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Market still 'wrong' on climate
Oped, Fiona Watson, Published on 01/10/2025
» As business, government and nonprofit leaders debate the future of climate action ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Brazil, the global economy remains vulnerable to acute and chronic climate-driven shocks whose impact could be more severe than that of the 2008 global financial crisis. At a time when many governments and businesses continue to underestimate and underprice physical climate risk, we must remember that neither financial markets nor regulators are always right. What if their current complacency about climate risks is catastrophically wrong?
How world's largest Buddhist temple in Indonesia has been reborn
Penny Watson of the South China Morning Post, Published on 19/12/2023
» YOGYAKARTA - I'm tiptoeing reverentially around the Candi Borobudur temple, stopping to take in ancient stone panels and beautiful bell-shaped stupas, and to ponder the Buddha statues sitting in meditative repose.
A tale of two cities, as Xi Jinping visits Hong Kong
Oped, Ivan Watson, Published on 01/07/2022
» 'Manhattan meets Hawaii." That's how I described Hong Kong to outsiders when I first moved here 7 years ago, dazzled by glittering skyscrapers ringing lush green mountains next to the sea.
Netflix, Disney and Amazon's Streaming Wars Heat Up Overseas
Business, R.T. Watson, Published on 26/04/2021
» Tech companies and Hollywood studios are increasingly looking to expand their streaming services abroad by spending more money on developing local content geared to the billions of potential overseas subscribers as the U.S. market becomes saturated.
Disney to Close U.S. and Paris Resorts Temporarily as Coronavirus Spurs Cancellations
Business, R.T. Watson, Published on 14/03/2020
» Walt Disney Co. announced Thursday it is closing its Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Paris as the coronavirus pandemic caused widespread cancellations of sporting events and other public gatherings.
Business and biodiversity
Business, Robert Watson, Published on 01/03/2019
» At the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos in January, evidence of mounting threats to nature and of nature's contributions to people featured higher on the agenda than ever before. The task for business leaders around the world is to embrace this evidence and start acting as stewards, rather than spoilers, of our vital natural assets.