International

  • Sep 12, 2023
  • 2 min read

AI proliferation will have serious environmental costs

Recent breakthroughs in AI will intensify the digital economy’s environmental footprint

International
  • Sep 11, 2023
  • 2 min read

Insufficient global climate action will persist

G20 leaders have failed to advance efforts to phase out coal -- a major source of global carbon emissions

International
  • Sep 8, 2023
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Labels for AI content expose gap between tech and laws

Major social media firms are taking steps to control the circulation of highly realistic synthetic content

International
  • Sep 8, 2023
  • 2 min read

Upside risks rise for global oil and gas prices

Gas prices are under upward pressures from gas plant worker strikes and oil prices are higher due to OPEC+ supply cuts

International
  • Sep 7, 2023
  • 7 min read

Aerospace will change fundamentally to decarbonise

Aerospace will have to alter to reduce its environmental impact regardless of passenger behaviour -- which may shift too

International
  • Sep 6, 2023
  • 7 min read

Weaker demand to test automakers amid industry change

Automotive output and sales are growing solidly but the outlook is weakening and the long-run challenges are large

International
  • Sep 5, 2023
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Services slide takes euro-area deeper into stagflation

The euro-area services PMI has plunged into contraction territory, contrasting with Japan and India

International
  • Sep 5, 2023
  • 2 min read

High food costs will strain households well into 2024

The UNFAO global food price index has fallen for 17 months but food prices remain far higher than 2013-20

International