AI Models’ Environmental Impact: A Double-Edged Sword – Speeding up the Climate Crisis?
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January 2025
Recent research has highlighted the significant environmental impact of AI models like ChatGPT.
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Korean Jeju Island Women Divers Awarded UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
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January 2025
The Culture of Jeju Haenyeo (women divers) dive 10-20 meters without oxygen masks for seafood of seaweed, abalone, sea urchins, and conch
THE LOWY INSTITUTE’S 2024 ASIA POWER INDEX REPORT
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December 2024
Know thy Neigbours – to support regional literacy, cross-cultural education and business transactions.
INNOVATIONS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY: CAN AI OPTIMISE 70% ENERGY SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE THAT FALL SHORT?
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December 2024
IEA labels energy efficiency the “first fuel” in clean energy transitions. Nearly 70 per cent of energy systems worldwide fall short of their operational potential due to inefficiencies.
To Carbon Credit or Not Carbon Credit. Is It Greenwashing?
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November 2024
Carbon offsetting essential to achieve our climate objectives. However, the selection of quality carbon credits or offsets requires more in-depth research by off-setters and certainly more rigour by markets to avoid the greenwashing trap. To have any chance of achieving the goal adopted in the Paris Agreement of stabilizing the global climate at
Philippine’s Ayala Corporation is Expanding their Green Footprint in Australia and Southeast Asia
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November 2024
ACEN Aims for 20 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy by 2030 and a Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions company by 2050. The company has facilities in the Philippines, Australia, Vietnam, Indonesia and India, with a renewable share of 99%, which is among the highest in the region. The Ayala
BHUTAN: Bjarke Ingels Gelephu Mindfulness City the world’s first carbon-negative community. No Polluting Industries Allowed.
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November 2024
Alluring Mindful Tourists and the Bhutanese Diaspora Back Home. images by Brick Visual, Atchain, BIG. Artist Ariel View Rendering of The Gelephu Mindfulness City in southern Bhutan. Famed Architect Bjarke Ingels BIG to Design Gelephu Mindfulness City in Bhutan. The city, which was initially planned on a little over 1,000
COP 29 + G20 Artificial Intelligence: A Double-Edged Sword in Climate Action
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November 2024
The challenge lies in balancing innovation with responsibility, ensuring that the tools we develop to fight climate change do not inadvertently exacerbate the problem. Image via www.vpnsrus.com Baku, Azerbaijan – At the ongoing COP29 summit, world leaders are highlighting the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in combating climate change. While
The Symbolism Behind Flower Emblems: Unveiling Their Hidden Meanings- Including Australia’s Ngooringa. Contributor: Jenny Chin
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November 2024
National flowers came to prominence in Asia as part of decolonisation, with a spate of newly independent countries looking for symbols to represent their new nationhood. Contributor: Jenny Chin Together with national anthems that had to be commissioned, flower emblems had to be found, sometimes by popular vote. That was
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