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The World Bank has made a volte-face on industrial policy. Southeast Asian countries will need to consider the new policy, but calibrate it across vastly different national contexts.
Vietnam has limited room for manoeuvre on the energy front as supply tightens, but is proactively playing the hand it has been dealt.
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.
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As sustainability roles get harder in 2026, burnout risk is growing
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Policy & Finance
While the West retreats, Asia powers ahead on sustainable finance
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Policy & Finance
Southeast Asia's frustration with the state of climate finance
25 November 2024
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Southeast Asia needs serious money to get to net zero
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