About the magazine:

Asian Scientist Magazine is an award-winning science and technology magazine that highlights research and development news stories from Asia to a global audience. Based in Singapore, the print magazine is maintained by a team of professional science and medical journalists, with active contributors from industry and academia.

About the issue:

In this issue, we turn our attention to the topic of sustainability—an issue of great importance and one where science has the potential to make a profound impact.

Asia will be hit hard by climate change, so we spoke with Malaysia’s Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change, Ms. Yeo Bee Yin, to find out how the country is tackling the issue at the policy level (A Minister on a Mission, p. 26). Meanwhile, keep up with inventions from Asia that are set to solve the most pressing issues in pollution control, renewable energy, food security and waste management in Tech Doing Good (p. 14)