The Trumpian approach to critical minerals – evident from the United States' interactions with Ukraine – may force Southeast Asia to choose sides. The region needs to look at diversifying its technical partners in the energy sector.
The UN has declared 2025 the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation as climate change speeds up ice loss not only in the Arctic and Antarctica, but in Asia's Hindu Kush Himalayas, which is warming three times the global average rate.
For years, Indigenous communities in Sarawak fought against logging on their lands. Today, they can claim a rare victory as timber giant Samling has withdrawn from logging native forests in the Baram area.