Important negotiations are ongoing to establish a global plastic waste treaty, but Pacific voices need support to ensure they’re heard, Trisia Farrelly writes.

Australia’s goals for decarbonisation offer agriculture a massive opportunity – a shift to meet the increasing global demand for premium-quality plant-based protein, Md Roushon Jamal writes.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is revealing the fragility and interdependence of the global food system – it could even push 40 million people into extreme poverty, Cecilia Tortajada and Asit Biswas write.

Poverty in Asia and the Pacific is at risk of soaring, but active policy-making that extends social protection to all workers would be enough to turn the tide, Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana writes.

Aided by Chinese investment, Laos is rapidly expanding its hydropower production on the Mekong River, but both countries need to tread carefully, Phillip Guerreiro writes.

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the ongoing crisis of multilateralism, calling into question the credibility of international institutions in responding to public health emergencies, Pallavi Arora and Pragyan Agarwal write.