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• News / Energy

  Singapore sets Southeast Asia’s first binding data centre rules, building demand for clean energy

  After a 2019 pause and two rounds of limited tenders, Singapore joins China, Germany and Japan in regulating …

  Singapore sets Southeast Asia's first binding data centre rules, building demand for clean energy
• News / Energy

  Southeast Asia could save US$45.4 billion with solar instead of planned gas projects: study

  As of 2025, solar electricity was already 50 per cent cheaper than gas in Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, …

  Southeast Asia could save US$45.4 billion with solar instead of planned gas projects: study
• News / Food & Agriculture

  As fires spread, Indonesia’s rubber growers turn to traditional knowledge

  Data from remote sensing platforms indicates Indonesia is likely experiencing its worst wildfires crisis in years as a …

  As fires spread, Indonesia’s rubber growers turn to traditional knowledge
• News / Energy

  Behind the layoffs in China’s solar industry

  Companies are consolidating, automating production and shifting workers away from factory floors toward sales and advanced products.

  Behind the layoffs in China’s solar industry
• News / Energy

  Data centre boom creates investment risk for Malaysia’s power system

  Rising electricity demand from data centres is putting pressure on the country to expand generation and grid capacity, …

  Data centre boom creates investment risk for Malaysia’s power system
• Opinion / Policy & Finance

  Squeezed by debt and disasters, the Global South needs reparations, not more loans

  Ahead of the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Annual Meeting in Bangkok, frontline nations call for financial liberation from …

  Squeezed by debt and disasters, the Global South needs reparations, not more loans