Eco-Business

Global Witness warns that mining for green energy is fuelling conflict and human rights abuses in Asia and elsewhere, urging tougher standards and protections.

The initiative is philanthropy-led and will extend beyond traditional Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to cover conservation of more existing ocean ecosystems. Less than 3 per cent of the region's national waters are under formal protection but a deadline to meet a global conservation target looms.

Ahead of COP29, a study by International Institute for Environment and Development shows that Asia's least developed countries have debt growing at a faster rate than climate support.

Microfinance institutions in Cambodia, accused of predatory lending, are pivoting to green bonds while borrowers, burdened by debt and climate impacts, struggle to survive.

By Gerald Flynn, Vutha Srey

Thomson Reuters Foundation

By Isis Sartori Reis, Tom Baxter

By Ng Wai Mun

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Solar power plant, Central Thailand, energy transition

How the region’s populations view decarbonisation as the energy transition occurs can inform stronger leadership and better policymaking at the elite level. By Mirza Sadaqat Huda

While rainfall is important, how it is collected, stored and distributed is crucial to dealing with the region’s increasingly drier spells. By Dr Richard Friend, Dr Jutamas Kaewsuk and Dr Pakamas Thinphanga

Farmer working on a rice field in Bali, Indonesia.

The expected advent of the La Niña might portend a double-edged sword for affected regions. By Elyssa Kaur Ludher

The rampant activity reduces freshwater supply in turn affecting crop output, drinking water and the general ecosystem. By Edward Park and Dung Duc Tran

By Richard Friend, Jutamas Kaewsuk and Pakamas Thinphanga

By Vinod Thomas

By Jessica Cheam

By Dr Theresa Mundita Lim

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Southeast Asian nations are racing to bring clean, affordable power to their people, but one country is outrunning them all. How can states make their renewable energy transition a success?

An abandoned garment factory in Phnom Penh is reclaimed by artists in a haunting exhibition that depicts the impact of the fashion industry on the environment.

The Asian Institute of Technology demonstrates how the heat from solar power can help disinfect septic tanks at the recently held Reinvent the Toilet exhibition in New Delhi, India.

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Laos has announced the construction of two new coal plants for this year, despite growing evidence that coal power comes with significant financial risk. What is holding back the country from tapping its rich clean energy resources instead?

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