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As climate risks, energy transition and shifting market expectations reshape the business environment, Malaysia’s ability to compete will increasingly depend on how quickly its companies can adapt.
Carbon & Climate
How Super El Niño could shape COP31 for Asean
Asean must push for stronger adaptation funding, faster loss and damage support and a transition away from fossil fuels as climate risks intensify.
Policy & Finance
How to improve global mineral governance
The race to secure critical minerals has intensified at the same time as the international community has recognised the need for more sustainable and responsible mining practices. Translating the resulting frameworks and guidelines into concrete action will require consolidating Global South policy and advocacy networks.
Policy & Finance
The next era of reform must be about capability
Economic development should no longer be measured solely by how much finance is mobilised or how much fiscal space is created. It must also be judged by whether countries emerge more capable of setting their own priorities, responding to challenges, and seizing new opportunities to shape their own future.
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Does inclusive finance really need stablecoins?
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Carbon & Climate
A roadmap for the next UN Secretary-General
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Warming Himalayas: Nepal’s climate justice test
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What it means for global warming to exceed 1.5°C
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Carbon & Climate
Can adaptation accelerate climate action?
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Carbon & Climate
Regional haze casts a pall on Asean’s influence
Policy & Finance
For Southeast Asia, the AI race is about access, not supremacy
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