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Carbon & Climate
Indonesia’s El Niño‑driven peat fires are choking the region, releasing centuries of stored carbon
Indonesia’s El Niño-fuelled peat fires are exposing millions across Southeast Asia to hazardous air pollution and releasing vast amounts of stored carbon – underscoring the urgent need to restore degraded peatlands.
Policy & Finance
Rebalancing nature’s books
The first report card on the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal framework was issued at this year’s UN Biodiversity Conference in Yerevan, and the marks were dismal. The problem is not a lack of targets, but a global financial system that pays to destroy nature and penalises those who protect it.
Food & Agriculture
Regenerative agriculture can build Southeast Asia’s resilience, if communities take the lead
Southeast Asia can scale climate-smart farming by putting farmers, viable business models and cross-sector partnerships at the centre.
With regional diplomacy and Singapore’s haze law offering victims slow responses, Indonesia’s own courts may be the most promising route to compensation. A recent procedural rule eases the hardest part of any haze lawsuit – proving whose fires caused the harm.
All #agriculture Opinion
2 October 2026
24 September 2026
Carbon & Climate
Regional haze casts a pall on Asean’s influence
21 September 2026
7 September 2026
Food & Agriculture
To end global hunger, invest in rural communities
Policy & Finance
Asia's natural disasters must not become financial crises
3 September 2026
Food & Agriculture
Southeast Asia holds the key to nature-positive palm oil
7 July 2026
24 June 2026
Food & Agriculture
What the Iran war taught the world about food security
22 June 2026
Food & Agriculture
Taking women farmers seriously
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
30 April 2026
Food & Agriculture
China’s next strategic edge? Sustainable protein
21 April 2026
9 April 2026
31 March 2026
Food & Agriculture
Securing Asean’s food resilience amid the Middle East conflict
9 March 2026
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