Startups from Singapore and Canada claimed the top prizes in a record-breaking year for entries at the global sustainability innovation competition. Ideas to passively cool cities as well as store and ...

As Malaysia takes on the Asean chairmanship in 2025 under the theme of ‘Inclusivity and Sustainability’, it does so amid rising global polarisation – marked by rising trade tensions and deepening ...

Lebanon has been in the grips of unyielding crises since its economy imploded in 2019. The war between Israel and armed group ...

Indigenous Aeta protesters blockaded the trail to the Philippines’ Mount Pinatubo, a popular tourist attraction in an area ...

Overfishing in Southeast Asia’s coastal waters is a long-standing concern, but recent research suggests a more optimistic ...

Addressing the global crisis of maritime plastic pollution will require mobilising investment and support to reduce the ...

While the public sector is expected to account for the bulk of adaptation funding, a new study by Temasek and BCG identifies ...

For the first time, the G20 group of the world’s biggest economies has reached a multilateral agreement on principles to ...

A right-to-care programme in Quezon City, the Philippines’ most populous city, could be a litmus test for the success of the ...

The “wealthiest 10 per cent” of people on the planet are “responsible” for 65 per cent of the 0.61°C increase in global ...

The region has emerged as a leading solar exporter, helped by Chinese companies’ relocating their production – but US tariffs ...

The new rules enable the issuance of carbon credits from retiring coal plants and replacing them with renewables. At least 2 ...