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Energy

Latest Asean energy outlook ditches carbon neutrality pathway, projects higher emissions by 2050

Asean’s official energy outlook, endorsed by its energy ministers on 8 October, reveals a gap between the region’s energy plans and its members’ net-zero pledges, and allows new coal plants to be built even in its lowest-emissions scenario.
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Carbon & Climate

Countries’ climate plans point to 2.6°C as 1.5°C limit set to be breached: UN

Countries’ climate plans deliver at most a third of the emissions cuts needed by 2035, and every five years of emissions at current levels raises peak warming by around 0.1°C, the UN Environment Programme’s Emissions Gap Report finds.
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Carbon & Climate

The world agreed to quit fossil fuels. Now it disagrees over the plan

Countries embrace clean energy but resist cutting fossil fuel production. That fault line is now shaping the UN's first transition roadmap, due at COP31 in November.
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Carbon & Climate

India’s small steelmakers have no easy fix to go green

Smaller firms make 40 per cent of India’s steel and are the backbone of cities like Raipur. Some are exploring solar power, but face big constraints to make a deeper shift from coal.

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7 October 2026

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Energy

Data centre boom creates investment risk for Malaysia’s power system

6 October 2026

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Policy & Finance

Grid bottlenecks, policy gaps and financing barriers hinder Philippines’ path to net zero, experts say

1 October 2026

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Policy & Finance

What will financial institutions do to China’s carbon market?

30 September 2026

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Policy & Finance

Malaysia to launch new sustainability professionals body by end 2026

28 September 2026

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Lifestyle

Singapore’s sustainability challenge is no longer awareness, but action

24 September 2026

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Policy & Finance

Can the Global South align the world’s carbon markets?

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Energy

Chinese and US tech firms drive bulk of digital power use and emissions, ITU report finds

23 September 2026

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Carbon & Climate

After Gujarat win, an emissions trading experiment heads to Rio

22 September 2026

Water is becoming a factor that can shape where companies invest, how much they can produce and how resilient their supply chains will be

Water

Southeast Asia’s growth is getting thirstier – and businesses are taking notice

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Energy

China is using AI to improve renewable efficiency. What can Southeast Asia learn?

21 September 2026

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Energy

Indonesia’s captive coal: Could it lead the transition away?

16 September 2026

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Transport

How long until China can electrify its heavy trucks?

15 September 2026

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Energy

Malaysia’s power grid strains under data centre boom and renewables growth

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Waste

At a Turkish waste plant, COP31’s case for climate action goes beyond fossil fuels

9 September 2026

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Energy

Data centres and prolonged heat are pushing Malaysia’s power demand higher

31 August 2026

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Energy

Coal phase out lessons from a coal-power giant

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