Asia Pacific‘s leading platform for sustainable development
News / #fertilisers
Food & Agriculture
From Hormuz to rice fields: how Middle East conflict could worsen Philippines’ next El Niño food shock
As the Philippines braces for lower rice yields from El Niño, farm experts warn that Middle East disruption could make 2027’s harvest more vulnerable by raising fertiliser costs just as tighter water supplies constrain planting.
Food & Agriculture
Young Indian farmers using agri-tech could narrow a generational gap
India is pushing to use drones, satellite data and digital apps to help farmers cope with climate stress and more. But such agri-tech is no magic bullet.
Policy & Finance
Philippines urges Southeast Asian neighbours to accelerate renewable energy, stabilise food security at Asean summit
Industry groups say Marcos, Jr’s remarks reflect a “growing recognition of urgent realities" facing the region at a time of heightened geopolitical uncertainty, energy price volatility, and growing climate risks.
Transport
UN shipping talks more than a climate deal but ‘a test of global cooperation’s survival’: advocates
Negotiators at the intersessional IMO talks face mounting pressure over a proposed Net-Zero Framework, hailed by civil society as a measure of whether multilateralism can hold amid court-curbed Trump tariffs and industry moves toward cleaner fuels.
All #fertilisers News
21 April 2026
30 March 2026
3 March 2026
Food & Agriculture
Homestead farming is empowering Indigenous women in central India
4 February 2026
Food & Agriculture
The Philippine island positioning itself as Asia-Pacific’s agroecology hub
15 January 2026
Carbon & Climate
Why developing countries oppose the EU's carbon border tax
6 November 2025
21 October 2025
8 October 2025
Food & Agriculture
EAT-Lancet report: Three key takeaways on climate and diet change
29 July 2025
Food & Agriculture
UN report: Five charts explaining the rise of global food insecurity
7 May 2025
31 January 2025
Carbon & Climate
What are biofuels and are they green?
9 January 2025
6 January 2025
Food & Agriculture
Tropical island nations face a land crisis
18 December 2024
Carbon & Climate
Sustainability innovations that made headlines in 2024
16 October 2024
Most popular
-
![Water is becoming a factor that can shape where companies invest, how much they can produce and how resilient their supply chains will be]()
EB Studio As industrialisation, digital infrastructure and climate pressures reshape demand, companies are being pushed to look beyond how much … -
![Earthshot_2026_Bhutan]()
News / Water
‘Rivers do not stop at political boundaries’: Bhutan’s Princess on forests, water and Himalayan cooperation
Exclusive Bhutan’s decades-long conservation efforts, bolstered by Restore Bhutan’s goal of bringing 50,000 hectares of degraded landscapes back to … -
![Motorcycle_Haze_Vietnam]()
News / Cities
Indonesia’s wildfire haze blankets Southeast Asia
Air quality in cities and districts across Southeast Asia has reached hazardous levels in recent weeks owing to … -
![Dudh Kosi river bridge, Nepal]()
Opinion / Carbon & Climate
Who is responsible for Nepal’s tragedy?
The devastating floods in Nepal demonstrate what happens when reckless development puts climate-vulnerable communities in harm’s way. -
![alibaba data centre3]()
The voluntary Antalya Pledge asks governments and companies to disclose data centre energy use and shift to renewables, … -
![Energy_Efficiency__China_AI]()
The region must strengthen grids and clean energy capacity to incorporate AI for efficiency, experts say. But in …
Receive the latest insights daily or weekly.
Strategic Organisations
