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Law

New Indonesian Broadcasting Bill threatens environmental journalism

Sweeping regulatory proposals risk curbing the media’s ability to scrutinise and inform public discussion on climate and environmental policy

Aurelia Joan

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Air pollution

Global South can tackle air pollution, climate change with new approaches and solidarity

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Human rights

Southeast Asia’s mineral boom for renewable energy sparks social unrest

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Energy transition

Opinion: Grid interconnectivity is critical to Asean’s energy transition

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Biodiversity

A deal on sharing benefits from genetic resources is key to COP16’s success

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Energy transition

Will Indonesia’s biodiesel push put its climate goals at risk?

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Marine protection

Stuttering progress on 30x30 ocean protection

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Indigenous peoples

Indigenous rights under pressure as Philippine minerals boom

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Air pollution

Can incinerators solve Vietnam’s waste crisis?

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Aquaculture

A tipping point for mangrove restoration and shrimp farming in Indonesia

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Negotiations

COP16: What’s on the agenda at this year’s biodiversity talks?

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Finance

Green bonds, red flags: Cambodia’s microfinance crisis deepens amid sustainability push

Carbon emissions

Interactive: Can CCS help Asia reach its climate goals?

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How microloans exacerbate deforestation in Cambodia

Cambodia’s reliance on microloans, long touted as a way to reduce poverty, belies concerns over debt-fuelled deforestation

Jack Brook, Eung Sea

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Renewables

Will foreign ownership of renewables lead to energy stability in the Philippines?

Aerial view of large scale deforestation in rainforest

Palm oil

Can regenerative agriculture make palm oil sustainable?

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Ecosystems

Thailand turns to mangrove carbon credits despite scepticism

Mekong

Just transitions in the Mekong: China’s role in trade and investment

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Global heating

Climate change in the Arctic is a wake-up call for the Global South

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Environmental defenders

Southeast Asia’s highly anticipated environmental rights declaration ‘watered down’, say critics

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Electric vehicles

Indonesia’s EV ambitions highlight urgent battery recycling challenges

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Mining

Indonesia’s president-elect should get real on nickel

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Chemicals

Unexploded ordnance has become an ocean time bomb

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Fisheries

Fears Thailand’s fishing reform will destroy a decade of progress

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Loss and damage

Will ‘loss and damage’ climate funding reach ocean communities?

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Energy transition

Mapping the future of solar capacity in Southeast Asia

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