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  • 11 Apr 2025
    • Indonesia
    • Sustainability

    From park rangers to armed guards: Indonesia takes a risky approach to forest protection

    Mohd. Yunus
    A militarised approach to conservation risks creating a climate of fear rather than fostering genuine collaboration.
  • 3 Apr 2025
    • Trade
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability

    Troubled waters, polluted skies: Will a global shipping tax finally take off?

    Georgia Hammersley
    A historic levy on ship emissions is within reach, but disagreements over its size and use threaten to sink the deal.
  • 2 Apr 2025
    • Asean
    • Global Issues
    • Sustainability

    With 121 million smokers, Southeast Asia should turn to AI to help quit the habit

    Mochammad Fadjar Wibowo , Muhammad Daniel Azlan Mahadzir , Elyssa Liu
    Technology advances give ASEAN the opportunity to enhance tobacco controls and encourage a healthy way.
  • 21 Mar 2025
    • Indonesia
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Indonesia’s EV gamble: Green on the surface, dirty underneath

    Robert Walker , Hilman Palaon
    Efforts to capitalise on nickel dominance has carried an environmental cost.
  • 21 Mar 2025
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    The Asia-Pacific is heating up – literally

    Akash Sahu
    The law of the concrete jungle is testing humanity’s survival instincts.
  • 20 Mar 2025
    • Asia
    • Indonesia
    • Vietnam
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability

    Southeast Asia’s critical role as a green industrial leader

    Trang Nguyen , Jannata (Egi) Giwangkara
    The region’s industrial transformation remains the key for long-term economic prosperity – and the world’s climate goals.
  • 14 Mar 2025
    • Maritime Security
    • Trade
    • International law
    • Sustainability
    • Pacific Islands

    Sunk costs: Pacific shipwrecks and the urgent call for the Nairobi Convention

    Sheridan Ward
    An international accord to clean up shipwrecks and other waste from commerce on the high seas already exists. The region should get on board.
  • 12 Mar 2025
    • Energy
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Energy security: Lead, don’t lag

    Patricia Schouker
    The fundamental problem – insufficient domestic production – hasn’t been solved.
  • 12 Mar 2025
    • Asia
    • Asean
    • Japan
    • Singapore
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Artificial intelligence and sustainability in the Asia-Pacific

    Melinda Stuart
    With the right strategies, AI and clean energy can work in harmony, driving progress without compromising the planet.
  • 7 Mar 2025
    • Diplomacy
    • Human rights
    • International law
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • Sustainability

    The realists and their limits in the world today

    'Alopi Latukefu
    A belief in “might is right” is not set in stone – rules in global affairs are shaped by the choices we make.
  • 7 Mar 2025
    • Asia
    • Sex and Gender
    • Sustainability

    Getting dads to care: A key to equality in Asia

    Ramona Vijeyarasa
    Declining birth rates, growing elderly populations and notable gender gaps in workforce participation are just some reasons for reform across the region.
  • 27 Feb 2025
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • Transnational Challenges

    Is it too late for the pangolin?

    Mohd. Yunus
    The race to save the world’s most trafficked creature is more of a national security challenge than solely a conservation question.
  • 7 Feb 2025
    • China
    • Australia
    • Foreign Policy
    • Climate change
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • Sustainability
    • Technology
    • United States

    The old theories don’t fit the new world order

    David Morris
    A workable and sustainable internationalism will need to grapple with questions of diversity and multipolarity.
  • 6 Feb 2025
    • Bangladesh
    • China
    • India
    • Sustainability

    China’s Medog county mega-dam is bad news for India and Bangladesh

    Neeraj Singh Manhas
    The downstream implications of a water conflict underscore the need for better regional cooperation.
  • 24 Jan 2025
    • Global Issues
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Why shared governance could save our oceans

    Mohd. Yunus
    Meaningful conservation requires genuine restrictions, not symbolic protections.
  • 20 Jan 2025
    • Indonesia
    • Sustainability

    Indonesia: The downstreaming dilemma

    Hilman Palaon , Robert Walker
    The nickel boom in Southeast Sulawesi is a paradox – reshaping the region while sidelining locals.
  • 9 Jan 2025
    • Australia
    • Sustainability
    • Africa

    Responsible mining and Australia’s leadership opportunity in Africa

    Christopher Burke
    Ensuring environmental, social and governance standards isn’t just good practice – it’s an advantage commercially and in foreign policy.
  • 8 Jan 2025
    • Afghanistan
    • Central Asia
    • Sustainability

    Water tensions under the Taliban

    Ali Mahaqi
    A new type of conflict is brewing in Central Asia.
  • 30 Dec 2024
    • China
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Free Trade
    • Trade
    • Sustainability
    • United States

    Whether EVs or solar panels, protectionism has the same distorting effect

    John Edwards
    Biden is playing election politics with tariffs on China’s electric cars, while Albanese’s solar subsidy plans might end up costing Australia.
  • 24 Dec 2024
    • Asia
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Beyond borders, beyond loss: How regional cooperation can safeguard Asia’s biodiversity

    Mohd. Yunus
    The threats to migratory species is urgent and can only be tackled together.
  • 9 Dec 2024
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    The opportunity wasted to advance a global plastic treaty

    Alex P Dela Cruz
    Negotiations have stalled and that’s a rubbish result for countries of the Indo-Pacific.
  • 28 Nov 2024
    • Energy
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Is it time to change the clocks to harness the power of solar?

    Joseph Webster , Frank Willey
    Shifting to “solar alignment time” could lower energy costs, enhance supply reliability, and mitigate climate change.
  • 26 Nov 2024
    • China
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    China’s food safety crises: Some oils just shouldn’t mix

    Genevieve Donnellon-May
    Beijing has pledged to tackle food hygiene issues, with the Communist Party’s legitimacy at stake if it fails.
  • 25 Nov 2024
    • Global Economy
    • Energy
    • Resource security
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability

    Critical minerals and the case for human rights in the just transition

    Fiona David , Shannon Hobbs
    Poor labour standards uncovered in the nickel industry should serve as a warning not to repeat past industrial mistakes.
  • 25 Nov 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • Sustainability

    Cutting coal power: Indonesia's test case for turning a climate pledge into reality

    Tiza Mafira , Khalifa Akbar
    The technical, financial and legal hurdles to get an Indonesian coal-fired power plant off the grid.
  • 19 Nov 2024
    • Cyber Security
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Tech and AI are changing the climate equation – for the worse

    Miah Hammond-Errey
    If not addressed, the skyrocketing growth of AI and cloud computing will derail emissions commitments.
  • 18 Nov 2024
    • Energy
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability

    A long way to go to zero

    Selwyn Parker
    Southeast Asia’s fast-growing economies still rely on coal.
  • 15 Nov 2024
    • Asean
    • Singapore
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Is Southeast Asia ready for a regional power grid?

    Hannah Lord
    Australia is in pole position to partner with the region on cross-border electricity supply.
  • 24 Oct 2024
    • China
    • Energy
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • United States

    China’s cleantech investment in the US: Leg-up or security threat?

    Henry Storey
    Security hawks have struggled to articulate a compelling case for completely pulling up the drawbridge.
  • 21 Oct 2024
    • Central Asia
    • China
    • Russia
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Central Asia: An emerging battlefield for strategic minerals

    Sergey Sukhankin
    The region’s rare earth elements are in demand, but ties with Russia and China mean diversifying is easier said than done.
  • 15 Oct 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Malaysia
    • European Union
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    The ripple effects of EU deforestation laws in Southeast Asia

    Mohd. Yunus
    The region's palm oil industry needs to move with the times. But meeting the challenges will take a group effort.
  • 7 Oct 2024
    • Global Economy
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Unhealthy competition in green technology

    Jenny Gordon
    Trade with China in green technology is essential if the world is to meet its 2050 emission reduction goals. Why is this so hard to do?
  • 3 Oct 2024
    • India
    • Pakistan
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability

    Parting the waters: India v Pakistan

    Ambika Vishwanath , Ruth Gamble
  • 2 Oct 2024
    • Climate change
    • International law
    • Sustainability
    • Technology
    • United Nations

    What lies beneath: There’s more to cables than geopolitics

    Cynthia Mehboob
    The undersea cable industry is left to tackle the challenges, while policymakers engage in national security power plays.
  • 24 Sep 2024
    • India
    • Energy
    • Sustainability
    • Africa

    India seizes a small chance to make a big difference in Africa’s solar transformation

    Manish Vaid
    Decentralised power projects – rather than expensive grid networks – are the focus of a new phase in the International Solar Alliance.
  • 13 Sep 2024
    • Sustainability
    • United Nations
    • Space exploration

    A Sustainable Development Goal for space

    Tom Cernev
    As human activity intensifies beyond Earth, there is a need to identify exactly what “space sustainability” means.
  • 11 Sep 2024
    • Climate change
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • Sustainability

    Meeting the need: Recommendations for a new Loss and Damage fund

    Melanie Pill , Georgia Hammersley
    Avoiding mistakes made by other funds will be key to better supporting the most climate-vulnerable.
  • 5 Sep 2024
    • Japan
    • Sustainability

    In teaching about Sustainable Development Goals, Japan has a chance to learn about itself

    Marin Ekstrom , Ikhlas Abdul Hadi
    English as a foreign language courses could become a catalyst for change by fostering a critical thinking in classrooms.
  • 4 Sep 2024
    • Russia
    • Antarctica
    • BRICS
    • Environment
    • International law
    • Sustainability

    Will Russia violate the Antarctic Treaty?

    Sergey Sukhankin
    For Moscow, science has always come second to ideology.
  • 30 Aug 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Energy
    • Sustainability

    The right road to renewable biofuel in Indonesia

    Hidayatul Mustafidah Rohmawati , Michael Suryaprawira
    Taking directions from big producers in the United States and Brazil.
  • 22 Aug 2024
    • Asean
    • Indonesia
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Southeast Asia’s great haze: Laggards and leaders

    Pia Dannhauer
    Indonesia is the region’s biggest producer of haze, so why was it the last to ratify ASEAN’s pollution prevention agreement?
  • 9 Aug 2024
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Energy
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Is Australia too late to claim its green economy share?

    Trang Nguyen
    Playing a role in Southeast Asia’s green energy transition is an opportunity Australia must not let pass.
  • 9 Aug 2024
    • Asia
    • Southeast Asia
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • Africa

    Without money, the global biodiversity target is just an empty promise

    Mohd. Yunus
    Beyond social responsibility, funding conservation in developing nations is critical to the global economy.
  • 8 Aug 2024
    • India
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Resource security
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Mission possible: Making the most of Australia-India cooperation on critical minerals

    Titiksha Vashist , Zoe Jay Hawkins
    The Indian government has set itself a new ambition to meet green transition needs – and Australia is a perfect partner.
  • 31 Jul 2024
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Charging up: Europe’s bid for renewable energy independence

    Nina Marković Khaze
    A new deal with Serbia for one of the world's largest lithium mines is about breaking China’s stranglehold on the market.
  • 29 Jul 2024
    • Energy
    • Resource security
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Critical minerals, critical decisions

    Shannon Hobbs , Fiona David
    A new UN panel can help ensure the social and environmental risks of the energy transition are better understood.
  • 26 Jul 2024
    • G20
    • Sustainability
    • Sex and Gender

    Bring women to the table to talk ocean sustainability

    Cherry Hitkari , Genevieve Donnellon-May
    The upcoming G20 summit in Brazil must focus on what has so far remained neglected – women’s experience of ocean challenges.
  • 19 Jul 2024
    • Southeast Asia
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    The uncertain future for Southeast Asia’s great sea nomads

    Mohd. Yunus
    The seafaring tribes that crisscross the region’s waters are vital to ocean conservation but climate change is taking a toll.
  • 15 Jul 2024
    • India
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability

    Time to jumpstart Australia-India clean energy cooperation

    Lisa Singh , Ujjwal Krishna
    A clear understanding of the policies, capabilities and trade and investment opportunities will help regain momentum.
  • 25 Jun 2024
    • China
    • European Union
    • Trade
    • Sustainability
    • Technology
    • United States

    Tariffs, data security and global collaboration: Navigating the geopolitics of electric vehicles

    Marina Yue Zhang
    Protectionism isn’t going to help with meeting global climate ambitions.
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