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Southeast Asia must retire 5.5GW of coal plants per year to meet climate goals

...Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines—the top coal-consuming countries in the bloc—are cumulatively operating about 90GW of coal power, despite cancelling 12.7GW of proposed projects in 2022, revealed...

18 Apr 2023

Southeast Asia must retire 5.5GW of coal plants per year to meet climate goals

Opinion / Cities

The urban jungle needs more trees

...Malaysia. Salvi’s research area revolves around investigating humane design — the interaction between humans, the built environment and the natural environment, focusing on current societal and enviro...

20 Mar 2023

The urban jungle needs more trees

News / Manufacturing

Indonesia's electric vehicle ambitions hinge on green mining drive

...Malaysia and Thailand are the region's traditional auto manufacturing hubs, Indonesia is its largest vehicle market and is along major shipping and supply lines for importing materials and exporting f...

4 Apr 2023

Indonesia's electric vehicle ambitions hinge on green mining drive

News / Carbon & Climate

Biodiversity loss slipping from public agenda as extreme weather worries Southeast Asians: survey

In May this year, mercury in Singapore hit 38.6 degrees Celsius, recording the island state’s second-highest temperature on record. In Malaysia, when massive floods hit several states late last year, ...

8 Sep 2022

Biodiversity loss slipping from public agenda as extreme weather worries Southeast Asians: survey

News / Transport

Why developing Asia should care about an ambitious shipping emissions reduction goal

...Malaysia and Indonesia could benefit from the switch to zero-carbon fuels in terms of wider environmental and health benefits, said Marie Hubatova, director of global shipping at the Environmental Def...

14 Dec 2022

Why developing Asia should care about an ambitious shipping emissions reduction goal

Podcasts / Policy & Finance

The race to insure Southeast Asia against climate risk

...Malaysia. We’ve been working hard on the core insurance aspects of our product, in terms of calculating risk and premiums. We are also strong on technology and infrastructure. We have it running in Vi...

15 Feb 2024

The race to insure Southeast Asia against climate risk

deforestation for palm oil on peatland in Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia

News / Food & Agriculture

Deforestation from palm oil falls to three-year low

...Malaysian companies appear on the list for the first time. Source: Chain Reaction Research Malaysian companies feature on CRR's ranking of the region's top deforesters for the first time. The second ...

11 Oct 2021

Deforestation from palm oil falls to three-year low

News / Energy

As Asian heatwaves require burning more fossil fuels, fears of a slower transition grow

...Malaysia and Thailand. Faced with a steep public health challenge, policymakers are relying on fossil fuels to do the heavy lifting. Commodity analyst S&P Global reported a surge in natural gas de...

31 May 2023

As Asian heatwaves require burning more fossil fuels, fears of a slower transition grow

Opinion / Policy & Finance

How victims can pay polluters for a win-win result

...Malaysia, Brunei and Southern Thailand. Forest fires and smoke haze in Southeast Asia have, over the years, resulted in serious health risks, environmental damage and economic ramifications well beyon...

19 Jan 2022

How victims can pay polluters for a win-win result

News / Policy & Finance

24 hours with… gibbon conservationist Mariani Ramli

Mariani Ramli started her work with gibbons back in 2013, when she realised that there was a lack of specific rehabilitation programmes for the oft-overlooked small apes in Malaysia. She first learned...

2 Mar 2022

24 hours with… gibbon conservationist Mariani Ramli

News / Food & Agriculture

Can Jambi’s farmers offer the world a model of sustainable agriculture and reforestation?

...Malaysia. During previous El Niño cycles, which peak once every three to four years and was last at its worst in 2015 and 2019, Jambi was among the regions with the most hotspots and unhealthiest air ...

2 Jan 2024

Can Jambi’s farmers offer the world a model of sustainable agriculture and reforestation?

News / Energy

Renewable energy REITs and what they mean for Asia’s green ambitions

...Malaysia saw its first REIT with the listing of Axis REIT Managers Bhd in 2004. Today, the Singapore stock exchange has 44 REITs with a total market capitalisation of US$84 billion, while the Malaysia...

22 Sep 2023

Renewable energy REITs and what they mean for Asia’s green ambitions

News / Water

Asia's coral gardener on a quest to save the world's imperilled reefs

...Malaysia in 1981. At first the 61-year-old Malaysian’s efforts proved futile. “Locals used to come and watch me on the beach, tying bits of coral to rocks and they laughed. For twenty years, I obser...

26 Jun 2022

Asia's coral gardener on a quest to save the world's imperilled reefs

News / Food & Agriculture

Are oil palm plantations exposing endangered wildlife to rodent poison?

...Malaysia, wrote in an email. “As anticoagulant rodenticides are used by most plantations, there is a high exposure risk to non-target wildlife and [this is] why a baseline study is needed.” Costly pes...

14 Jul 2022

Are oil palm plantations exposing endangered wildlife to rodent poison?

Press Releases / LYS Energy

LYS Energy inaugurates two solar PV systems at Element Solutions' business centre in Singapore

...Malaysia, and Thailand. LYS ENERGY is wholly owned by LEADER ENERGY Group, one of the pioneers in Asia’s power sector. LEADER ENERGY is headquartered in Selangor, Malaysia that owns and operate...

13 May 2022

LYS Energy inaugurates two solar PV systems at Element Solutions' business centre in Singapore

News / Food & Agriculture

Palm oil in India: Rapid growth and competing health claims

...Malaysia, were also strongly promoting their palm oil to new markets like India.” “ We are seeing the fallout of the Ukraine war resulting in soaring sunflower oil, and consequently, palm oil prices,...

26 Aug 2022

Palm oil in India: Rapid growth and competing health claims

Dutch airline KLM was one of the first companies to get into trouble for using carbon offsets to claim that air travel was "carbon neutral".

News / Policy & Finance

The next wave of greenwashing: Offsets, competitor claims and 'transition-washing'

...Malaysia has mandated ESG reporting for all listed firms since 2016. South Korea is maintaining voluntary disclosure until at least 2025. Companies in Asia may be particularly prone to sustainability ...

8 May 2023

The next wave of greenwashing: Offsets, competitor claims and 'transition-washing'

Press Releases / DNV

DNV, PETRONAS join forces to support the development of carbon capture utilisation, storage

...Malaysia but across the region," said Jamie Burrows, Head of Business Development - CCUS, Energy Systems at DNV. "CCUS will play a crucial role in Asia’s energy transition. Through this initiat...

19 Jul 2022

DNV, PETRONAS join forces to support the development of carbon capture utilisation, storage

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Obstacles to decarbonisation in Southeast Asia

...Malaysia. Pivoting to the production of EVs is therefore very attractive as a means to maintain global competitiveness in the automotive markets. However, without decarbonising the power generation se...

12 Apr 2023

Obstacles to decarbonisation in Southeast Asia

News / Carbon & Climate

To accelerate climate action, start with mandating climate education in schools

...Malaysia's electricity generation has gone up from about a quarter of the energy mix to almost half. While the Malaysia Energy Commission has plans to reduce the dependency on coal to about 20 per cen...

15 Jul 2021

To accelerate climate action, start with mandating climate education in schools

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