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Opinion / South Asia
For Seychelles and other countries across the Western Indian Ocean region, marine conservation is a fundamental component of national development. But the ocean observes no national borders, which makes international cooperation and common financing instruments essential.
Policy & Finance
How to improve global mineral governance
The race to secure critical minerals has intensified at the same time as the international community has recognised the need for more sustainable and responsible mining practices. Translating the resulting frameworks and guidelines into concrete action will require consolidating Global South policy and advocacy networks.
Policy & Finance
The next era of reform must be about capability
Economic development should no longer be measured solely by how much finance is mobilised or how much fiscal space is created. It must also be judged by whether countries emerge more capable of setting their own priorities, responding to challenges, and seizing new opportunities to shape their own future.
Carbon & Climate
Can adaptation accelerate climate action?
After a summer of apocalyptic headlines, a new survey finds that people across the political spectrum are deeply concerned about preparing for the effects of global warming. The adaptation imperative may end up being the kind of crisis that forces us to stop neglecting the green agenda and act at the necessary scale.
All South Asia Opinion
21 September 2026
Policy & Finance
A workable social contract for the climate transition
Carbon & Climate
Who is responsible for Nepal’s tragedy?
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1 September 2026
20 August 2026
4 August 2026
Policy & Finance
Tearing down the currency wall
28 July 2026
Policy & Finance
Why Asia must fight for global tax justice at the UN
14 July 2026
Carbon & Climate
E20 debate reveals India’s uneven energy transition trade-offs
18 June 2026
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3 March 2026
16 February 2026
Corporate Responsibility
Ethics is essential to sustainability in Asia – now more than ever
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