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Opinion / Asia Pacific
Vietnam has limited room for manoeuvre on the energy front as supply tightens, but is proactively playing the hand it has been dealt.
The global surge in oil prices due to the Strait of Hormuz closure threatens to deplete the Philippines’ fund that helps provide subsidies for fuel used by off-grid communities. A transition to more renewable energy offers benefits.
Food & Agriculture
Women farmers are the first defenders of a warming Southeast Asia
Countries can improve the lot of its women farmers by improving whose names land is registered in, who signs contracts, receives credit and training, and sits in the room when climate‑risk maps are drawn.
Food & Agriculture
The war in Iran could create a fertiliser shock, risking global food prices and farming
Around a third of globally traded urea passes through the Strait of Hormuz and importing countries are less self-sufficient than they appear.
All Asia Pacific Opinion
6 March 2026
4 March 2026
Carbon & Climate
Rethinking Malaysia’s path to net zero
3 March 2026
27 February 2026
25 February 2026
20 February 2026
Corporate Responsibility
Singapore's response to AI risks will fail unless businesses and investors follow
16 February 2026
Corporate Responsibility
Ethics is essential to sustainability in Asia – now more than ever
10 February 2026
9 February 2026
4 February 2026
2 February 2026
Policy & Finance
Philanthropy must dive deeper to save the ocean
20 January 2026
Policy & Finance
Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources
Policy & Finance
Strategic priorities for Asean's newest member
16 January 2026
Policy & Finance
The AI we need for sustainable infrastructure
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