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Asean leaders meet to tackle energy crisis impacting farmers

Farmers in the Philippines are struggling with doubled diesel costs and reduced profit margins due to a global energy shock. Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) met to address this crisis, agreeing to accelerate an energy security framework and a regional power grid. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr emphasized the immediate need for these solutions. AI

RANK_REASON Article discusses the inaction of Asean in addressing an energy crisis, focusing on the political paralysis rather than a specific AI development.

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Asean leaders meet to tackle energy crisis impacting farmers

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Jean Iau ·

    Asean at 60: peace, prosperity and polite paralysis

    Dan Rae Hugo has never heard of the Asean Petroleum Security Agreement. All he knows is that his diesel costs have doubled, his profit margins have evaporated and the rice on his neighbours’ tables now costs 20 per cent more than it did before the Iran war. The 43-year-old has be…