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Climate commitments must be backed by more action
Asia focus, Alfonso Garcia Mora, Published on 06/12/2021
» At the 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, governments and private sector committed to new targets to achieve net-zero emissions. Notably, 137 global leaders which possess 90% of the world's forests have signed up to a pledge to half and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030.
Shaping the Asean identity
Asia focus, Apiradee Treerutkuarkul, Published on 20/09/2021
» The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has come a long way in building its identity in the 54 years since it was founded. The concept of a regional community is well developed in areas such as trade and economic cooperation, but the cultural dimension remains a challenge.
Extreme weather a wake-up call
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 06/09/2021
» Waking up last Wednesday, I was surprised to see pictures of flooding on the Facebook page of my friend, whose house is not far from my place. I live on the eighth floor of a condo so I had no clue there was flooding in my neighbourhood, though it had been raining heavily when I went to bed.
Climate challenge
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 03/05/2021
» While Southeast Asian countries have been busy developing national and regional policies to mitigate the effects of climate change, its impact is becoming more evident.
Asean moving forward with Surin's legacy
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 10/12/2018
» As a regional grouping of 10 countries with vastly contrasting types of government, Asean has managed to show surprising cohesiveness and solidarity in its 51 years of existence.
Australia wrestles with saving the Great Barrier Reef
Asia focus, Bloomberg, Published on 29/10/2018
» Ask four Australians why the Great Barrier Reef is bleaching, and you'll hear four different answers.
Fake goods a growing scourge
Asia focus, Meng Sokhouy, Published on 17/09/2018
» Listening to the news and enjoying a half-hour bubble bath are part of my morning routine. But a news item I heard recently got my day off to a bad start. I rushed through my post-bath preparations without touching any of the products I normally use.
Clinging to hope
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 21/05/2018
» They have survived many challenges, from a genocide that killed nearly 3 million of their people, the ultimate fight for freedom from Pakistan, a series of coups since independence in 1971, and the assassination of the Father of the Nation, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. But the people of Bangladesh still find it in their hearts to help those even less fortunate than themselves, in this case hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees.