Environment

The proposed mega-water transfer project is already sparking fears abroad. China should start talking with countries downstream of the impacted rivers to address their concerns.

“The people of Nepal and India are sandwiched between the pandemic and worsening climate disasters, heavily impacting millions of lives and livelihoods.”

Prime Minister Scott Morrison argued that technology – not carbon taxing – is the best way to achieve the climate target.

Over-enthusiasm for Xi’s coal pledge will let China get away with lower overall climate ambitions.

A new report claims that palm oil executives in PNG have bribed officials, paid police to brutalize villagers, used child labor, and participated in an apparent tax evasion scheme.

However, it has sounded the alarm on the building of dams in Arunachal Pradesh.

President Jokowi's administration seems poised to break through the regulatory bottlenecks that have long held back the country's renewable energy ambitions.

Rice-producing countries could contribute decisively to meeting the new EU-U.S. target to cut global methane emission.

Biden needs to put more pressure on Japan to abandon coal.

ASEAN has recognized the value of cutting-edge technologies to predict and address natural disasters. But much more can be done to implement these solutions.

A new DRI Trendlines report describes, among other things, how climate change and urbanization interact in the Asia-Pacific, leading to new traditional and non-traditional security risks.