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...Malaysia and Indonesia), maritime accidents (Suez Canal, 2021) and environmental impacts such as drought (Panama Canal in 2019 and 2023). But disruptions can also be intentional. At any time, around 1...

14 Aug 2026

Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) chair and SD Guthrie Berhad group managing director Mohamad Helmy Othman Basha has urged members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to come together as ge...

11 Nov 2025

...Malaysia in late November and early December caused at least US$11 billion in losses. Heat stress cost Singapore S$1.18 billion (US$921.95 million) in lost output in 2018, according to a 2024 National...

2 Oct 2026

...Malaysia, said at the Ecosperity conference in Singapore last week. The Asia Pacific focus reflects the region's dual role as both an economic growth engine and one of the areas most exposed to climat...

25 May 2026

...Malaysia, in collaboration with a local NGO, the Malaysian Inshore Fishermen Association for Education and Welfare (JARING). JARING’s deputy chairperson, Mohd Faizal Mohd Zabri, said by phone that suc...

22 Jul 2025

Electricians fix power lines in South Jakarta, Indonesia.

...Malaysia is now regarded as the region’s second most progressive country for the energy transition (14.3 per cent), followed closely by Vietnam (13.3 per cent). The more even spread of leadership perc...

25 Sep 2025

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...Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand are aiming to develop greater control over domestic AI systems by hedging between US and Chinese AI investments and developments. These examples underscore some progre...

4 Sep 2026

...Malaysia (table 1), continuing to use its land-based infrastructures to import and export electricity with Cambodia and Laos. Another important benefit of subsea cables is that due to their relative n...

4 Feb 2026

...Malaysia as a regional artificial intelligence hub. Last Wednesday, ByteDance Systems signed a conservation agreement with the Malaysia Forest Fund, an agency under Malaysia’s natural resources and en...

3 Mar 2025

...Malaysia. Decarbonisation challenges It can be argued that the country’s rising energy consumption is another factor driving Malaysia’s decarbonisation push. The nation’s energy usage has increased b...

7 Apr 2025

...Malaysia has asked Indonesia permission to conduct cloud seeding over Indonesian territory. Singapore has also issued daily haze advisories to help the public plan activities and events. The pattern i...

24 Sep 2026

The Kasawari CCUS project in Sarawak, which be the world's largest

...Malaysia's key decarbonisation levers under the country's national energy transition roadmap (NETR). Malaysia's national oil and gas company Petronas has said that CCUS is pivotal to achieving net zer...

20 Mar 2025

Cows bathing in Lake Toba, north Sumatra.

...Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and India, along with two international banks active in the region. The research emerges as Asian populations grow wealthier and demand for protein is su...

1 Dec 2025

...Malaysia, Kiu Jia Yaw. The Asean Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (AATHP) was signed in 2002 and has been ratified by seven members: Brunei, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam an...

3 Jun 2025

...Malaysia and the Philippines are all planning to have gas in their energy systems up to 2050,” says Amalen S, co-founder and Asia director of the activism non-profit Artivist Network, based in Malaysi...

1 Aug 2025

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...Malaysia-listed Kuala Lumpur Kepong (KLK) Group Ku Kok Peng, discuss what genuine resilience looks like across one of Southeast Asia's most scrutinised industries. The ongoing conflict in the Middle ...

27 May 2026

The Coral Triangle, one of the planet’s most diverse reef regions, is under siege. The area, spanning the waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands and Timo...

8 Dec 2025

...Malaysia could “seize long-term investment opportunities”. “International tenders for carbon capture are ongoing now,” said minister of economy Rafizi Ramli. “If Malaysia does not enforce this law by ...

10 Mar 2025

Asean Power Grid: Accelerating the region’s energy transition

...Malaysia–Singapore Power Integration Project (LTMS-PIP), which sends hydropower from Lao PDR to its neighbours. In 2023, Asean announced another initiative, the Brunei–Indonesia&...

22 Jan 2026

...Malaysia hosted a roundtable discussion in July 2024, inviting key stakeholders across government, industry, and civic society to discuss the road ahead for Malaysia’s EPR journey. This report ...

11 Mar 2025

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