Opinion Under Anwar, Malaysia can ‘do better’ on climate, using global funds To help Malaysia head off frequent floods and choking air pollution caused by forest fires, new Prime Minister Anwar... Published 22 Jan, 2023 03:08am
Opinion Climate-focused development banks neglect nature ahead of COP15 The world’s development banks could play a major role in protecting nature, but are largely ignoring biodiversity... Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am
Opinion Malaysia’s Sabah aims to win big as world’s first green palm oil state For Ettol Kumpilon, the switch from growing rice to oil palm on his small family farm in Malaysia’s eastern state... Published 29 Jan, 2022 06:05am
Opinion Nature-pact goal to protect 30pc of land and ocean hangs in balance The central pledge of a planned new global nature pact - to protect 30% of the planet’s land and seas - is in... Published 20 Nov, 2021 03:58am
Opinion Will COP26 deforestation pledge be game-changer or just more broken promises? A new pledge by world leaders to halt deforestation by 2030 is likely to fail unless quickly backed by more funding,... Published 03 Nov, 2021 03:54am
Opinion Bleak future feared for Asia's disaster-prone poor after UN climate report At-risk communities in disaster-prone Asia are warning that they have "no hope" of coping with more climate... Published 11 Aug, 2021 04:27am
Opinion G7 brightens outlook for new nature pact but pandemic threatens deadline New pledges by G7 leaders on climate change and biodiversity loss will boost efforts to strike a global pact to... Published 16 Jun, 2021 03:39am
Opinion Pandemic likely to add to world’s forests’ woes The rate of destruction of the world’s tropical forests is likely to have gathered pace last year, green groups... Published 27 Feb, 2021 04:29am
Opinion Indonesia’s palm oil-powered ‘green diesel’ fuels threat to forests Indonesia’s ambitious biodiesel programme will increase the risks of deforestation as more tropical forest could ... Updated 05 Feb, 2021 11:48pm