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Policy & Finance

Financial incentives fall short in greening Indonesia’s nickel industry, experts say

Customers want low carbon nickel but refuse to pay more, says Nickel Industries’ Muchtazar, as experts look to carbon credits and new incentives to make Indonesia’s smelters go green.
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Policy & Finance

Q&A: Why climate politics cannot be separated from Indigenous sovereignty and justice

As governments prioritise energy security and resource extraction, Indigenous leaders warn that land rights and consultation processes are increasingly being sidelined.
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Water

‘This is an emergency’: Northern Thai residents march over polluted rivers

Health authorities in Thailand have found arsenic in two people living near the Kok River. Heavy metals have also been found in the water and fish of Kok and other rivers.
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Transport

Indonesia intercepts mercury shipment bound for illegal Philippine mines

Inspectors at Jakarta’s Tanjung Priok Port found hundreds of individual containers of mercury hidden in carpets in a shipment bound for the Philippines in late April.

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2 June 2026

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Policy & Finance

The Philippines is failing to include Indigenous people in climate decision making

29 May 2026

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Cities

Trees sacrificed for ‘development’: advocates slam DENR’s green light for mass tree cutting in Philippines

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Water

‘Same dangerous project’: Outrage grows after Indonesia revives disputed mine

15 May 2026

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Water

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

10 April 2026

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Water

Deep-sea mining rules stall despite mounting urgency

8 April 2026

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Policy & Finance

Pacific islands resist Trump’s push to mine their ocean

2 April 2026

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Policy & Finance

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

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Water

Battering of global cooperation clouds future of high seas treaty

26 March 2026

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Manufacturing

Beneath Indonesia’s big EV dreams loom local costs

12 March 2026

The industrial site of PT Obi Sinar Timur, a nickel processor owned by Harita Group, in North Maluku.

Corporate Responsibility

Indonesian nickel company scrubbed coal power disclosures after complaint to SGX

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Water

Indigenous ocean voices are still being marginalised

5 March 2026

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Policy & Finance

What does the US pursuit of critical minerals mean for the Global South?

2 March 2026

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Water

Malaysia to integrate water pricing into national adaptation plan, says environment ministry

25 February 2026

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Water

Proposed ‘community mines' in Sumatra raise red flags

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Policy & Finance

Could Chinese miners be facing stronger environmental standards?

23 February 2026

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Policy & Finance

China’s Belt and Road must adapt to survive a hotter world

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