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Polisi & Kewangan

Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources

As climate change and great-power rivalry intensify, oceans are emerging as a geopolitical frontier – testing whether diplomacy can manage rising tensions over shipping routes, seabed minerals and fishing grounds.
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A landmark treaty could protect the high seas – and spark new conflicts

A landmark UN treaty will soon govern two-thirds of the world’s oceans – testing whether nations can balance conservation with competition for deep-sea resources.
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Karbon & Cuaca

With global powers barred, can Pacific nations find unity at their annual summit?

By excluding outside powers, Pacific leaders face a test of unity as they grapple with climate change, security rifts and development needs.
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Sisa Kumbahan

Turning ocean preservation into an economic windfall

Thanks to a surge of innovation in circular economy technologies, ocean preservation is becoming an engine of industrial renewal and geopolitical resilience. But to unlock its full potential, those working in the blue economy need to change the narrative.

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10 March 2025

Copper, nickel and silicon are the most critical to India’s mineral security due to exponentially rising demand trends and significant supply chain vulnerabilities

Polisi & Kewangan

Securing critical minerals a must for India’s clean energy ambitions

6 July 2023

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Air

Seabed mining could sink the fishing industry

4 July 2023

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Polisi & Kewangan

Treaty to protect high seas too late to stop mining

2 February 2022

Mineral concretion on the seafloor can contain valuable metals.

Tenaga

Seabed mining equity dilemmas in the Pacific

18 February 2021

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CSR

Human exploitation and environmental harm: What is the connection?

21 December 2020

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Tenaga

Must we risk destroying the ocean to save the planet?

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