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Cybersecurity for Environmental Data: An Overlooked Risk

Category: What’s Happening Abstract / Executive Summary Environmental data increasingly underpins decisions about climate mitigation, forest conservation, biodiversity, environmental permitting and climate finance. Governments and development organisations rely on digital registries, geospatial platforms, remote sensing, field data collection and reporting systems to monitor environmental change and demonstrate compliance with national and international commitments. Yet the […]

Why Safeguards Information Systems Matter Beyond Compliance

Category: Eywa Explains Abstract / Executive Summary Safeguards Information Systems (SIS) are an important component of responsible forest governance under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) REDD+ framework. Although often associated with international reporting and eligibility for results-based climate finance, their potential value extends to institutional accountability, environmental and social risk management, […]

Beyond National Borders: Tackling Transboundary Haze Pollution in ASEAN Through Regional Governance, Shared Environmental Data and Digital Systems

Category: What’s Happening Abstract / Executive Summary Transboundary haze pollution remains a recurring environmental governance challenge in Southeast Asia, where land and forest fires, seasonal weather patterns and cross-border atmospheric transport can expose populations to smoke originating beyond their national boundaries. In 2026, the problem has again become prominent across ASEAN, particularly in the southern […]

Why Digital Public Infrastructure Matters: From Fragmented Systems to Public Value

Category: What’s Happening Abstract Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) is increasingly recognised as a foundation for digital government, economic participation and the delivery of public services. Rather than treating each digital service as an independent technology project, DPI emphasises shared, interoperable systems that can support multiple organisations and applications. This article examines why DPI matters, how […]

What Is Information Architecture? A Practical and Evidence-Based Guide to Structuring Digital Information

Category: Eywa Explains Abstract / Executive Summary Information architecture (IA) is the discipline concerned with how information is organised, labelled, connected, navigated and retrieved within digital environments. Although often associated with website menus and sitemaps, IA encompasses a broader system of structures and relationships that enables people to find information, understand where they are, and […]

Human Oversight in AI Workflows: Designing Accountable Human–AI Collaboration

Category: Ideas & Perspectives Abstract / Executive Summary As artificial intelligence (AI) moves from isolated analytical tools into operational workflows, the central governance question is no longer simply whether an AI system is accurate. It is whether people can understand, supervise, challenge and, when necessary, override AI outputs at the points where those outputs can […]

Designing Digital Systems for Long-term Knowledge: Principles, Architecture, and Governance

Category: Ideas & Perspectives Abstract / Executive Summary As organisations increasingly rely on digital information, preserving knowledge over decades has become a strategic challenge rather than a purely technical one. While substantial investment has been made in data collection and digital transformation, many institutions continue to lose valuable organisational knowledge through staff turnover, changing technologies, […]

Why Accessibility—Not Digitisation—Is the Real Measure of Digital Transformation

Category: Ideas & Perspectives Abstract / Executive Summary For more than two decades, digital transformation has often been equated with digitisation: converting paper records into digital formats, moving services online, and automating administrative processes. While these initiatives improve operational efficiency, growing evidence from governments, international institutions, and digital governance research suggests that digitisation alone does […]

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What Is Metadata? Understanding the Foundation of Modern Digital Information

Category: Eywa Explains Abstract / Executive Summary Metadata is commonly described as “data about data”, yet this definition captures only part of its significance. In contemporary digital systems, metadata provides the contextual information that enables data to be discovered, interpreted, shared, governed, and preserved over time. From photographs and satellite imagery to scientific datasets, government […]

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Open Data for Public Institutions: Why It Matters More Than Ever

Category: What’s happening Abstract / Executive Summary As governments accelerate digital transformation, the question is no longer whether public institutions should collect data, but how they should share it responsibly. Open Data has emerged as a foundational component of modern digital governance, enabling transparency, evidence-based policymaking, innovation, and improved public service delivery. Rather than simply […]

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