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(Climate Change) The developing world must get ready to adapt its trade to climate change (WEF)

Isabelle Durant In the absence of adaptation, developing countries stand to be hit the hardest by trade losses due to climate change. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/protecting-trade-will-protect-developing-countries-from-climate-change/

(Climate Change) Why private capital is the key to unlocking carbon capture at scale (WEF)

Namita Vikas, Sourajit Aiyer Fossil fuels will still account for two-thirds of the global energy mix by 2030. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/financial-disclosures-on-climate-can-help-scale-up-carbon-capture/

(Climate Change/Biodiversity) 5 facts you might not know about why forest biodiversity matters (WEF)

Sean Fleming March 3 is World Wildlife Day and this year’s theme is Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/forest-biodiversity-facts-world-wildlife-day/

(Vietnam/USA/Indo-Pacific) Is Vietnam open to Washington’s Indo-Pacific strategy? (East Asia Forum)

Nguyen Huu Tuc, Vietnam National University Hanoi As soon as he took office in 2017, former US president Donald Trump adopted the Free and Open...

(Indonesia) Indonesian election law revision a win for the ruling elite (East Asia Forum)

Alexander R Arifianto, RSIS As Indonesia slowly inches toward the 2024 general election, preparations for the legislative framework that will serve as the electoral rules...

(China/Australia) Power rationing in China is unrelated to Australian coal embargo (East Asia Forum)

Huw Slater, ICF In December and January, at the height of winter, central and eastern China undertook its most extensive power rationing in a decade....

(Australia) Future Asian students vital to the health of Australian universities (East Asia Forum)

Peter Hurley, Victoria University Over the past two decades, Australian universities have been lucky. Every time something has threatened their prosperity, a new opportunity has...

(Australia/Asia-Pacific) Australia’s Asia-Pacific strategy endangered by UK CPTPP accession (East Asia Forum)

John Ravenhill, University of Waterloo Australia’s Morrison government has welcomed the UK’s bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). In doing so,...

(Vietnam) Pham Minh Chinh’s potential to shape Vietnam’s political system (East Asia Forum)

Paul Schuler, University of Arizona Commentary on the Communist Party of Vietnam’s 13th Party Congress has mostly focussed on General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s selection for a...

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