English
Publish with us
Subscribe
Asia Pacific‘s leading platform for sustainable development

News / #international cooperation

Mekong_River_Metals_Pollution

Water

Toxic arsenic levels detected in Thailand’s Mekong waters for first time

Thai authorities have detected dangerous levels of arsenic contamination in sediment from the Mekong River mainstream and three of its tributaries in the country’s north.
Seedlings_Worker_Indonesia

Policy & Finance

Q&A: ‘We are spending more than the planet can give us. That is a road to nowhere’

Davos trustee André Hoffmann on how short-term politics and fossil-fuel dependence are pulling the world away from climate action.
Shipping_Port_Cargo_IMO

Transport

Global green shipping deal still on course, say advocates

While the latest talks were less fraught than October’s, the International Maritime Organization’s Net-Zero Framework is far from a done deal.
Delhi_Airport_Installation

Policy & Finance

India shifts climate priorities as global uncertainty grows

India’s withdrawal from hosting COP33 reflects shifting climate diplomacy priorities – as finance gaps, geopolitical tensions and rising expectations reshape global climate negotiations.

All #international cooperation News

27 April 2026

Large-scale banners at IMO

Transport

UN shipping talks more than a climate deal but ‘a test of global cooperation’s survival’: advocates

22 April 2026

Arthur Joseph Kurup

Carbon & Climate

Malaysia launches its first carbon market policy, puts carbon tax on hold

15 April 2026

Park_Rickshaw_Bangkok_Thailand

Transport

Q&A: As Thailand bets on EVs, what will happen to the spent batteries?

11 April 2026

Soldiers_Afghanistan_US

Policy & Finance

Q&A: ‘If you are in the business of peace, you must talk to those who are at war’

10 April 2026

Deep_Sea_Mining_Octopus_Coral

Water

Deep-sea mining rules stall despite mounting urgency

8 April 2026

Monk_Roadside_Sri_Lanka

Cities

Worsening air in Sri Lanka blamed on transboundary pollution

COP30_Indigenous_Protest_Brazil

Policy & Finance

COP30 chief says climate implementation can’t wait for consensus

7 April 2026

Ambassador Ravi Menon and Minister Grace Fu

Policy & Finance

Singapore launches new C3T council to drive competitive climate shift beyond compliance

2 April 2026

Oil_Palm_Harvest_Worker_Indonesia

Policy & Finance

Critics call US–Indonesia trade deal ‘extractive colonialism’ over mining, fossil fuels

Penguin_Dive_Antartica

Water

Battering of global cooperation clouds future of high seas treaty

1 April 2026

CANSEA press conference

Energy

Renewables shift needed as Iran war exposes Asia’s fragile energy market: experts

27 March 2026

Cities in Pakistan are the most vulnerable globally to rising temperatures and heat stress.

Carbon & Climate

Heat inequality: Climate driving mortality in poor nations, cutting deaths in rich regions

20 March 2026

China_UK_Energy_Partnership

Energy

Can a UK-China power-trading venture assist China’s energy transition?

12 March 2026

Indigenous_Voices_Oceans_Governance

Water

Indigenous ocean voices are still being marginalised

11 March 2026

Cabbage_Seedlings_Farmer_Pesticides

Food & Agriculture

Nations off track to meet UN pesticide risk reduction targets, study finds

Wind_Power_Fuzhou_China

Energy

China’s offshore wind companies seek a Europe foothold

Most popular

leaf background pattern

Transforming Innovation for Sustainability Join the Ecosystem →

Strategic Organisations

NVPC Singapore Company of Good logo
First Gen
NZCA