Topic
Environment
India Approves $2.3 Billion to Develop Green Hydrogen
By Sibi Arasu
Green hydrogen is hydrogen that is produced through the electrolysis of water, powered by electricity generated from renewable sources of energy.
Transboundary Water Governance is a Regional Security Issue in Asia
By Genevieve Donnellon-May and Zhang Hongzhou
Careful management of hydropower resources is essential to ensure its positive impacts on climate change and avoid transboundary river conflicts.
Cambodia Seeks UNESCO World Heritage Status to Protect a Mekong Biodiversity Hotspot
By Tom Fawthrop
This potentially spectacular success story for global conservation could be derailed if a huge dam project gets the green light.
China’s Five-Year National Water Security Plan
By Genevieve Donnellon-May
How does China's first five-year plan for national water security attempt to tackle the country's most pressing water challenges?
China’s Super Hydropower Dam and Fears of Sino-Indian Water Wars
By Genevieve Donnellon-May
The already-fraught relationship between China and India is becoming even more tense over Beijing’s plans to build a “super hydropower dam” in Tibet.
Screaming for Mercy, All Along the Mekong
By Luke Hunt
A conversation with the veteran British journalist and filmmaker Tom Fawthrop.
Toxic Winter: The ‘Slow Violence’ of Air Pollution in Mongolia
By Elena Gordillo Fuertes
Ulaanbaatar’s toxic air is taking a heavy toll, especially on already disadvantaged and vulnerable populations.
The Precarious State of the Mekong
By Nicholas Muller
Prolonged stress on the Lower Mekong Basin is reaching an ecological tipping point, threatening millions of livelihoods.
Indonesian Quake Kills at Least 162 and Injures Hundreds
By Firman Taufiq and Edna Tarigan
A magnitude 5.6 quake shook Cianjur in West Java province in the late afternoon.
Can China and the US Cooperate on Climate Change?
By Nima Khorrami
The China-U.S. technology rivalry will severely hinder the prospect of a common Sino-American approach to climate change.
A New Belt and Road Initiative Toolkit
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Jacinta Chen.
Cambodian Forestry Official Arrested in US Over Alleged Monkey-Smuggling Scheme
By Sebastian Strangio
Masphal Kry, a Cambodian forestry official, and seven others have been charged with conspiring to illegally export long-tailed macaques to the United States.