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Kebijakan & Keuangan
Thailand tightens data centre rules as AI boom strains power grid
Higher tariffs, grid guarantees and scrutiny of water use come alongside wider access to renewable power as Bangkok tries to balance digital investment with energy security.
As Malaysia moves to retire coal power by 2044, the country has an opportunity to turn retiring coal sites into clean energy hubs and accelerate the deployment of solar, storage and other renewable technologies.
Energi
Philippines eyes nonstop carbon free power but US$165 billion investment gap stands in the way: GRA
A wide investment shortfall and weak archipelagic grids hinder efforts to deliver nonstop carbon-free power, particularly for data centres and other industries that need round-the-clock clean electricity, said nonprofit Global Renewables Alliance.
Karbon & Iklim
Malaysia risks missing crucial reforms as delay to climate change bill creates uncertainty
Former environment minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad warned prolonged delays to Malaysia's climate change bill and carbon pricing risk undermining investor confidence, while other panellists called for climate change to be treated as a national security issue and greater investment in adaptation.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
South Korea targets 10 GW of new solar capacity as AI power demand surges
#clean energy Opini
Mineral security is not just about access to resources but about control over value chains. India’s response must be strategic, not reactive.
Partnerships with China, not protectionism, will determine affordable, interoperable and equitable global decarbonisation and energy security.
Karbon & Iklim
Who should build the low-carbon economy?
Since the first Industrial Revolution, goods and technologies have reached the farthest corners of the world, but the ability to design, build, market, and extract value from them has remained highly concentrated. Unless humanity can break this pattern, a sufficient response to climate change will remain out of reach.
Consumption demand, which has long powered America’s formidable economy, rests on the promise of cheap energy. But the Trump administration has conflated that with fossil fuels, confusing historic correlation with causation and, in the process, jeopardizing long-term prosperity.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Development economics for an age of upheaval
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Southeast Asia’s high-income aspirants should focus on quality of growth
#clean energy Video
In this second episode of Eco-Business’s Resilience podcast series, Singapore's Senior Minister of State Janil Puthucheary and youth sustainability advocate Man Jing Kong dives into what resilience means for the city-state with Jessica Cheam. Watch as they discuss everything from climate adaptation to mental health and building public trust as an AI-driven economy reshapes daily life.
Studio EB
Singapore's rapidly expanding digital economy is driving a surge in data centre energy consumption, creating new challenges for the country's low-carbon ambitions. This Eco-Business video explores how green software and efficient digital infrastructure can support sustainable digital growth.
In the latest episode of the Climate Tech in Asia series, we speak to Breakthrough Energy and Green COP about what the shifting geopolitical landscape means for the climate tech ecosystem in Asia.
There is consensus that coal needs to be retired early in Asia, but the mechanisms for financing the phase-out are not clear. This mini-documentary examines how transition credits work and whether they can fund Southeast Asia's equitable switch to clean power.
#clean energy Podcasts
In this second episode of Eco-Business’s Resilience podcast series, Singapore's Senior Minister of State Janil Puthucheary and youth sustainability advocate Man Jing Kong dives into what resilience means for the city-state with Jessica Cheam. Watch as they discuss everything from climate adaptation to mental health and building public trust as an AI-driven economy reshapes daily life.
Energi
Geothermal is no longer an underdog technology, but a strategic advantage for the Philippines
Studio EB
Critical to the country’s energy security in the 1970s, geothermal is now re-emerging as the Philippines’ biggest clean energy advantage at a time when countries are seeking reliable, round-the-clock renewable power, says Francis Giles B. Puno, president and chief operating officer of First Gen Corporation.
Energi
De-risking offshore wind could put Philippines ahead in clean energy race: GWEC’s Ann Francisco
Government must call on development finance institutions to tap on risk management tools to make the capital-intensive technology more investible, Global Wind Energy Council’s Ann Margret Francisco tells the EB Podcast.
In the latest episode of the Climate Tech in Asia series, we speak to Breakthrough Energy and Green COP about what the shifting geopolitical landscape means for the climate tech ecosystem in Asia.
#clean energy Rilis Pers
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
United Nations launches Energy Transition for Green Growth and Prosperity initiative to accelerate just, country-led transitions in Southeast Asia
Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS
Bankable pathways to scale Asean power integration
#clean energy Riset
MyDIGITAL Corporation
Transitioning industrial clusters: Decarbonising Asia’s economy via digitalisation
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