temple to Ram, one of Hinduism’s holiest figures, built
Continue readingNarendra Modi is Celebrating His Scary Vision for India’s Future
Diary of a CEO: Why social media preys on negativity; and 10 negative effects of social media on society 10 negative effects of social media on society Soniya Roy, consultant
“Sara Netanyahu, the prime minister’s wife, closest adviser, and fiercest defender, is seen as a mix of Lady Macbeth and Eva Perón, but without the charm or the cult following”
Scott Peterson in The Christian Science Monitor: Rarely have so many Lebanese turned out on the streets to demand wholesale political change as when they began their self-declared “October Revolution” of