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  • 22 Aug 2024
    • Asean
    • Indonesia
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Southeast Asia’s great haze: Laggards and leaders

    Pia Dannhauer
    Indonesia is the region’s biggest producer of haze, so why was it the last to ratify ASEAN’s pollution prevention agreement?
  • 21 Aug 2024
    • Climate change
    • United Nations
    • Pacific Islands
    • New Caledonia
    • Tonga

    Polycrisis in the Pacific: How leaders will respond at the PIF Summit in Tonga

    Mihai Sora
    A tiny capital will be host to a huge regional agenda.
  • 20 Aug 2024
    • Asean
    • Australia and Asia
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • International law

    Australia–ASEAN maritime cooperation: A focus on the whole risks losing sight of the parts

    Thư Nguyễn Hoàng Anh
    Tailored programs accounting for individual country needs will have greater influence.
  • 13 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Diplomacy
    • Climate change
    • Pacific Islands
    • The Americas

    Where to for Australia’s First Nations Foreign Policy?

    'Alopi Latukefu
    The climate is right to make environmental diplomacy a centrepiece of this new approach to the world.
  • 9 Aug 2024
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Energy
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Is Australia too late to claim its green economy share?

    Trang Nguyen
    Playing a role in Southeast Asia’s green energy transition is an opportunity Australia must not let pass.
  • 9 Aug 2024
    • Asia
    • Southeast Asia
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • Africa

    Without money, the global biodiversity target is just an empty promise

    Mohd. Yunus
    Beyond social responsibility, funding conservation in developing nations is critical to the global economy.
  • 29 Jul 2024
    • Energy
    • Resource security
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Critical minerals, critical decisions

    Shannon Hobbs , Fiona David
    A new UN panel can help ensure the social and environmental risks of the energy transition are better understood.
  • 19 Jul 2024
    • Southeast Asia
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    The uncertain future for Southeast Asia’s great sea nomads

    Mohd. Yunus
    The seafaring tribes that crisscross the region’s waters are vital to ocean conservation but climate change is taking a toll.
  • 15 Jul 2024
    • India
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability

    Time to jumpstart Australia-India clean energy cooperation

    Lisa Singh , Ujjwal Krishna
    A clear understanding of the policies, capabilities and trade and investment opportunities will help regain momentum.
  • 24 Jun 2024
    • Japan
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability

    Gas and the difficult path to net zero

    Stephen Grenville
    As a major supplier of global energy, Australia’s external challenges will be formidable.
  • 18 Jun 2024
    • Asia
    • Indonesia
    • Malaysia
    • Thailand
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • Transnational Challenges

    The carbon sinks of Southeast Asia are in trouble

    Mohd. Yunus
    Global demand for palm oil and paper is threatening a fragile peatland ecosystem. International cooperation is needed now.
  • 11 Jun 2024
    • Global Economy
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability

    China’s contributions are a blind spot in global climate finance

    Georgia Hammersley , Grace Stanhope
    Accounting for money from China and other non-traditional donors is vital to set a meaningful global target to assist developing countries.
  • 4 Jun 2024
    • Maldives
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    The fight for freshwater in the Maldives

    Neeraj Singh Manhas
    Climate change and population increases have made water scarcity a geopolitical issue.
  • 28 May 2024
    • Climate change
    • Pacific Islands
    • Tuvalu

    A portrait of a climate champion: Who is Enele Sopoaga? 

    Isabelle Zhu-Maguire
    The Pacific leader is giving voice to the plight of the region and posing a direct challenge to Australia’s environmental diplomacy.
  • 8 May 2024
    • Energy
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    The cable shortage: Plugging in offshore wind farms

    Cynthia Mehboob
    Australia must consider the bigger risks as well as the opportunity of a shift to renewable energy.
  • 1 May 2024
    • Aid & Development
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability
    • Pacific Islands

    Fixing the plastics problem when delivering urgent aid

    Margaret Nesi
    Coping with climate change is hard enough. Sustainability cannot be overlooked in humanitarian action across the Pacific.
  • 26 Apr 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Global Economy
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability

    Waqf-based forests: Harnessing Islamic philanthropy for climate financing in Indonesia

    Khalifah Muhamad Ali , Dionaldy Permana
    Faith has long been devoted to salving social ills – addressing environmental challenges is the next step.
  • 26 Apr 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Australia’s comparative advantage in climate transition

    Stephen Grenville
    Already world leaders in rooftop solar, Australians should take the opportunity with supporting rollouts in Southeast Asia.
  • 18 Apr 2024
    • Australia
    • European Union
    • Trade
    • Climate change
    • Pacific Islands

    Is the EU Australia’s blind spot in the Indo-Pacific?

    Anne McNaughton , Frédéric Grare
    In region worried about militarisation, what is perceived as the EU’s weakness by Australia may be its main strength.
  • 16 Apr 2024
    • Energy
    • Climate change

    Great powers vs domestic politics: The clean energy trade-off

    Trissia Wijaya , Jun Arima , Patrick Ryan , Miwa Hirono
    The battle to corner the market on energy transition minerals has much at stake.
  • 28 Mar 2024
    • Aid & Development
    • Development Assistance
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Multilateral Development Banks

    Replenishing the Asian Development Bank in the Pacific

    Roland Rajah , Alexandre Dayant
    A strong replenishment of the bank’s grant financing arm would serve the Pacific well.
  • 22 Mar 2024
    • China
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • BRICS
    • Climate change
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • Sustainability

    Green transition: Supercharging a sustainable future for the Asia‑Pacific

    Christoph Nedopil
    An ambitious path of competition and collaboration with China would ensure the region’s economic non-dependence.
  • 15 Mar 2024
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Chinese Trade
    • Europe
    • Germany
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Shipping and the great shrinking waterways

    Selwyn Parker
    With droughts a more regular feature due to climate change, the globe needs a big rethink on supply chains.
  • 14 Mar 2024
    • Aid & Development
    • Southeast Asia
    • Climate change

    A multilateral bank for the Indo-Pacific?

    Michelle Lyons , Roland Rajah , Grace Stanhope
    The region needs a dedicated bank that enhances economic security in the pursuit of climate and development goals.
  • 11 Mar 2024
    • Climate change
    • Recommendations

    The Translator: "Loss and damage"

    Melanie Pill
    A new series in which experts explain the sometimes baffling jargon of international affairs.
  • 5 Mar 2024
    • China
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • United States

    From confrontation to collaboration: Working together on critical minerals supply chains

    Marina Yue Zhang , Xunpeng (Roc) Shi
    A global energy transition will rely not on decoupling but uniting for a diversified and sustainable future.
  • 5 Mar 2024
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • France
    • United Kingdom
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    A role for nuclear in Australia’s climate response?

    Stephen Grenville
    In the facts-lite political debate, the opportunities and comparative advantages of solar are being sidelined.
  • 29 Feb 2024
    • Global Economy
    • Climate change

    A new global climate finance goal must balance need with political reality

    Georgia Hammersley , Melanie Pill
    Support from rich countries to poor ones is at the heart of the Paris Agreement – still the question remains how much?
  • 28 Feb 2024
    • Asean
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Climate change

    ASEAN-Australia cooperation in the clean energy transition

    Sharon Seah
    Big ambition is the order of the day.
  • 23 Feb 2024
    • Climate change
    • Bougainville
    • China and the Pacific
    • Papua New Guinea

    Geopolitics, but what of other Pacific players?

    Nic Maclellan
    Politics is a missing element of a new Lowy Institute assessment.
  • 15 Feb 2024
    • Asean
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia
    • Climate change

    Go big or go home: Australia should invest at scale in Southeast Asia’s energy transition

    Michelle Lyons , Roland Rajah , Grace Stanhope
    The Paris Agreement will not succeed if the bid for net zero in Southeast Asia fails.
  • 12 Feb 2024
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Energy
    • Climate change

    Australia’s nuclear energy debate doesn’t have to be partisan

    Dron Parashar
    The technical merits of nuclear power as part of a mix of energy sources should be the foundation for debate here – as it is elsewhere globally.
  • 6 Feb 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Vietnam
    • Climate change

    One year into the Indonesia and Vietnam’s Just Energy Transition Partnerships

    Trang Nguyen
    It’s a long and winding road – but the destination is crucial.
  • 2 Jan 2024
    • Vietnam
    • Energy
    • Resource security
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Vietnam’s challenge to wean off coal

    Trang Nguyen
    Fossil fuels have driven rapid growth but the country has pledged – with global help – to be carbon neutral by 2050.
  • 12 Dec 2023
    • Climate change
    • United Nations

    Down or out: The future of fossil fuels at COP28

    Michelle Lyons , Ryan Neelam
    Record attendance by oil, coal and gas lobbyists shows how seriously the industry is taking this conference – and the gap remaining to any deal.
  • 8 Dec 2023
    • Climate change
    • United Nations

    Half time at COP28: Reflections from Dubai

    Melanie Pill , Georgia Hammersley
    A new loss and damage fund is real progress­ – but on its own is far from enough.
  • 4 Dec 2023
    • Global Issues
    • Climate change
    • International law
    • Transnational Challenges
    • United Nations

    Learning to live in a world without progress

    Mark Beeson
    Optimistic about the trajectory of human society? That’s brave.
  • 1 Dec 2023
    • Defence & Security
    • France
    • Climate change
    • Pacific Islands

    France as a convening power in the Pacific: The Nouméa SPDMM

    Céline Pajon
    A little known regional dialogue offers France and other countries a chance to contribute to the “Pacific way”.
  • 1 Dec 2023
    • China
    • Climate change
    • United States

    COP28: A better climate for US-China relations?

    Saira Bano
    As rivalry dominates cooperation, shared concern on the environment is still held out as a chance to stabilise ties.
  • 28 Nov 2023
    • Energy
    • Climate change
    • Qatar
    • United Arab Emirates

    The regional realignment on display at COP28

    Achref Chibani
    Middle East nations that built riches on fossil fuels are now presenting as friends for the Global South in an energy transition.
  • 24 Nov 2023
    • Asean
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Driving the energy transition within ASEAN

    Nadira Asrifa , Ahmad Munawir Siregar
    Transportation is the life-blood of the regional economy but also a big contributor to environmental costs.
  • 24 Nov 2023
    • Debt
    • Climate change

    De-risking developing country debt

    Roland Rajah , Riley Duke
    Debt suspension clauses should be rolled out by Western lenders, including Australia.
  • 23 Nov 2023
    • Climate change
    • United Nations

    Global Goal on Adaptation: Shaping a new framework at COP28

    Georgia Hammersley , Melanie Pill
    Crafting a common metric might be a negotiator’s nightmare but it’s never been more urgent to help the world's most vulnerable.
  • 16 Nov 2023
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Climate change
    • Sustainability

    Albanese is right to reject fossil fuel phaseouts

    Lachlan Carey
    The politics of climate change has to be paired with grasping the economics, too.
  • 9 Nov 2023
    • China
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Trade
    • WTO
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Economic diplomacy: Labor’s green security state rises

    Greg Earl
    From Chinese wind turbines to temporary foreign workers, Australia faces difficult intersections between domestic and foreign policy.
  • 9 Nov 2023
    • Climate change
    • Sex and Gender

    COP28: Why a gender power divide threatens climate progress

    Sarah Morley , Isabelle Zhu-Maguire
    Global negotiations often sideline gender as a “women’s issue” rather than being essential to the response.
  • 9 Nov 2023
    • Aid & Development
    • IMF
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • Sustainability

    Private finance cannot lead the global response to climate change

    Arth Mishra , Connor O’Brien
    Misplaced faith in private sector solutions delays the redistribution of trillions from developed countries and multilateral institutions.
  • 7 Nov 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Energy
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Indonesia’s Just Energy Transition Partnership is a glass half full

    Tiza Mafira
    Momentum is building, but global pledges for no new fossil fuel expansion come with a lot of caveats.
  • 2 Nov 2023
    • Aid & Development
    • Climate change
    • Vanuatu

    Measuring the climate cost to Pacific development

    Riley Duke , Gilliane De Gorostiza
    International assistance is not keeping up with intensifying rate and scale of disasters in the region.
  • 30 Oct 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Global Issues
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • United States
    • US Elections

    The future isn’t what it used to be

    Mark Beeson
    Will a revolution be the way the world’s young people right the wrongs of the modern era?
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