Climate overtakes economic woes as Southeast Asia’s biggest challenge

Published on April 4, 2025

The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand have named extreme weather as their top concern, putting it ahead of issues like unemployment and economic recession, a study by the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute finds.

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