The goal is not to postpone development indefinitely, but to prevent today's choices from unnecessarily closing off tomorrow's possibilities.

A recent study in the northern South China Sea offers a roadmap that could buy precious time for collapsing coral reefs across the tropics.

Amid concerns about clearing Maju Forest for housing, suggestions that Singapore should only build on “brownfield sites” are reasonable. But they may also overlook a few things.

Can Southeast Asia balance digital expansion with its clean energy priorities? As global demand surges for cloud computing, e-commerce, and generative artificial intelligence (AI), ASEAN states are emerging as critical nodes in the global digital infrastructure landscape. A major component of this growth is the expansion of the region’s data centres, fuelled by significant investment from foreign Big Tech.