Southeast Asia’s toxic haze spurs calls for legal action against polluters

October 20, 2026 · 6:20 am 3 sources

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Coverage

Wires & papers of record

• Borneo is burning - living on the frontline of Asia's toxic haze
  BBC News · October 20, 2026 23:51
  Months of fires in Indonesia have cloaked Southeast Asia in haze and made hundreds of thousands of people sick.

Coverage

• Southeast Asia’s haze crisis will persist until polluters pay
  Al Jazeera · October 20, 2026 06:20
  Cheap land clearing imposes costs across borders. ASEAN must change the incentives that keep the fires burning.
• Southeast Asia’s toxic haze spurs calls for legal action against polluters
  Al Jazeera · October 22, 2026 11:19
  ASEAN's consensus-driven approach and a lack of enforcement mechanisms make legal action difficult, experts say.