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Time to focus on climate funding
Oped, Rakesh Mohan & Janak Raj, Published on 04/11/2025
» Discussions about climate finance often focus on the most vulnerable countries, such as small island developing states -- and for good reason. But the nine major emerging-market economies (EMEs) -- Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, and Turkey -- also have significant climate-finance needs, which must be met if the world is to have any chance of achieving its climate goals. Nowhere are those needs larger than in China.
How G20 could help end hunger
Oped, Raj Patel & Refiloe Joala, Published on 21/10/2025
» Upon assuming the G20 presidency in December, South Africa chose "solidarity, equality, and sustainability" as its theme. Far from being an empty slogan, this vision reflects the principles on which any credible international response to today's hunger crisis must rest.
Pursuing a costly coal-to-liquids boon
Oped, Muhammed Patel, Published on 18/10/2023
» At a time of mounting global pressure towards a carbon-free energy system, Indonesia remains committed to coal.
Can production efficiency also be green?
Alpesh Patel & Parimol Karnchanachari, Published on 09/12/2021
» Sustainability has moved to the top of the global agenda—and the imperative to combat climate change is particularly urgent in Asia. The region could face more intense impacts than other regions, with its high volume of low-lying coastal cities exposed to flood and typhoon risk, sharp increases in heat and humidity anticipated across the region, and extreme precipitation or drought depending on the location.
Capturing Industry 4.0 trends to accelerate recovery in a post-pandemic Thailand
Alpesh Patel and Parimol Karnchanachari, Published on 28/05/2021
» Confronted with the largest health and economic crisis in recent history, industrial digitization is facing its biggest test to date. COVID-19 has forced companies across sectors to take extraordinary measures to protect their people and maintain operations. Those that had scaled their Industry 4.0 deployment prior to COVID-19 are finding themselves better positioned to respond to the crisis. Others are re-evaluating the direction of their operational strategies, changing both the business issues they want to address and the technologies they can use to do so.
Facebook to Test News Feed Controls for Advertisers
Business, Sahil Patel, Published on 01/02/2021
» Facebook Inc. said it would soon begin building and testing new controls to let marketers keep their ads away from topics they want to avoid.
Marketers Try New Data Tools to Navigate Pandemic
Business, Sahil Patel, Published on 27/10/2020
» Marketers are looking at more data, more often as they try to navigate the unpredictable developments of 2020.
Lego's Next Build: Worlds and Characters Created by Its Fans
Business, Sahil Patel, Published on 25/08/2020
» Seeking ideas for TV shows, digital videos and toy sets, Lego A/S is asking people to share their imaginings on a new platform set up for that purpose.
Getting exchange rates right
Asia focus, Nikhil Patel and Shang-Jin Wei in New York, Published on 29/04/2019
» The real effective exchange rate (REER) may sound arcane to non-economists, but it is one of the most important international financial indices. It is a summary index that tracks the difference in the prices of goods produced by a country and its trading partners.