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Singapore banking group DBS has partnered with the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) to develop financing approaches for climate adaptation and resilience in Asia-Pacific, as governments and financial in...

25 May 2026

Ebisu Shrine located in the town of Suttsu in Japan's Hokkaido

...renewables as a pillar of Japan’s 2050 net-zero strategy. Under its updated draft energy plan released in December, Tokyo aims to lift renewables to 40–50 per cent of the electricity mix and keep nucl...

29 Oct 2025

...renewables, scientists stress. Verde Island Passage, where Abanel fishes, hosts five of the six operating gas plants in the Philippines, along with two LNG terminals, and over a dozen other proposed p...

11 Jun 2025

An Indonesian miner holds up a nickel ore

...renewables revolution in justice and equity, so that it spurs sustainable development, respects people, protects the environment and powers prosperity in resource-rich developing countries.” The repor...

15 Oct 2025

Asean Investment Forum 2025 strengthens regional momentum for inclusive, sustainable foreign direct investment

The Third Asean Investment Forum 2025 (AIF 2025) convened today in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, bringing together Asean Economic Ministers responsible for trade and investment, senior government offi...

27 Oct 2025

...Renewables and Energy Efficiency’s target of tripling renewable capacity, read the analysis. Malaysia and Thailand: narrow clean energy pipelines Malaysia and Thailand have the most limited renewabl...

23 Apr 2025

Midong solar project in Gobi Desert, China

...renewables. Electricity supply from new wind, solar and nuclear capacity was enough to cut coal-powered output even as demand surged, whereas previous declines were due to weak growth. China's massive...

22 Sep 2025

The idea for an interconnected Asean Power Grid (APG) may be more than two decades old, but the time is ripe for an in-depth study to be conducted on its decarbonisation pathways, say experts. “Asean ...

22 Jul 2025

Vanda RE selects Black & Veatch as owner’s engineer for Indonesian solar-plus-storage project

...Renewables Pte Ltd. Vanda RE’s innovative project is underpinned by 2 gigawatt peak (GWp) of solar PV installed capacity and 4.4 gigawatt hours (GWh) of battery storage and is part of a green ec...

11 Jun 2025

...renewables. Yet polls have shown broad support across Australia for a switch from fossil fuels to renewables. The Lowy Institute found almost two-thirds of regional Australians back federal Labor's ta...

10 Apr 2025

A Japanese climate technology startup has launched a new carbon credit methodology to quantify and monetise energy savings from artificial intelligence (AI)-controlled cooling systems, in a move that ...

28 Apr 2026

...renewables, then we look at removing the policy barriers that make them difficult to develop. Was there a successful case study that led to SFOC or you discovering that finance was a strong lever you...

10 Sep 2025

Rainforest in Papua province, Indonesia.

...renewables, batteries and industrial decarbonisation tools. They operate under very different business models, risk profiles and growth dynamics. Nature-based solutions rely heavily on governance, lan...

7 Apr 2026

Youth unemployment rises as young people face a harder road to decent work

GENEVA (ILO News) – Global youth unemployment is rising as stagnant economic growth and weak job creation increase barriers to job entry for young people and push more of them outside employment...

17 Aug 2026

...renewables and a few coal power plants – are curtailed or shut out. These out-of-market commitments mean overuse of coal power at the system level. We believe China should retain the minimum possible ...

28 Jul 2025

A minimum of US$100 billion would be required to build transmission lines to integrate the power grids of Southeast Asian nations by 2045, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB). “The amount st...

6 Jun 2025

...renewables? Grant Hauber: China has met incremental demand growth in electricity from renewables, not fossil fuels, because it’s been able to add this capacity very quickly. In 2024, China added [t...

5 May 2025

...renewables or renewables versus traditional fuels. We see that fossil fuels and renewables work together in a balanced and complimentary strategy, for us to be able to provide affordable energy." Tune...

23 May 2025

Southeast Asia is quietly entering a nuclear age. Driven by rising electricity demand, net‑zero commitments and concerns over fossil‑fuel volatility, more than half of Asean members are now revisitin...

10 Sep 2026

...renewables and the opportunity for longer-term thermal electrification. That's where we want to go - partner with some longer-term energy installation projects. Country-specific strategies are going t...

22 Sep 2025

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