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Ahead of Donald Trump’s second term as US president, a rerun of his first trade war with China is firmly on the cards – and minerals key to the energy transition may end up in the crossfire.

Ending the damaging price war may require fundamental reform. How did the industry get here, and how can it recover?

A new deal could boost the economy in Bhutan and Nepal while helping India and Bangladesh – but it is based on increasingly precarious hydro.

Bangladesh’s interim government remains dependent on India as a dollar crisis limits its ability to generate its own electricity.

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Long a source of tension with its neighbours, China’s transboundary rivers are opening opportunities for regional cooperation. By Fengshi Wu

Building tensions between Singapore and Malaysia over its water agreement are setting the two on a collision course over scarcity and sustainability. By Tamil Salvi Mari

China’s active involvement in climate diplomacy can increase overseas understanding of its climate policies and bring impetus to global climate governance. By Liu Yuanling

Although the biodiversity crisis is intimately linked to the climate one, the financing to address it is woefully inadequate. With a new global biodiversity plan now in the works, the world has an opportunity – and a duty – to start making up for lost time. By Andrew Deutz

By Divya Narain

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By Frank Bainimarama and Andrew Holness

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