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E-Papers on Principles of Global Green

Treasures and Tragedies: Narratives and Discourses on Critical Minerals in Southeast Asia

Web-dossier

Treasures and Tragedies: Narratives and Discourses on Critical Minerals in Southeast Asia

This web dossier provides Southeast Asian perspectives through articles, analysis, infographics, video documentaries and other materials by looking into different facets of critical minerals in the region. The discussion ranges from experiences and struggles of communities affected by mining of critical minerals to policy discourse including accountability, supply chain due diligence, and financing.

Indonesia’s Gado-Gado Foreign Policy – A Look at Developments Under Prabowo Subianto’s Leadership

Article

Indonesia, the largest economy in Southeast Asia, should have assumed a leadership role in the region. However, under President Prabowo Subianto’s leadership, its policies and agreements with the United States and China lack of direction, impacting the ASEAN as a whole.

Tobias Basuki

ASEAN Set to Adopt Environmental Rights Declaration in October 2025: Civil Society Pushes for Stronger Commitments

Article

After years of deliberation, ASEAN is set to adopt the ASEAN Declaration on the Right to a Safe, Clean, Healthy, and Sustainable Environment (ADER) at the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur in October 2025. Marking the region’s first dedicated framework on environmental rights within ASEAN’s human rights system, ADER is the result of over two years of collaboration between AICHR and ASOEN and with inputs from region-wide CSOs.

Fransiskus Tarmedi

Sediment-Trapping Weirs: Why Community Consultation and Comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Must Come First

Article

A transboundary Kok River in Northern Thailand has been a source of livelihood of thousands in riverine communities. Recently, it has faced rising levels of heavy metal contamination, likely from suspected unregulated rare earth mining upstream in Myanmar.

The Mekong Butterfly

Breaking Silence

Article

In Malaysia, where LGBTIQA+ identities are often pushed into the shadows, speaking out is an act of defiance, pride is not just a celebration - it is a quiet act of resistance. Breaking Silence is a powerful reflection on survival, resistance, and the quiet resistance of community. Through personal reflections and cultural critique, Mitch Yusof blends truth and history into a call for justice - and a future where no one has to hide to be safe.

Mitch Yusof

Articles by Countries and Topics A-Z

Under Pressure: Timor-Leste's Development Path

Vietnam in Motion

Climate and Energy in Southeast Asia

ASEAN and The Mekong

LGBTIQ+ Rights in Southeast Asia

Political Development in the Philippines

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Podcasts

Podcasts Around Southeast Asia and Beyond

Publications

Global Circular Economy

Study

A circular economy can help mitigate the negative effects of our resource consumption and reduce the massive dependence on raw materials from other countries. The study sets out what needs to be considered in order to achieve a just transition towards a circular economy.

Luisa Denter

The Climate Story: Connecting The Dots

At the ‘Climate Story: Connecting the Dots web discussion, a mix of participants - journalists from Southeast Asia, climate advocates, communications and development professionals - exchanged insights about the overarching climate story that, in truth, supersedes all stories today. How to tell this story better, and the need for a Southeast Asian perspective in reporting the impacts and human toll of the climate crisis were the key threads that ran though this conversation.

Reporting ASEAN

Annual Report 2023

Annual Report

As a political foundation, we are independent of the party and parliamentary group, but at the same time we are an integral part of the green movement. The headwind that blows in our face is getting tougher every day.

Public Guide to the Clean Air Green Paper

E-Paper

This Public Guide to the Clean Air Green Paper has been developed to summarize the key messages from the Clean Air Green Paper, digesting the content so it is more concise and accessible to the public; thereby giving the public a comprehensive view of the sources of air pollution in Thailand and how the problems can be solved in an integrated and sustainable manner.

Thailand Clean Air Network

Addressing Loss and Damage from Climate Change in the Philippines: Lived Experiences of Indigenous Farmers in Atok, Benguet

Policy brief

This policy brief addresses the complex issue of Loss and Damage (L&D), with a specific focus on indigenous farmers in Atok, a municipality in Benguet Province, Philippines. The climate crisis has disrupted traditional farming practices and knowledge systems, leading to significant economic and non-economic losses.

Jameela Joy Reyes, Ma. Laurice Jamero, PhD , Doreen Allasiw, PhD, Francis Uldric San Juan, Bernardine de Belen , Dannica Khate Antonio, Jomar Calingling, Kyla Sote

A 2030 Roadmap for Climate Adaptation in the Coffee Bean Belt of Southeast Asia

E-Paper

This paper sets the stage for Southeast Asian coffee stakeholders, advocating a shared roadmap for 2030. With climate challenges served on every cup, this roadmap could be the blend that safeguards economies, cultivators, and the future of the coffee industry.

Warathida Chaiyapa

JETP Vietnam Energy Transition with Political Costs

E-Paper

The purpose of Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETPs) is to decarbonize energy systems in emerging countries. In Vietnam, the partnership is ambitious but underfunded, unjust, and riddled with high political costs.

Dr. Jörg Wischermann