by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 23, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Policy, Regulation
The message comes as China’s government tries to encourage young couples to have children, as an increasing number of women put off having children or opting to have none at all Many women cite the high cost of childrearing, difficulty in continuing on their...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 16, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Policy
China’s fertility rate is already one of the world’s lowest alongside South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Concerned about China’s first population drop in six decades and its rapid ageing population, Beijing is urgently trying an array of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 16, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Features, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Breakneck urbanization has encased vast stretches of land in impermeable concrete, often along banks of major rivers that traditionally served as flood plains. With wetlands paved over and nowhere for surplus water to settle, waterlogging and flooding was commonplace...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Wealth Management/ Philanthropy
”Since the markets have rallied smartly during the last three months, some profit booking by FPIs would be rational and can be expected, ”VK Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services, said New Delhi: Foreign Portfolio Investors...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Features
China’s CO2 emissions grew 10% in the first quarter of 2023 from a year earlier, rising by approximately 1% above record levels in 2021, according to research by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) . Record heat and historic floods in China...
