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Climate Change/Energy Sector/Net Zero – Climate change: What is ‘net zero’ and why does it matter? (WEF)

Megan Rowling The International Energy Agency (IEA) has unveiled a roadmap outlining the steps that the world's energy sector needs to take in order...

Climate Change/Tropical forests – Can this billion-dollar initiative save the world’s tropical forests? (WEF)

Natalie Marchant A new public-private initiative will provide $1 billion in financing to countries that protect their tropical forests. The US, UK and Norwegian...

Amazon Deforestation – Why a green economy is needed to stop Amazon deforestation (WEF)

Ilona Szabó de Carvalho Future of the Amazon rainforest is at a dangerous environmental tipping point if deforestation levels rise another 5%. Collective action...

Gulf of Guinea – How to address piracy in the Gulf of Guinea and protect seafarers (WEF)

Anna Larsson, Margi Van Gogh Gulf of Guinea piracy has evolved from near-shore robbery to open sea piracy and the violent kidnapping of crew...

Tourism/Virtual and augmented reality – How virtual tourism can rebuild travel for a post-pandemic world (WEF)

Anu Pillai S The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the travel and tourism industries; Businesses in this sector must build infrastructure and practices that allow...

Sri Lanka – Rajapaksa steps up Sri Lanka’s anti-Muslim measures (East Asia Forum)

A R M Imtiyaz, Delaware Valley University Anti-Muslim rhetoric in Sri Lanka has steadily increased over the last decade. But the wave of coordinated suicide bombings that...

Indonesia/ASEAN/Myanmar – The Indonesia factor in ASEAN’s response to Myanmar (East Asia Forum)

Gibran Mahesa Drajat, Sophia University ASEAN’s capacity to spearhead a collective response to a regional crisis was tested at the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting (ALM) in...

India – India’s competition laws need to tackle regulatory shopping (East Asia Forum)

Poonam Singh, National Institute of Industrial Engineering and Vikas Kumar, Azim Premji University The liberalisation of India’s economy in the early 1990s reduced the direct...

Japan/China – Japan walks on a tightrope with its China policy (East Asia Forum)

Rumi Aoyama, Waseda University Over the past decade, Japan has actively promoted cooperation among Quad countries under the ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ framework to counter...

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