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Policy & Finance

A bolder carbon target and a serious shift to EVs: what can the Philippines do to hit 2022 climate targets?

As the dust settles following Glasgow’s climate summit, the Philippines needs to take some immediate steps this year so it can achieve ambitious decarbonisation goals.
Coal being transported in China

Energy

IEEFA: Accepting gas as unsustainable will bolster China’s position on green energy finance

As some green taxonomies compromise on gas, China’s own exclusion of fossil fuel electricity projects sends the right market signal.
President Moon Jae-in, coal phase-out

Carbon & Climate

Climate cooperation knows no borders

The South Korean government has decided to pursue a more aggressive greenhouse gas emission target by 2030. It should now push for more collaboration with other Asian countries to fulfil its promises, writes Dr Frank Rijsberman of the Global Green Growth Institute.
Bangui Wind Farm in Bangui, Ilocos Norte, Philippines

Carbon & Climate

Putting public finance on the right side of history

With the urgency of the climate crisis becoming clearer by the day, governments and multilateral lenders must end public financing for fossil fuels and increase their support for renewables as soon as possible. This year's United Nations climate-change conference offers the perfect opportunity to lock in such commitments.

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23 August 2021

Alsons Power Group's second 105-MW coal plant in central Mindanao

Carbon & Climate

Retiring or repurposing Asia’s coal plants: why owners must plan and act now

3 August 2021

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Carbon & Climate

Will China kick its coal habit?

6 July 2021

coal mine in indonesia

Policy & Finance

No place for coal in a green finance hub

29 June 2021

Burkina-France-Diplomacy

Carbon & Climate

How colonialism’s legacy makes it harder for countries to escape poverty and fossil fuels today

3 June 2021

The foreign money in China’s booming coal industry

Policy & Finance

The foreign money in China’s booming coal industry

23 April 2021

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Policy & Finance

Delivering success at the Leaders’ Summit on Climate

20 April 2021

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Policy & Finance

How finance from rich nations could drive 40% of new coal plant emissions

10 February 2021

Coal power plant

Policy & Finance

Why banks need to end both indirect and direct finance to coal

14 January 2021

Drilling for oil. Over two-thirds of public finance for new fossil fuels production is to come from China, Japan, Canada, and South Korea. This included US$12 billion per year for the exploration and extraction of new fossil fuel reserves. Image: Flickr/Sasin Tipchai

Carbon & Climate

Moving beyond net zero: How Asia can exhibit climate leadership

17 November 2020

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Energy

Europe and China take the climate reins

10 November 2020

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Carbon & Climate

Top 10 priorities for President Biden to tackle the climate crisis

3 November 2020

Dau Tieng solar power

Energy

Will China’s carbon-neutrality pledge green BRI investments?

29 October 2020

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Energy

Super-charged: How Australia’s biggest renewables project will change the energy game

13 October 2020

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Energy

Could Thailand’s renewables sector benefit from Covid-19?

14 September 2020

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Carbon & Climate

Asean's road to a green economic recovery

27 August 2020

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Policy & Finance

How the pandemic can revolutionise climate policy

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