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Building back badly: global power sector emissions rise beyond pre-Covid levels

...renewables gain on coal only in the wake of suppressed electricity demand growth, the analysis states. “ Catapulting emissions in 2021 should send alarm bells across the world. Dave Jones, global lea...

25 Aug 2021

Building back badly: global power sector emissions rise beyond pre-Covid levels

News / Energy

A just transition is the goal: chair of G20 energy transitions working group

The G20 summit will be held on the Indonesian island of Bali in November. In the lead-up, several working groups have been hard at work, including one focused on energy transitions, which has met thre...

3 Nov 2022

A just transition is the goal: chair of G20 energy transitions working group

News / Policy & Finance

US limits international financing for fossil fuels in development banks, but leaves 'wiggle room' for natural gas

...renewables at the margins, said Hauber. The policy does not account for advances in renewable power and grid management that are already available at far lower costs, he commented. The guidance also i...

20 Aug 2021

US limits international financing for fossil fuels in development banks, but leaves 'wiggle room' for natural gas

Podcasts / Policy & Finance

‘Never give in to fear’: Nobel peace prize nominee and Filipino Indigenous leader Vicky Tauli Corpuz

The Philippines has gained notoriety for being Asia’s deadliest country for land and environmental defenders, with nearly 300 deaths over the past decade, roughly one-third of which were linked to min...

26 Oct 2023

‘Never give in to fear’: Nobel peace prize nominee and Filipino Indigenous leader Vicky Tauli Corpuz

Opinion / Energy

The state is taking back energy

...renewables such as wind and solar, the world’s continued reliance on hydrocarbons means that, absent further government intervention, emissions will continue increasing for several years to come. None...

7 Oct 2022

The state is taking back energy

News / Carbon & Climate

Disappointing climate promises from China ‘cast a shadow’ on COP efforts

China has released a long-awaited greenhouse gas emissions plan that shows only modest progress from its original Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris agreement. This is feeding di...

29 Oct 2021

Disappointing climate promises from China ‘cast a shadow’ on COP efforts

News / Policy & Finance

Chorus of skepticism grows at deep-sea mining negotiations

It starts with tiny deep-sea fragments — shark’s teeth or slivers of shell. Then, in a process thought to span millions of years, they get coated in layers of liquidised metal, eventually becoming sol...

10 Aug 2022

Chorus of skepticism grows at deep-sea mining negotiations

Opinion / Policy & Finance

What future for a world of 8 billion?

What does a young girl from Juba, in South Sudan, an 8-year-old boy living in the slums of Mumbai, in India, a young mother from the south of Lima, in Peru, and an 83-year-old man enjoying retirement ...

11 Jul 2022

What future for a world of 8 billion?

News / Carbon & Climate

Electric dreams: What is needed to accelerate EV growth in Malaysia?

Datuk Dr. Abdul Ghaffar Ramli remembers the day he drove his wife, daughter and sister-in-law in his all-electric Renault Zoe to a wedding in Serendah, a township in the Malaysian state of Selangor. I...

3 Apr 2023

Electric dreams: What is needed to accelerate EV growth in Malaysia?

News / Transport

Price and performance are slowing EV adoption in Southeast Asia: Grab sustainability chief

The head of sustainability for ride-hailing giant Grab has said that electric vehicles (EVs) are "nowhere close" to the affordability and performance of petrol-powered vehicles in Southeast Asia, as t...

9 Jun 2022

Price and performance are slowing EV adoption in Southeast Asia: Grab sustainability chief

News / Energy

Nexus for Development appoints Laura Alsenas as new executive director

Nexus for Development, a Phnom Penh-based carbon finance non-governmental organisation, has appointed Laura Alsenas as its next executive director. Alsenas replaces Clarisse Kehler Siebert, who calls ...

8 Dec 2021

Nexus for Development appoints Laura Alsenas as new executive director

Podcasts / Transport

'Net-zero regulations are welcome': GoTo sustainability chief Tanah Sullivan

GoTo, Indonesia's largest internet company, has set what is arguably Southeast Asia's most ambitious sustainability target — to be a zero-emissions firm by 2030. To achieve this target, the company, f...

28 Jul 2022

'Net-zero regulations are welcome': GoTo sustainability chief Tanah Sullivan

News / Policy & Finance

West Africa’s climate strategy breaks new ground but is vague

Despite having contributed just 3 per cent to global emissions between 1850 and 2020 – compared to Europe’s 33 per cent, the US’s 25 per cent and China’s 12.7 per cent – Africa is particularly hard hi...

18 Nov 2022

West Africa’s climate strategy breaks new ground but is vague

News / Green Buildings

How data can fuel Singapore’s net-zero building ambitions

The built environment contributes to 39 per cent of the world’s energy-related carbon emissions worldwide, according to data from the World Green Building Council, and the sector is coming under incre...

14 Jan 2022

How data can fuel Singapore’s net-zero building ambitions

News / Carbon & Climate

Negative emissions: Scientists debate role of CO2 removal in tackling climate change

...renewables…The pace isn’t fast enough.” Film director and producer Leila Conners also spoke to conference attendees about her upcoming documentary Legion 44, which focuses on CDR technologies. This i...

18 Jul 2024

Negative emissions: Scientists debate role of CO2 removal in tackling climate change

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Asean and Japan at 50 years: Shaping a sustainable society for the future

In 1967, when Southeast Asian nations came together to form the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), Japan was the first country in the world to build official ties with the regional bloc a...

29 Mar 2023

Asean and Japan at 50 years: Shaping a sustainable society for the future

News / Carbon & Climate

Global warming makes more heatwaves inevitable for East Asia

Thermoplegia may be a medical term, but it’s been a hot topic this summer. It is the most serious form of heatstroke, caused by excessive temperature and humidity, leading to loss of the ability to se...

31 Aug 2022

Global warming makes more heatwaves inevitable for East Asia

Youth activists in Negros Occidental protest against the construction of coal-fired plants

News / Energy

San Miguel drops more coal projects, but is feared to shift to fossil gas

San Miguel Corp (SMC), through its energy arm SMC Global Power Holdings Corp, dropped more coal projects from its portfolio, after announcing last month that it was removing the fossil fuel from its e...

17 Aug 2021

San Miguel drops more coal projects, but is feared to shift to fossil gas

News / Policy & Finance

New global fund invests in nature to shore up climate change fight

A new international fund backed by wealthy nations aims to invest at least $500 million in protecting nature in developing countries and giving indigenous people a bigger role in conserving their envi...

3 Jun 2022

New global fund invests in nature to shore up climate change fight

San Miguel coal power plant Limay Bataan

News / Energy

San Miguel Corp's energy arm ceases 1,500MW in coal power projects

San Miguel Corp (SMC), the Philippines' largest conglomerate, will no longer continue the construction of new coal-fired power plants with a combined capacity of 1,500 megawatts (MW) through its subsi...

13 Jul 2021

San Miguel Corp's energy arm ceases 1,500MW in coal power projects

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