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The Indian market for environmental technology is the sixth largest in the world and is expected to grow rapidly. However, limited access to clean technologies, largely controlled by developed nations, is a major barrier in this trade.

Projects involving liquified natural gas, ammonia co-firing with coal plants and carbon capture and storage are designed to extend fossil fuel production in the region, say researchers at Zero Carbon Analytics.

Japan claims that its new coal plants can reduce emissions by burning ammonia and blending hydrogen with fossil gas in gas plants.

Billed as a platform to advance decarbonisation and economic growth, environmentalists say the Asia Zero Emission Community meeting in Jakarta is promoting Japan-made "false solutions", such as carbon capture technology and waste-to-energy, and poses high debt risk for Indonesia.

Second of four workshops sheds light on China’s influence in the Mekong region and opportunities for better engagement with Chinese stakeholders.

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Sizeable coal power projects are costly and heavily reliant on foreign capital, but international investors are increasingly hesitant to finance coal projects. Oleh Christina Ng

Zero-emissions vehicles would need to hit 73 per cent of new light vehicle sales by 2030 to keep transport emissions aligned to limiting warming to 1.5 degrees. Oleh Lily Rau

Bullish gas plans ignore the financial challenges of infrastructure development, renewable energy potential in the region and climate policy restrictions. Oleh Ayumi Fukakusa and Lidy Nacpil

A row of newly-launched hydrogen buses queuing to serve Kuching commuters on January 21, 2020

Hydrogen has a role to play in a world trying to wean itself off fossil fuels, despite concerns over its green credentials Oleh Yuriy Humber

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Oleh Kalyani Yeola dan Rudra Prasad Pradhan

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Studio EB There are vast mineral riches lying on the ocean floor that could help to power the energy transition, but is the environmental cost of extracting them worth the risk?

Toyota will partner Japanese car-sharing service operator Park24 for a six-month experiment leasing the i-Road concept vehicle, with …

New ad takes aim at Tepco’s lack of transparency on the water contamination at Fukushima’s nuclear site. Watch the video here:

The Japanese conglomerate is developing technologies that can power smart communities, including electric buses equipped with GPS and fast-charging batteries.

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A protest for climate justice in the Philippines

The new head of Japan and Southeast Asia for ClientEarth tells the Eco-Business Podcast how the law can be used to hold polluters to account in the world's biggest emitting region. She also says it's time the legal profession faced scrutiny for greenwashing.

Japan-based academic Kim Schumacher, who coined the term "competence greenwashing", believes that the pursuit of societal harmony might be standing in the way of Asia calling out greenwashing. He tells the Eco-Business Podcast how exaggerated ESG claims are likely to be tackled in 2023 and beyond.

Eco-Business talks to Peter Kiernan, lead energy analyst for the Economist Intelligence Unit, to unpack a new landmark report from the International Energy Agency, which proposes an immediate ban on fossil fuels extraction to curb global warming.

China, Japan and Korea have just announced exciting decarbonisation targets. On the Eco-Business podcast, Dr Frank Rijsberman, director general of the Global Green Growth Institute, talks about what these targets mean for the region's development and our climate.

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