Haze Chokes Plants Too: Air Quality as a Food Security Issue
Paul Teng
Southeast Asia must address the damage of the haze on agriculture, especially food crops.

Paul Teng
Southeast Asia must address the damage of the haze on agriculture, especially food crops.
Prapimphan Chiengkul
With critical minerals mining activity expected to expand in Southeast Asia, ASEAN countries must collectively tackle the resulting transboundary pollution and impose stricter socio-environmental regulation of the sector.
Vinod Thomas
Hanoi’s air pollution crisis demands action in emission regulation, waste management, and climate mitigation.
Nguyen Khac Giang
Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, is ranked as one of the world’s most polluted cities in 2025. This dubious honour highlights the country’s need to balance rapid economic development with preserving the environment.
Sharon Seah|Helena Varkkey
Transboundary haze has reared its ugly head again, no thanks to peatland burning and the compounding effects of the El Nino phenomenon and climate change. It is high time to break the vicious cycle of haze and climate change.
Paulus Bagus Sugiyono|Neo Hui Yun Rebecca
There is already an existing solution to some of Jakarta’s urban pollution woes, but this requires the present government to more seriously revive and maintain the city’s much-needed green spaces.