Margareth Sembiring is a PhD candidate and an Associate Research Fellow at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies (NTS Centre), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her research focuses on climate change governance and climate mitigation, especially in low carbon transition, in Southeast Asia. She is actively involved in the management of the NTS-Asia Consortium Secretariat where she is currently serving as the manager.

Policy Reports

• Marine Environmental Protection in the South China Sea: Advancing Stronger People-to-People Cooperation on Plastic

  09 April, 2024

• The Sustainability of Nuclear Energy in Southeast Asia: Opportunities and Challenges

  17 October, 2014

RSIS Commentaries

• COP29: Reason for Hope Despite the New Climate Financing Deal

  03 December, 2024

• Petrostate Climate Diplomacy at COP28

  12 December, 2023

• Low-carbon Energy Transition: Lessons from the Philippines

  18 April, 2023

• COP27: Financing Pledges and Managing Expectations

  28 November, 2022

• Indonesia’s 2060 Net-Zero Ambition: The Challenges Ahead

  12 October, 2022

• Planetary Health: Managing Competing Tensions

  24 May, 2022

• Planetary Health: A More Resilient World Post-COVID-19?

  05 November, 2021

• 'Code Red for Humanity': What Next for Mankind?

  06 September, 2021

• Decarbonisation on a Finite Planet

  25 November, 2020

• Urgently Needed: Ecological View in Decision-making

  08 September, 2020

• COVID-19 Crisis: Timely Reminder for Climate Change

  17 April, 2020

• Migrant Domestic Workers: Their COVID-19 Burdens

  31 March, 2020

• Climate Change: Re-assessing Current Approaches

  02 December, 2019

• COP24 and the Silesia Declaration: Impact on Palm Oil

  28 December, 2018

• 1.5°C Too Soon: More Must Be Done

  05 November, 2018

• CO17149 | Build Back Greener: Climate Change & Humanitarian Response

  10 August, 2017

• CO17116 | Climate Change Adaptation: Case of South China Sea

  12 June, 2017

• CO16307 | Trump’s Impending U-turn on Climate Change: Worry for Southeast Asia?

  20 December, 2016

• CO16211 | Combating Haze: Holding One’s Breath A Year On

  19 August, 2016

• CO16176 | Climate Change and Renewable Energy: Mitigation or Vulnerability?

  13 July, 2016

• CO16174 | International Disasters in Asia Pacific: Indonesia’s Civil-Military Responses

  12 July, 2016

• CO16111 | Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction and Gender: The Southeast Asia Experience

  13 May, 2016

• CO15191 | Here Comes the Haze, Yet Again: Are New Measures Working?

  08 September, 2015

• CO14237 | Renewable Energy in Southeast Asia: Priorities and Commitments Needed

  28 November, 2014

• CO14216 | Can ASEAN Develop a Robust Nuclear Energy Regime?

  04 November, 2014

• CO13227 | Energy Security: Would Vietnam’s Ninh Thuan Nuclearise Southeast Asia?

  16 December, 2013

• CO13200 | The Mindanao Peace Process: Can Indonesia Advance It?

  28 October, 2013

• CO13128 | Fuel Price Hike and Indonesia’s Energy Insecurity

  11 July, 2013

Commemorative / Event Reports

• Consultative Roundtable on the Humanitarian Dimension and Protection Aspects of Trafficking in Persons

  01 February, 2015

• ASEAN-Canada Forum 2014: Natural Resources Management for Sustainable Growth

  22 November, 2014

• Workshop on Community Resilience and Human Security: From Complex Humanitarian Emergencies to Sustainable Peace and Development

  02 October, 2014

Bulletins and Newsletters

• NTS Bulletin (Oct 2013)

  10 October, 2013

NTS Insight

• Food Insecurity Beyond Borders: Untangling the Complex Impacts of Ukraine War on Global Food Security

  16 August, 2022

• Planetary Health: Reflections from Asia

  20 June, 2022

• Planetary Health and Triple Planetary Crisis: Relevance for Multilateral Cooperation on Biodiversity Protection and Conservation in Southeast Asia

  14 September, 2021

• Decarbonisation on a Finite Planet: A Preliminary Assessment of Environmental and Social Impacts

  02 November, 2020

• Green Recovery in Post-COVID-19 Southeast Asia?

  02 October, 2020

• Domestic Coal: A Hindrance to Renewable Energy Development?

  20 April, 2020

• Global Waste Trade Chaos: Rising Environmentalism or Cost-Benefit Analysis?

  01 July, 2019

• Simultaneous Disasters in Southeast Asia: Is Risk Outpacing Resilience?

  10 October, 2018

• The Case for a Dedicated Regional Mechanism for Climate Change:A Comparative Assessment

  17 July, 2018

• Examining Cooperation for Climate Change Adaptation in Southeast Asia: The Case of Lower Mekong River Basin

  23 April, 2018

• Marine Environmental Protection in the South China Sea: Challenges and Prospects Part 2

  20 February, 2018

• Marine Environmental Protection in the South China Sea: Challenges and Prospects Part I

  11 December, 2017

• Towards Policy Integration of Disaster Risk, Climate Adaptation, and Development in ASEAN: A Baseline Assessment

  06 January, 2017

• NTS Insight (Mar 2014) | Examining Economic Development, Environmental Policy and Transboundary Pollution: The Case of Iskandar Malaysia and Air Quality

  03 March, 2014

Monographs

• Resilience in the Face of Disruptions

  19 February, 2019

Chapters in Edited Books

• “Marine Environmental Protection in the South China Sea” (with Lina Gong, Julius Cesar Imperial Trajano, and Rini Astuti) in Mely Caballero-Anthony and Lina Gong (Eds.), Non-Traditional Security Issues in ASEAN: Agendas for Action. Singapore: ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, 2020, Chap 4
• “Climate Change and Regional Cooperation in Southeast Asia” in Mely Caballero-Anthony and Lina Gong (Eds.), Non-Traditional Security Issues in ASEAN: Agendas for Action. Singapore: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, 2020,
• “Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response” (with Christopher Chen, and Foo Yen Ne) in Mely Caballero-Anthony and Lina Gong (Eds.), Non-Traditional Security Issues in ASEAN: Agendas for Action. Singapore: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, 2020,
• “Evaluating the Distributional Impacts of Disasters and Climate Change, and the Development of Adaptation Roadmaps: Rethinking ASEAN Strategy, Policies and Actions” (with Mely Caballero-Anthony, and Jose Ma. Luis P. Montesclaros) in V. Anbumozhi, J. Gross and Stefan Wesiak (Eds.), Towards a Resilient ASEAN (Volume 2): Advancing Disaster Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation: Roadmap and Options for Implementation. Jakarta, Indonesia: Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2019, pp.39-71
• Margareth Sembiring. "Chapter 3.3: “Energy Security and Connectivity in Asia and Europe”, in ASEF Outlook Report 2016/2017, CONNECTIVITY: Facts and Perspectives, Volume II: Connecting Asia and Europe edited by Sunkyoung Lee, 2016. (Singapore: Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF))

Policy Reports

• Australia-India Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative: Regional Collaborative Arrangements in Marine Ecology in the Indo-Pacific Baseline Study (with Julius Cesar Imperial Trajano, and Lina Gong), Australia-India Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative: Regional Collaborative Arrangements in Marine Ecology in the Indo-Pacific Baseline Study, Canberra: National Security College, ANU and Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 1 July 2022

Op-Eds

• “COP26: Much Achieved, Huge Opportunities Missed”, Council on Foreign Relations, 18 November 2021
• “Biden’s Welcome Climate Reboot and the Daunting Diplomacy Ahead”, The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), 30 April 2021
• “The Same Old Normal for Climate Action in Post-Pandemic Southeast Asia”, The National Bureau of Asian Research, 26 September 2020
• “Climate Change and Environment: Beyond Decarbonising and Greening”, NTS-Asia Newsletter 47th Edition, 28 August 2020
• Margareth Sembiring, 31 October 2015. Forest Fires: Breakthroughs Possible under ASEAN Agreement. The Jakarta Post.
• Margareth Sembiring, 12 August 2016. Vietnam’s vision for a renewable energy future. East Asia Forum.