Unshackling workers in China’s solar supply chain
Western powers must cooperate with China to make solar power supply chains both environmentally and socially sustainable. ...
Balancing climate finance and financial stability is a scorching dilemma
Author: Editorial Board, ANU Asia has been sweltering through one of its most intense heat waves in memory. In April,…
Financial instability is a handbrake on climate action
Authors: M Chatib Basri, University of Indonesia and Adam Triggs, Mandala Here are three inconvenient truths. First, the world cannot…
China charges ahead of Japan’s auto exports
Author: Richard Katz, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs Japanese automakers are risking a repeat of the decline of…
Japan inches toward agricultural reform
Author: Yusaku Yoshikawa, JIN Corporation In April 2023, the Japanese government approved a new draft amendment to the Special Zones…
Harnessing traditional knowledge for climate resilience in the Pacific
Authors: Patrick Nunn, University of the Sunshine Coast and Johannes Luetz, Alphacrucis University College and UNSW Climate change adaptation in…
Averting an air pollution disaster in South Asia
Author: Sanval Nasim, Colby College South Asia is facing an air pollution calamity. 37 of the 40 most polluted cities…
Australia doesn’t need America’s destructive green protectionism
Author: Ross Garnaut, University of Melbourne My book The Superpower Transformation showed how Australia’s full participation in the world’s move to early…
Australia–US alliance turns to climate cooperation
Authors: Jackson Skinner, ANU and Walter Brenno Colnaghi, LSE The 2022 Australia–United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) set a significant precedent…
From China’s climate commitments to action
Author: ZhongXiang Zhang, Tianjin University As the world’s largest carbon emitter, China has a crucial role in the reduction of…