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Indonesia’s El Niño-fuelled peat fires are exposing millions across Southeast Asia to hazardous air pollution and releasing vast amounts of stored carbon – underscoring the urgent need to restore degraded peatlands.

13 Nov 2026

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The first report card on the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal framework was issued at this year’s UN Biodiversity Conference in Yerevan, and the marks were dismal. The problem is not a lack of targets, but a global financial system that pays to destroy nature and penalises those who protect it.

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Southeast Asia can scale climate-smart farming by putting farmers, viable business models and cross-sector partnerships at the centre.

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With regional diplomacy and Singapore’s haze law offering victims slow responses, Indonesia’s own courts may be the most promising route to compensation. A recent procedural rule eases the hardest part of any haze lawsuit – proving whose fires caused the harm.

2 Oktober 2026

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24 September 2026

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21 September 2026

A Kerala-Singapore climate technology partnership would therefore be more than environmental cooperation. It could become an industrial strategy

7 September 2026

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3 September 2026

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7 Juli 2026

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24 Juni 2026

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22 Juni 2026

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11 Mei 2026

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6 Mei 2026

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30 April 2026

China could pivot to sustainable protein as a hedge against supply shocks

21 April 2026

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9 April 2026

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31 Maret 2026

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9 Maret 2026

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