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Thailand’s low-carbon push puts jobs and livelihoods in focus
A new transition roadmap will examine support for workers and smaller businesses, but participation and implementation funding remain unclear.
As scientists and dozens of nations call for major reductions in plastic production, the plastics industry continues to push pyrolysis — dubbed chemical or advanced recycling — as a primary solution to the global plastic waste crisis.
Energy
AI, data centres could make Asean clean energy projects bankable as grid plans advance: experts
Long-term power purchases could unlock investment in renewables and transmission as Asean advances cross-border electricity trade, say energy transition specialists at the close of the 44th Asean Ministers on Energy Meeting. Ministers also urged regional cooperation to cut methane emissions from oil, gas and coal.
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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