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How environmental change is shaping Southeast Asia.
By Michael Tatarski • Oct 11, 2018
Vietnam performed the best of 151 countries in a study that assessed quality of life versus environmental sustainability
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Oct 05, 2018
The Blue Circle says that the time is now for Southeast Asia to embrace renewable energy as the region’s power demands grow
By Janelle Retka and Leng Len • Oct 02, 2018
As the Kingdom's construction boom continues, the local production of cement has evolved alongside it. But potential environmental issues may prove costly
By Lesly Lotha • Sep 24, 2018
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
As caretakers of Koh Samui’s delicate ecosystem, island locals who earn a living from the tourist trade are getting help from government regulations and even trash-picking tourists as they help preserve the area’s pristine waters and beaches
By Tom O'Connell • Sep 21, 2018
Okra Solar, an Australian-founded technology company based in Cambodia, is on a mission to see 100% of the world’s population with access to stable electricity by 2025
By Robin Spiess • Sep 14, 2018
As Southeast Asia buckles beneath the weight of the world's redirected refuse, experts say sustainable waste management can only come by abandoning our throwaway culture
By Paul Millar • Sep 12, 2018
After a decade of heavy sand dredging in the waterways of Cambodia's Koh Kong province, a fishing community once recognised for its rich ecosystem is struggling to fill its nets.
By Janelle Retka and Leng Len • Sep 10, 2018
The release of Cambodia's opposition leader comes during the week that the European Parliament are set to discuss the country's human rights record, leaving many critics sceptical of the government’s intentions
By Tom O'Connell • Sep 10, 2018
The deadly dam collapse in Laos in 2018 brings Cambodia’s own grand plans for hydropower into question – and thrusts solar power to the forefront of the Kingdom’s quest for energy independence
By Amanda Kaufmann • Sep 05, 2018
The long-rooted shrubs can be vital to the environment, marine ecosystems and to millions of people around the world who rely on them
By Uffe Wilken • Jul 26, 2018
Thailand’s military government wants to turn the chaotic metropolis of Bangkok into a kind of Singapore: tidy, sterile and easily controllable – and thus, a symbol of its power
By Katrin Kuntz • Jul 19, 2018