Climate change stories
Rising heat, flood and quake exposure is forcing operators to rethink resilience as Asia-Pacific data centre demand accelerates.
Australian researchers and students will gain access to Fujitsu's quantum systems in Japan under a pact aimed at building skills and applications.
Its 2026 sustainability score of 3.69 keeps the group on track for a 4.20 target, as emissions and customer savings improved.
The deal underlines lender appetite for Malaysia's expanding cloud and AI infrastructure, as the campus is set to support lower-impact digital growth.
The Canberra-based startup's funding will speed livestock diagnostics that can cut waiting times for farmers and support wider health and emissions monitoring.
Delays in transformers, cooling gear and servers could slow Australia's data centre boom as AI demand strains global supplier networks.
Software and new grid incentives are turning household batteries into income earners, with some owners collecting hundreds of dollars yearly.
Demand for trusted location data lifted annual sales as utilities, councils and consumers used new services to cut risk and plan infrastructure.
Rising farm debt and climate exposure are forcing lenders to use parcel-level evidence, as agribusiness credit swells to AUD $140.3 billion.
Australian households are cutting bills by up to 80% after taking low-interest loans for solar, batteries and electric appliances.
More public chargers and practical guidance are set to ease one of the biggest barriers to electric vehicle uptake across Canada.
Retailers risk overstock and shortages because weather-driven demand shifts with seasonal anomalies, not just heat, making winter buying decisions brittle.
A 45% lighter heavy-lift drone could carry more payload and fly further, helping firefighters, medics and armed forces reach remote sites.
Rising diesel costs are pushing Australian freight operators to accelerate depot charging plans, as JET Charge says savings could reach AUD $4.5 million.
Rising battery uptake is turning household power use into a daily task, with Australians shifting appliance use to cut bills and grid reliance.
Companies struggling to account for digital emissions now have a tool that traces website energy use to individual customer actions and hardware.
A growing share of consumers want businesses to prove AI is powered responsibly, with younger New Zealanders most worried about its environmental costs.
The indoor ski venue expects the project to cut grid electricity use by about 30 per cent while trimming operating costs in summer.
The Edmonton site will stock more than 180,000 emergency items for wildfires and other crises, speeding aid to Canadian communities within hours.
Governments and researchers can now track land-use change, crop health and biodiversity globally without proprietary systems after Cambridge opened its dataset.
