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Food & Agriculture
Securing Asean’s food resilience amid the Middle East conflict
The Middle East conflict is set to have a double-whammy impact on both Asean’s import of fertilisers, and its energy-intensive fertiliser production. The timing is critical as in the coming months, the five major crops, including rice, are being planted in Asean.
The global energy transition was once defined by energy security, affordability, and environmental sustainability. But a new era of geopolitical conflict has reshaped the energy trilemma, with national security the overriding priority.
Evolutionary game theory is useful to devise strategies for real-life situations such as international negotiations and ecological crises, where players are unequal, and choices are complex.
Policy & Finance
Rethinking coal phase-out in Asia and beyond
To accelerate the retirement of coal, we need a scalable incentive framework that offers equitable participation and fair distribution of costs and benefits.
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27 February 2026
25 February 2026
19 January 2026
12 January 2026
Policy & Finance
The ocean has finally entered the global climate debate
26 December 2025
Carbon & Climate
How insurance can transform our resilience to climate shocks
24 December 2025
Carbon & Climate
‘They invite us to speak, but not to decide’
18 December 2025
Policy & Finance
India’s climate diplomacy must account for domestic inequalities
1 December 2025
Carbon & Climate
A new opening for a fossil fuel phase out?
20 November 2025
18 November 2025
17 November 2025
Carbon & Climate
COP30 must do good, not just avoid harm
13 November 2025
Carbon & Climate
Climate justice is no longer an aspiration but a legal duty
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Opinion / Water
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News / Corporate Responsibility
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News / Carbon & Climate
Carbon markets in Asia fall short on biodiversity goals, study warns
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