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Opinion / #gas
Energy shocks expose Asia Pacific's gas gamble, as plunging battery costs and flexible demand tools emerge as cheaper, more secure alternatives to ‘transition fuel’ liquified natural gas.
Policy & Finance
Beyond green extractivism: Asean’s security depends on justice
The 48th Asean Summit in Cebu closed last week vowing “just” energy transition yet fossil fuel dependence and “green extractivism” deepen inequalities.
Food & Agriculture
Chokepoint in the Gulf: What the US-Israeli war on Iran means for Southeast Asia’s food security
The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz could push Aseans farmers and food prices to the brink, but the region has options to ease some of the pressure.
Vietnam has limited room for manoeuvre on the energy front as supply tightens, but is proactively playing the hand it has been dealt.
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31 March 2026
Food & Agriculture
Securing Asean’s food resilience amid the Middle East conflict
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Manufacturing
Getting to greener steel
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Policy & Finance
Fossil fuel adverts are today’s tobacco. Cities must ban them
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Policy & Finance
Trump’s second term is not the end of ESG, but a crossroads moment
13 December 2024
Policy & Finance
Companies are not ditching net zero – they are refining goals
26 November 2024
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Carbon & Climate
Why COP29 should not be ignored
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Climate impacts are crippling insurance and Big Oil must pay up
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Carbon & Climate
Why carbon capture and storage is not the solution
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