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Policy & Finance
War and climate
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz showed how quickly a regional conflict can throw global energy markets into chaos. By pushing governments toward coal and biofuels, the war could accelerate deforestation and undermine climate negotiations, with environmental consequences that will linger long after the fighting ends.
Food & Agriculture
Asean’s next generation of biofuels needs resilience beyond blending
Will scaling biofuels in Southeast Asia make the region more resilient to oil shocks, or does it introduce new vulnerabilities? Structural risks must be addressed as biofuels take a larger share of the transport fuel mix.
The rapid uptake of alternative fuels in shipping is outpacing international liability regimes – leaving gaps in protection against spills and accidents.
Some members of the United Nations International Maritime Organisation argue that biofuels should be central to the effort to decarbonise the shipping industry but there is nothing sustainable about it.
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24 March 2025
Transport
Can the shipping industry decarbonise?
10 February 2025
Manufacturing
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26 September 2024
15 February 2024
15 May 2023
5 April 2022
Policy & Finance
Financing gender-energy access programmes in Asean
20 September 2021
17 February 2020
22 November 2018
Carbon & Climate
The bleak fate of the Amazon
27 September 2018
8 July 2018
Food & Agriculture
Winners and losers from the EU's proposed ban on palm oil
26 April 2018
Food & Agriculture
Can sustainable bioeconomy be a driver of green growth?
5 January 2018
Policy & Finance
Fossil fuel subsidies – a harmful government expenditure
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Carbon & Climate
Book Review: Little Climate
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Food & Agriculture
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