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Opinion / Asia Pacific
More than 1,500 vessels stranded by the Strait of Hormuz blockade risk spreading invasive marine species when they resume voyages, posing a wider biosecurity threat.
Climate change is increasingly driving displacement, raising urgent questions about development models that foster unequal growth while exacerbating ecological risk.
Policy & Finance
Can the world build institutions fast enough to govern AI?
Artificial intelligence is advancing faster than the international rules meant to manage it, raising the stakes for cooperation amid growing geopolitical fragmentation.
Carbon & Climate
Malaysia emits like the rich but speaks like the poor
Malaysia faces political, economic and constitutional barriers to curb carbon emission. As the climate bill nears Parliament, can policy finally match the country's carbon reality?
All Asia Pacific Opinion
4 August 2026
Carbon & Climate
Europe is fiddling while Rome burns
Policy & Finance
Tearing down the currency wall
29 July 2026
Carbon & Climate
Will the US climate war with Canada become global?
28 July 2026
Policy & Finance
Why Asia must fight for global tax justice at the UN
21 July 2026
13 July 2026
Carbon & Climate
Why climate adaptation is Malaysia’s next investment frontier
7 July 2026
11 June 2026
8 June 2026
29 May 2026
Corporate Responsibility
TSMC’s renewable energy gap is putting Taiwan’s AI chip advantage at risk
28 May 2026
25 May 2026
Corporate Responsibility
ESG is fragmenting – how should businesses respond?
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