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Climate Change
Singapore’s Climate Impact X: A Viable Solution for Decarbonization
By Danielle Fallin
Given its location, embrace of green technologies, and reputation for transparency, Singapore could offer a stable foundation for a global carbon market.
Authoritarianism Can’t Beat Climate Change
By Alexander Butler
If indeed there does exist a pathway out of global climate governance gridlock, the answer does not lie at the feet of authoritarian monoliths.
Economic Logic Alone Will Not Curb ASEAN’s Carbon Emissions
By James Guild
The hard political choices involved in phasing out coal and reducing emissions are the most important, and also the most often elided, element.
Is Securitization of Climate Change a Boon or Bane?
By Asif Muztaba Hassan
Climate-vulnerable nations are calling on rich countries to deliver the $100 billion per annum they promised years ago as climate finance.
Can Indonesia Really Quit Coal After 2023?
By James Guild
Any move to jettison coal power will likely face opposition from the country's powerful domestic coal lobby.
We’re Not in a Cold War With China, We’re in a Green War for Survival
By Edward J. Markey
We cannot save the “pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known” without spurring China -- and ourselves -- to action.
Jumpstarting China’s Industrial Decarbonization Revolution
By Phelim Kyne
China's decarbonization plans must begin with its steel sector, which contributes 15 percent of its total carbon emissions.
US Opens Initiative to Focus on ‘Small and Less Populous Island Economies’
By Grant Wyeth
In addition to the Pacific Island states, the SALPIE initiative covers island nations in the Caribbean and North Atlantic, which share climate change and COVID-19 concerns.
Prepping the US Military for Climate Change
By Jacob Parakilas
The American defense establishment, central in the U.S. political imagination, must be leveraged to meet the gravest long-term national security threat the country faces.
Responding to Central Vietnam’s Floods and Landslides
By Hugh Bohane
Local NGOs bring aid to flood and landslide-affected communities in Central Vietnam.
Pacific Island States Look Hopefully to Biden Administration for Movement on Climate Change
By Grant Wyeth
Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has extended an invitation to Biden to travel to Fiji in August 2021 for the Pacific Islands Forum.
What a New US Administration Means for Australia
By Joshua Mcdonald
What it comes to climate change and China, what do the results of the U.S. presidential election mean for Australia?