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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.
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.
Carbon & Climate
Rethinking flood protection through a ‘no-regret’ lens
Governments in our region and beyond must plan today for tomorrow's floods, in a warming world. Regret can be minimised, if not eliminated.
Carbon & Climate
Malaysia emits like the rich but speaks like the poor
Malaysia faces political, economic and constitutional barriers to curb carbon emission. As the climate bill nears Parliament, can policy finally match the country's carbon reality?
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Rethinking Malaysia’s path to net zero
24 November 2025
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Food & Agriculture
India’s farm policies behind bad air, unhealthy diet, water crisis
Carbon & Climate
Climate justice is no longer an aspiration but a legal duty
10 November 2025
Water
AI wants our water
27 October 2025
Policy & Finance
While the West retreats, Asia powers ahead on sustainable finance
3 October 2025
12 September 2025
Policy & Finance
How green industrial policies are advancing in the Asia-Pacific
25 August 2025
8 August 2025
28 July 2025
Carbon & Climate
The World Court finally opens the door to 'climate reparations'
20 June 2025
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