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Opinion / #coal
Energy shocks expose Asia Pacific's gas gamble, as plunging battery costs and flexible demand tools emerge as cheaper, more secure alternatives to ‘transition fuel’ liquified natural gas.
Now is the time to double down on renewable energy and electrification.
Policy & Finance
Rethinking coal phase-out in Asia and beyond
To accelerate the retirement of coal, we need a scalable incentive framework that offers equitable participation and fair distribution of costs and benefits.
Carbon & Climate
A new opening for a fossil fuel phase out?
A decade ago, few governments could imagine a future without fossil fuels. But economic realities have changed and developing countries increasingly view the energy transition as a pathway to green growth.
All #coal Opinion
21 October 2025
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Manufacturing
Getting to greener steel
29 September 2025
Carbon & Climate
What a China-EU climate deal could do for the world
12 September 2025
Policy & Finance
How green industrial policies are advancing in the Asia-Pacific
31 July 2025
14 July 2025
1 July 2025
19 June 2025
Policy & Finance
Fossil fuel adverts are today’s tobacco. Cities must ban them
16 June 2025
9 May 2025
27 March 2025
12 March 2025
Carbon & Climate
Transition offsets: no silver bullet for closing down coal
27 February 2025
Policy & Finance
Adaro’s coal spin-off highlights gaps in bank coal exit policies
14 February 2025
Policy & Finance
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