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Carbon & Climate

Even ‘weak’ cyclones are being turned into deadly rainmakers by fast-warming oceans

Despite accurate forecasts, weak cyclones in South Asia triggered deadly floods – highlighting how warmer oceans are amplifying rainfall and reshaping cyclone risks in a warming climate.
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Cities

What really kills people in tropical cyclones

Researchers found that people in poorer communities face a far higher risk of death from diseases after typhoons – with limited healthcare access and flooding from heavy rainfall worsening the impacts.
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Energy

Beyond green data centres: Leaner, smarter AI for Southeast Asia’s sustainable digital future

Booming growth in data centres is escalating electricity demand and risks undermining the region’s energy transition goals.
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Policy & Finance

Nature risk is financial risk

With investors already confronting the consequences of environmental instability, there can no longer be any doubt that nature risk is financial risk. Asset owners, central banks and institutions like the International Monetary Fund have a responsibility to integrate this awareness into all their activities.

All Thailand Opinion

15 July 2025

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Policy & Finance

Thailand’s climate change law should be fortified before it is enacted

26 May 2025

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Carbon & Climate

An intelligent trade-off: AI as a double-edged sword in Southeast Asia’s climate battle

14 May 2025

COP30 Brazil

Carbon & Climate

From Kuala Lumpur to Belém: can Asean lead its people and the planet?

7 May 2025

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Cities

Developing countries can lead in medical innovation

20 April 2025

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Manufacturing

Southeast Asia's potential role in rare earth elements diversification

8 April 2025

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Transport

Autonomous driving and Southeast Asia: Will it hit the road?

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Food & Agriculture

Migrant agriculture workers: potential resource for Southeast Asia’s food-resilient future

26 March 2025

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Policy & Finance

Shake it up, don’t shoot it down: the case for reforming US aid

27 January 2025

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Policy & Finance

Southeast Asia's frustration with the state of climate finance

7 January 2025

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Food & Agriculture

Synergising digital tech and climate tech to enhance Asean climate action

13 December 2024

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Carbon & Climate

Making carbon trading work: Exploring collaboration between Japan and Asean countries

5 November 2024

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Food & Agriculture

At COP29, food banks can demonstrate how Southeast Asia protects the planet while feeding more people

4 November 2024

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Lifestyle

Moo Deng: the celebrated hippo’s real home has disappeared – will the world restore it?

4 October 2024

Solar power plant, Central Thailand, energy transition

Carbon & Climate

The people's vision for regional decarbonisation in Southeast Asia

4 September 2024

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Energy

Rethinking coal: lessons from the Song Hau 2 termination

2 September 2024

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Water

Dry hard: the challenge of storing Mekong rain

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