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Carbon & Climate
Is the Philippines ready for Super El Niño and super-typhoons?
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The vast minority of middle-income countries graduate to high-income status. Past strategies that prioritised physical capital must give way to a quality of growth approach premised on investment in human and natural capital.
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.
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11 May 2026
Food & Agriculture
How Asean can reduce its heavy dependence on imported agricultural inputs
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Food & Agriculture
Asean’s next generation of biofuels needs resilience beyond blending
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Food & Agriculture
Securing Asean’s food resilience amid the Middle East conflict
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Food & Agriculture
Women farmers are the first defenders of a warming Southeast Asia
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Policy & Finance
Trump and Southeast Asia: When transactionalism undermines trust
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Policy & Finance
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Food & Agriculture
Changing diets amid a changing climate
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