19 Sep 2023
Global Stocktake: Unlocking trillions for climate action
The Paris Agreement’s assessment of climate policies finds some good news, but massive room for improvement.
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15 Sep 2023
Beijing’s plan for Taiwan challenges its offshore wind push
Fujian’s coast hasn’t kept up with wind power in other provinces – and military strategy seems to be blowing the other direction. -
14 Sep 2023
More than just rice: Asia’s food supply anxieties
Most economies in Southeast Asia are net food importers. Is now the time for Australia to step up its export production? -
18 Aug 2023
Stepping on the gas: Boosting Australia’s climate diplomacy in the region
Opponents of carbon capture plans need to look past ideology and think about the development costs to friends and neighbours. -
3 Aug 2023
Economic diplomacy: Hard labour managing geo-economic fragmentation
Australia faces tough choices from aid to energy in a new world of government intervention in trade and industry. -
1 Aug 2023
Something fishy about China’s anger over the Quad’s open ocean plans
Even illegal fishing is politicised amid growing China-US tensions. -
24 Jul 2023
Understanding “loss and damage” from climate change across the Indo-Pacific
A concept that will become ever more familiar – in the courts, too – with more action needed to avoid irreversible consequences of climate change. -
19 Jul 2023
What Norway might learn from Nauru after a massive phosphate find
A handful of countries meet demand for an essential fertiliser ingredient – and geopolitical competition complicates the equation. -
17 Jul 2023
The cost-benefit of turning “dirty” shipping clean
The engines of global trade pump out enormous amounts of carbon and vulnerable Pacific islands are fighting for a change. -
11 Jul 2023
Charting new paths for Antarctic protection despite China’s resistance
Too much would be lost by tearing up existing agreements. There are other ways to entice Beijing to cooperate. -
6 Jul 2023
Economic diplomacy: Power shifts with Jakarta
Australia and Indonesia may be riding together in a new electric diplomatic limo, but they still have separate roadmaps. -
4 Jul 2023
From hydrocarbons to hydrogen? Gulf states seek the good oil in green transition
The region that has long dominated global energy politics is well placed to shape a shift to new supplies. -
3 Jul 2023
Jokowi’s visit to Australia is about much more than electric vehicles
The President has a roadmap for economic success that could also set bilateral relations on the right path. -
2 Jun 2023
Speeding up Indonesia’s EV ambition
Ensuring sustainability is crucial to fully realise the environmental benefits of a switch away from fossil fuels. -
26 May 2023
Home grown: Building a stronger food system in Laos
Reducing reliance on imports should be the aim in ensuring the country is not hostage to global market volatility. -
9 May 2023
Hydro-hegemon? Complexities of shared rivers between China and India
Alarm about China building dams upstream of Brahmaputra River must be tempered by India’s own record on water-sharing. -
4 May 2023
The cost of crime and corruption on Pacific fisheries
The need for a well-funded response to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing has never been greater. -
28 Apr 2023
South Korea can’t afford to be a Wally with water
And neither can the rest of the world. -
14 Apr 2023
Mekong River: Turning declaration into actions
Millions rely on Southeast Asia’s biggest river and promises made in Vientiane last week must be kept. -
11 Apr 2023
Multilateral cooperation can improve South Asia’s water woes
Transparency will help foster trust, which can lead to a common river management framework for the benefit of all. -
29 Mar 2023
Japan feels the pinch as fertiliser costs soar thanks to Russia’s war
The country has for too long relied on foreign sources without cultivating domestic alternatives. -
29 Mar 2023
China’s food dilemma
The push for a “Food Silk Road” is telling of the superpower’s vulnerability – environmental and geopolitical. -
24 Mar 2023
Krill campaign less than thrilling
Sea Shepherd should widen its net beyond activism by diversifying efforts to support sustainable fishing. -
20 Mar 2023
Indonesia’s nickel superhighway
There are vast opportunities to build new industries when you’re sitting on the globe’s largest reserve of rare earth. -
15 Mar 2023
A jurisdiction over the high seas
Australia will be a key player in the new agreement governing the globe’s largest natural habitat. -
28 Feb 2023
Vietnam’s challenge to wean off coal
Fossil fuels have driven rapid growth but the country has pledged – with global help – to be carbon neutral by 2050. -
24 Jan 2023
Japan and ASEAN: 50 years of maritime strategy
Collaboration on ending illegal fishing and piracy in the region is important. But there are also bigger fish to fry. -
22 Nov 2022
Europe must fully embrace nuclear energy
With Russia’s stranglehold on the region’s energy, it is time to add a second shade of green. -
17 Nov 2022
Economic diplomacy: Charging up old ties with Jakarta
Australia has stepped up a trade diversification push despite the first moves towards reconciliation with China. -
14 Oct 2022
Can China build a “community” for shared oceans?
Amiable talk about safeguarding partners and protecting marine environment hasn’t allayed suspicions. -
10 Oct 2022
Sustainable catch: better Indonesia-Australia cooperation on fishing
A new agreement is a chance to address the core problems of illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. -
29 Sep 2022
Water scarcity challenges China’s development model
With its industry and agriculture reliant on diminishing H2O, a crisis looms for the world’s most populous country. -
27 Jul 2022
What Vietnam can learn from Thailand’s fight against illegal fishing
After being issued a yellow card, Hanoi must look to its neighbours and international laws for the way forward. -
26 Jul 2022
Support Pacific neighbours by strengthening indigenous food systems
Unique knowledge was usurped by colonialism and imported production. Time to build resilience, from the shore up. -
26 Jul 2022
What a waste! Japan’s food sustainability challenge
Imported food has an environmental cost. And a nationwide effort is needed to drastically cut the amount discarded. -
27 Jun 2022
Indonesia-Australia climate change cooperation begins with the ocean
Mangroves, reefs and fish stocks – the building blocks of stronger approach by both countries to address global warming. -
14 Jun 2022
Hyundai takes the driver’s seat in Indonesia’s EV market
With net zero emissions targets looming, Southeast Asia’s biggest car market is setting the pace on electric vehicles. -
3 Jun 2022
Global food threats: a chicken and egg story
“Temporary disruptions” carry a long term risk. But unwinding international supply chains could send farmers backward. -
1 Jun 2022
Water torture: Asia‑Pacific’s “WASH” crisis in need of solutions
Access to clean water is not only a development challenge but one for geopolitics, too. -
16 May 2022
Diplomacy is indispensable to manage the Mekong
The goal of a healthy river won’t be helped by misreading the shared mission of the Mekong River Commission. -
20 Apr 2022
Russia-Ukraine: It always comes down to food
War in eastern Europe is devastating the supply of staple goods to distant regions that can least afford it. -
12 Apr 2022
How the Mekong River Commission ignores reality
Nothing is worth celebrating in how a once mighty wild river has been cruelly tamed. -
16 Mar 2022
Climate change: less space between one disaster and the next
Simple mathematical errors and a hesitancy to open the wallet are just the beginning of the world’s climate problems. -
14 Mar 2022
Sustainable catch: navigating global fisheries crime
For a problem as wide as the ocean, many factors compound the challenge of protecting fish stocks. -
23 Feb 2022
Transforming Australian diplomacy for climate leadership
Practical measures will foster enduring regional ties beyond the immediate challenge of responding to global warming. -
1 Feb 2022
How to speak green: Europe’s new energy taxonomy
A stoush about sustainable energy criteria reveals tensions, anxieties – and increasing French influence. -
18 Jan 2022
Australia has a solution to Indonesia’s soaring food prices
As Indonesia takes the G20 presidency solving the country’s food security crisis should be top of the agenda. -
10 Nov 2021
Australia-Indonesia: burn the boats
Protecting ocean resources can sometimes require extreme measures from which there is no way back. -
10 Nov 2021
China: rejecting rubbish
Far from trashing its reputation, Beijing did the world a favour by swinging the sword. -
17 Sep 2021
Safeguarding Pacific Island seas starts with indigenous knowledge
A new declaration by Pacific leaders on maritime zone preservation helps, but must also allow for cultural dialogue.