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Energy

Huge financing gap for grid infrastructure as investors see unattractive returns: Indonesia’s state utility

The private sector is promised returns for power generation, but not grid deployment. State-owned PLN wants more innovative financing tools to build a 50,000 kilometre-long transmission network to distribute its growing green energy supply.
According to their latest sustainability reports, the carbon footprint of Grab increased by 21 per cent in 2023 while the emissions of GoTo, which owns Indonesian ride-hailing app Gojek, dropped by 11 per cent.

Transport

Grab emissions jump in 2023 as GoTo carbon footprint shrinks

The greenhouse gas footprints of Southeast Asia's two largest ride-hailing companies went in opposite directions in 2023. Grab said increased demand for its services led to its emissions spike. GoTo said its emissions drop was a result of improved routing and operational efficiencies.
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Policy & Finance

Proposed IFRS amendments set to change how companies account for renewable electricity contracts

Accounting and finance departments across Asia Pacific must wake up to the impact that evolving sustainability standards have on their profession, said experts at a regional accounting forum.
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Energy

Drilling rigs in nature reserves: Tensions heighten as Philippine clean energy projects encroach on conservation areas

Wind and solar expansion in the archipelago could mean renewables targets are met, but it has also worried environmentalists. A proposed wind farm in the Masungi Georeserve in Rizal province could impact up to a thousand hectares of karst landscape.

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29 May 2024

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Carbon & Climate

Heat illiteracy in Asia: Are cities prepared for climate-induced heatwaves?

24 May 2024

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Energy

Wind and solar are ‘fastest-growing electricity sources in history’

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Energy

Interview: China’s renewables ‘pave the way to rapidly reduce coal reliance’

22 May 2024

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Carbon & Climate

China’s manufacturing pushed emissions sky high. What’s next?

17 May 2024

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Energy

Singapore’s draft power market rules seen signalling tighter state control over energy transition

16 May 2024

Low mileage electric vehicle in China

Energy

Could electric vehicles feed China’s grid?

6 May 2024

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Carbon & Climate

Google appoints Spencer Low as first Asia Pacific sustainability head

25 April 2024

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Carbon & Climate

Why isn’t China’s emissions growth slowing like its GDP?

23 April 2024

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Green Buildings

Cooling down urban campuses: Can AI do it in a sustainable way?

17 April 2024

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Energy

Half a million hectares of Indonesian forest under threat from nickel mining, study finds

8 April 2024

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Water

Nepal’s hydropower boom comes at the cost of its fish

4 April 2024

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Water

The Salween explained: Asia’s last great undammed river

3 April 2024

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Cities

When it gets too hot: How the City of Melbourne ensures vulnerable residents have refuge from extreme heat

25 March 2024

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Food & Agriculture

Bio-briquettes tackle India’s climate, pollution and poverty challenges

13 March 2024

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Energy

Power woes delay Malawi’s mines

5 March 2024

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Energy

Will floating solar prove pivotal in archipelagic Philippines?

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