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Opinion / Asia Pacific
An advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice last year left no doubt that states have a legal obligation to prevent significant harm to the climate system, and that a failure to do so carries legal consequences. Now, a new United Nations resolution seeks to put this ruling into practice.
As national systems rapidly expand in the region, the challenge and opportunity is to align them into an interoperable network that can unlock efficient, trusted, and scalable global climate finance.
Energy shocks expose Asia Pacific's gas gamble, as plunging battery costs and flexible demand tools emerge as cheaper, more secure alternatives to ‘transition fuel’ liquified natural gas.
Policy & Finance
Beyond green extractivism: Asean’s security depends on justice
The 48th Asean Summit in Cebu closed last week vowing “just” energy transition yet fossil fuel dependence and “green extractivism” deepen inequalities.
All Asia Pacific Opinion
11 May 2026
Food & Agriculture
How Asean can reduce its heavy dependence on imported agricultural inputs
6 May 2026
Food & Agriculture
Asean’s next generation of biofuels needs resilience beyond blending
4 May 2026
30 April 2026
Food & Agriculture
China’s next strategic edge? Sustainable protein
27 April 2026
24 April 2026
Carbon & Climate
To strengthen climate resilience, focus on social protection
21 April 2026
20 April 2026
Carbon & Climate
The real lesson from Australia’s first major greenwashing case
6 April 2026
2 April 2026
11 March 2026
10 March 2026
Food & Agriculture
Women farmers are the first defenders of a warming Southeast Asia
9 March 2026
6 March 2026
4 March 2026
Carbon & Climate
Rethinking Malaysia’s path to net zero
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