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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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Policy & Finance

Warming Himalayas: Nepal’s climate justice test

Nepal’s devastating Himalayan floods have exposed the human and economic cost of a warming region, reviving demand for climate justice.
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Policy & Finance

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

The region’s stake in AI is not simply which great power builds the most capable model. The key is to ensure that AI remains affordable, locally relevant, continuously available and politically accessible.
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Policy & Finance

A workable social contract for the climate transition

Economic insecurity and growing distrust in institutions are undermining governments’ ability to sustain support for climate action. To rebuild that support, they must show that climate policies can reduce household bills, create decent jobs, and ensure that the biggest emitters pay their fair share.

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8 September 2026

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Cities

Himalayan floods, climate crisis and the need for disaster diplomacy

7 September 2026

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Food & Agriculture

To end global hunger, invest in rural communities

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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

1 September 2026

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Carbon & Climate

Rethinking flood protection through a ‘no-regret’ lens

14 August 2026

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Cities

Delhi’s EV policy changes the engine, not the system

13 August 2026

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Policy & Finance

Decolonising economics means questioning where its ideas came from

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Policy & Finance

A new paradigm for global health financing

12 August 2026

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Policy & Finance

Can the world build institutions fast enough to govern AI?

11 August 2026

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Carbon & Climate

Malaysia emits like the rich but speaks like the poor

21 July 2026

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Carbon & Climate

Why carbon markets need data infrastructure, not just carbon credits: an Asia-Pacific perspective

8 July 2026

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Manufacturing

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

15 June 2026

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Energy

In the age of the digital grid, who will govern Cambodia’s power data?

12 June 2026

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Policy & Finance

The AI revolution mirrors the green transition

11 June 2026

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Cities

No longer poor: Can Laos be clean, green and great?

9 June 2026

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Policy & Finance

Southeast Asia’s high-income aspirants should focus on quality of growth

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