Climate

Climate • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 09, 2019 • 6 min read

Opinion Guardians of the forest

By Rukka Sombolinggi • Aug 09, 2019
The head of Indonesia’s main Indigenous Peoples organisation calls on the country’s government to live up to its promises on land rights

Climate • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 02, 2019 • 11 min read

Climate crisis Words of warning

By Claire Baker-Munton • Jul 02, 2019
The climate catastrophe is the biggest story of our times. Here’s how we intend to tell it

Climate • STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 14, 2019 • 9 min read

Mass extinction How to save the world

By Philip Bethge • Jun 14, 2019
A new ethos and a new self-identity for mankind are needed to overcome mass extinction

Climate • STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 12, 2019 • 9 min read

Natural disasters Apocalypse, soon

By Claire Baker-Munton • Jun 12, 2019
Soaring temperatures spurred by global warming and El Niño raise the risk of increasingly devastating storms, fires and floods. Is Southeast Asia ready?

Climate • Jun 05, 2019 • 9 min read
Climate change

Dead in the water

Hydropower is booming in the Mekong River basin as countries seek clean energy – but these massive dams might prove even more polluting than fossil fuels
By Claire Baker-Munton

Climate • Dec 18, 2018 • 15 min read
Belt and Road

Operation Mekong

China is exercising a level of economic influence on the Mekong states not seen since the height of its imperial might
By Bernhard Zand

Climate • Oct 25, 2018 • 5 min read
Climate collapse

The fall of Angkor

Researchers now believe they know why the ancient city of Angkor was abandoned – and warn that modern-day cities could fall victim to the same fate
By Robin Spiess

Climate • Oct 16, 2018 • 5 min read
Natural disasters

Flooded out

Several Southeast Asian countries have this year been heavily impacted by natural disasters, and according to recent reports, the onslaught of extreme weather in the region is expected to continue for the foreseeable future
By Robin Spiess

Climate • Sep 24, 2018 • 6 min read
Climate Change

How committed are developed nations?

Developing countries claim that Australia, Japan and the US have failed to contribute their fair share to the Green Climate Fund of the 2015 Paris Agreement
By Lesly Lotha

Climate • Jun 07, 2017 • 10 min read
Cambodia

The less forests, the more floods

Massive deforestation is playing a crucial role in the droughts that are devastating Cambodia. But despite an official ban on timber exports, forests continue to be cut down at a record rate
By Euan Black

Climate • Apr 20, 2017 • 11 min read
Climate change

Aung San Suu Kyi’s climate crisis

In 2008, Myanmar suffered its worst natural disaster on record when Cyclone Nargis swept through and the military regime hampered relief efforts. Now, the new government is struggling to find the resources needed to help protect its people from the ravages of global warming
By Fatima Arkin

Climate • May 25, 2016 • 4 min read
Cambodia

Drought and inaction hit rice industry hard

The effects of Cambodia’s recent drought will serve to exacerbate existing structural weaknesses in the rice sector, say experts
By Logan Connor and Paul Millar