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  • 20 Mar 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Energy
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Indonesia’s nickel superhighway

    Ronald Eberhard Tundang
    There are vast opportunities to build new industries when you’re sitting on the globe’s largest reserve of rare earth.
  • 15 Mar 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Antarctica
    • Environment
    • International law
    • International Relations
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • Sustainability

    A jurisdiction over the high seas

    Bec Strating
    Australia will be a key player in the new agreement governing the globe’s largest natural habitat.
  • 28 Feb 2023
    • Vietnam
    • Energy
    • Resource security
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Vietnam’s challenge to wean off coal

    Trang Nguyen
    Fossil fuels have driven rapid growth but the country has pledged – with global help – to be carbon neutral by 2050.
  • 13 Dec 2022
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Trade
    • Global Issues
    • Climate change
    • Coronavirus
    • Environment
    • Transnational Challenges
    • The Americas

    2022: A global turning point

    Ian Hill
    Looking at trends and contours that have coalesced this year to make international politics more contested and unpredictable.
  • 22 Nov 2022
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • Russia
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Europe must fully embrace nuclear energy

    Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo
    With Russia’s stranglehold on the region’s energy, it is time to add a second shade of green.
  • 18 Nov 2022
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Migration
    • Pacific Islands
    • Tonga
    • Vanuatu

    Strengthening disaster resilience in the Pacific

    Sam Quinn
    The aftermath of Tonga’s massive volcanic eruption holds valuable lessons as climate change risks also grow.
  • 14 Oct 2022
    • China
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Can China build a “community” for shared oceans?

    Cherry Hitkari
    Amiable talk about safeguarding partners and protecting marine environment hasn’t allayed suspicions.
  • 29 Sep 2022
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Water scarcity challenges China’s development model

    Henry Storey
    With its industry and agriculture reliant on diminishing H2O, a crisis looms for the world’s most populous country.
  • 27 Jul 2022
    • Japan
    • India
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Global Issues
    • Environment
    • Coronavirus
    • Climate change
    • United States

    The Quad needs a futures focus

    Abhijnan Rej
    A better – and public – understanding is needed of the cascading effects of regional challenges.
  • 28 Jun 2022
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    A minute to midnight: reversing environmental tipping points

    Tom Cernev
    Planetary boundaries and the role they play in global security are not as remote as they sound. And it’s time to listen.
  • 27 Jun 2022
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Indonesia-Australia climate change cooperation begins with the ocean

    Aristyo Rizka Darmawan
    Mangroves, reefs and fish stocks – the building blocks of stronger approach by both countries to address global warming.
  • 16 May 2022
    • Sustainability
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • Cambodia
    • Thailand
    • Vietnam
    • Laos
    • Environment

    Diplomacy is indispensable to manage the Mekong

    Anoulak Kittikhoun
    The goal of a healthy river won’t be helped by misreading the shared mission of the Mekong River Commission.
  • 17 Mar 2022
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Defence’s bullet for disaster isn’t silver, it’s brass

    Miranda Booth
    Rushing in with troops in emergency response could make matters worse at home and muddle efforts to engage the region.
  • 16 Mar 2022
    • Sustainability
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Climate change: less space between one disaster and the next

    Anthony Burke
    Simple mathematical errors and a hesitancy to open the wallet are just the beginning of the world’s climate problems.
  • 23 Feb 2022
    • Sustainability
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Transforming Australian diplomacy for climate leadership

    Melissa Conley Tyler
    Practical measures will foster enduring regional ties beyond the immediate challenge of responding to global warming.
  • 14 Jan 2022
    • Global Economy
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Australia should build its green infrastructure presence

    James Bowen
    The region is taking an increasingly dim view of efforts seeking to protect the fossil fuel trade.
  • 27 Dec 2021
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    A climate changed – Best of The Interpreter 2021

    The Interpreter
    An economic shift ahead of crucial negotiations, yet still the world struggled with the consequences of global warming.
  • 23 Nov 2021
    • United Nations
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Glasgow delivered, but what, exactly?

    Stephen Minas
    Not a miracle, certainly. But hard and messy negotiations secured a commitment to bring the temperature down.
  • 11 Nov 2021
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    What climate change means for mosquito-borne diseases

    Philippa Nicole Barr
    Already the most lethal creature to humans, environmental and urban changes may spread the danger to billions more.
  • 29 Oct 2021
    • China
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Just how serious is Xi about climate change?

    Elliott Zaagman
    China should have much to gain from a decarbonising global economy yet displays a confusing ambivalence to the question.
  • 26 Oct 2021
    • Migration
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Protecting people who lose their homes to climate change

    Jane McAdam
    King tides, cyclones, floods and drought are already displacing large numbers of people each year – where will they go?
  • 25 Oct 2021
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Glasgow: a tipping point for serious action

    Anthony Burke
    Worrying signs suggest these most consequential of climate change talks are being set up for failure.
  • 20 Oct 2021
    • Australia
    • Indonesia
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Australia, Indonesia and climate change

    Richard Mathews
    As the immediate pandemic crisis begins to recede, both countries should refocus the relationship on climate change.
  • 19 Oct 2021
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    The right climate for central planning

    Mark Beeson
    Not exactly a popular sentiment. But combating global warming might need to take a radical turn.
  • 18 Oct 2021
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Coming up for air: global action to stop pollution

    Philippa Nicole Barr
    Most nations will breach new air quality guidelines from the World Health Organisation. Better coordination is a must.
  • 12 Oct 2021
    • Pacific Islands
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • International law

    Line in the sand: How sea-level rise is challenging international law

    Donald R Rothwell
    For island nations climate change poses not only a physical threat but a legal dilemma, too.
  • 17 Sep 2021
    • Pacific Islands
    • Sustainability
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • International law

    Safeguarding Pacific Island seas starts with indigenous knowledge

    Anna Naupa
    A new declaration by Pacific leaders on maritime zone preservation helps, but must also allow for cultural dialogue.
  • 10 Sep 2021
    • United States
    • Trade
    • Indonesia
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    The right climate for Indonesia-United States cooperation

    Eko NM Saputro
    If Washington is to judge its trade partners on environmental measures, Jakarta actually has a good story to tell.
  • 2 Sep 2021
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Energy
    • Environment

    Australia’s potential as a “green” hydrogen superpower

    James Bowen
    As the hydrocarbon era wanes a new energy source could be a potent geopolitical asset.
  • 4 Aug 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Preparing Australia to respond to disasters – at home and abroad

    Peter Layton
    The military should be restructured with a dedicated element to better tackle relief operations full-time.
  • 29 Jul 2021
    • Sustainability
    • Cambodia
    • China
    • Vietnam
    • Laos
    • Environment

    Bad news for Vietnam’s Mekong Delta

    Milton Osborne
    Climate change, yes, but other factors, too.
  • 4 Jun 2021
    • Asean
    • Climate change
    • Southeast Asia
    • Environment

    Finding a new approach to water security in Southeast Asia

    Angelo Paolo L. Trias
    Disaster governance systems can help overcome barriers to securing water across the region.
  • 26 May 2021
    • Australia
    • Australian Public Opinion
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Paying the price: Australians want action on climate change

    Hannah Léser
    New Lowy Institute polling reveals a growing public appetite to tackle environmental concerns – even at a cost.
  • 25 May 2021
    • South Korea
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    South Korea’s green goals

    Kate Kalinova
    A little-heralded summit this month will test how governments – and big private companies – match promises with action.
  • 19 May 2021
    • Timor-Leste
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Lessons from the recent cyclone in Timor-Leste

    Fidelis Magalhães
    Without a vision for sustainable development and action on climate change, there can be no “building back better”.
  • 3 May 2021
    • Sustainability
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Antarctica
    • Environment
    • International law

    The Davis aerodrome and Australia’s leadership in the Antarctic

    Nengye Liu , Paul Govind
    How can Australia pretend to uphold the ATS while pursuing a project that risks unprecedented ecological impact?

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