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Carbon & Climate

Breaking Southeast Asia’s fire and haze cycle through certification and coordinated action

Stronger standards and fire prevention can help, but lasting progress requires action across industries, governments and communities.
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Energy

Energy security in an age of disruption

While there is no single prescription for energy security, strengthening 'response capacity,' such as by establishing stockpiles, substituting sources, and diversifying suppliers, is essential. The point is not to eliminate vulnerabilities altogether, but to ensure that there are options when disruption arrives.
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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.
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Carbon & Climate

Regional haze casts a pall on Asean’s influence

The return of smoke haze underscores a sobering reality: while Asean has policies designed to combat it, the problem continues to occur.

All Southeast Asia Opinion

24 September 2026

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Policy & Finance

For Southeast Asia, the AI race is about access, not supremacy

21 September 2026

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Policy & Finance

A workable social contract for the climate transition

10 September 2026

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Energy

Asean's nuclear choices, geopolitical consequences

7 September 2026

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Policy & Finance

Asia's natural disasters must not become financial crises

4 September 2026

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Policy & Finance

Southeast Asia and AI adoption: The return of cold war strategies

3 September 2026

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Food & Agriculture

Southeast Asia holds the key to nature-positive palm oil

1 September 2026

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Carbon & Climate

Rethinking flood protection through a ‘no-regret’ lens

14 August 2026

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Carbon & Climate

India’s critical mineral challenge in a new global resource order

13 August 2026

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Cities

How climate crisis is redefining home and who counts as a refugee

11 August 2026

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Carbon & Climate

Malaysia emits like the rich but speaks like the poor

4 August 2026

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Carbon & Climate

Europe is fiddling while Rome burns

28 July 2026

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Policy & Finance

Why Asia must fight for global tax justice at the UN

15 July 2026

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Carbon & Climate

Is the Philippines ready for Super El Niño and super-typhoons?

13 July 2026

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Carbon & Climate

Why climate adaptation is Malaysia’s next investment frontier

8 July 2026

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Manufacturing

The US-China AI chip war: Southeast Asia’s compliance dilemma

29 June 2026

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Water

Labour abuse is seafood’s hidden cost

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