Credits to Unsplash (Unsplash: Mukhsin Thalib) https://unsplash.com/photos/pile-of-cut-logs-in-a-forest-setting-lLiAVJAh7cM In this Explainer, find out... What makes the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act 2014 (THPA) effective against foreign actors? What are the legal and political implications of the THPA? Has the THPA been effective in managing transboundary haze? Introduction In the first part of this Policy Explainer, we explored the mechanisms of Singapore’s Transboundary Haze Pollution...

Credits to Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons: aamanatullah) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haze_(21488053319).jpg In this Explainer, find out... How acute has Southeast Asia’s issue of transboundary haze been in the past? Why was the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act 2014 (THPA) an essential response to transboundary haze? What are the key features of the THPA? Introduction On 21 June 2013, Singapore’s three-hour Pollution Standard Index (PSI) reached a record high of 401,...