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This summer, up to 15,000 athletes will descend on Paris in search of sporting glory but the organisers of the 2024 Games have added a fresh ambition to the Olympic motto of "faster, higher, stronger...

23 Apr 2024

Asian and Pacific countries at UN forum agree on measures to shape energy transition, address climate crisis

Asian and Pacific countries agreed today on measures to shape the future of energy use and generation, and to address climate change in a region that consumes more than 40 per cent of the world’...

28 Oct 2023

...renewables alone will not get us to 1.5°C," said Linda Kalcher, executive director of Strategic Perspectives, a European think tank. "We need a strong fossil fuel phase-out goal adopted at COP28. We c...

13 Sep 2023

Despite climate change being an unavoidable global challenge, nearly half of countries do not include it in their educational offerings, according to a 2021 Unesco survey. In China, climate change has...

12 Sep 2024

...renewables using a novel class of carbon credits. Image: Philip Amiote / Eco-Business This special report explores Southeast Asia’s cautious approach to phasing out coal, using a relatively new finan...

11 Dec 2024

...renewables only because their production has been subsidised and their producers insulated from the costs associated with the damage they cause. The industry’s negative externalities, long borne by fr...

8 Dec 2023

...renewables by 2030. These sectoral goals are much more [geared] towards implementation. The second is finance – how do you get finance to implement those goals? These two agendas are at the centre of ...

6 Nov 2025

...renewables from less than 8 per cent to almost 31 per cent.Overseas, South Korea is helping the United Arab Emirates build its first-ever nuclear-power plant, as part of a $20-billion project. Once co...

7 Dec 2023

As a university student in Canberra, Eilis Fitt and her two housemates set rules to keep their electricity bill down - no heater in the living room unless everyone was home, and no turning on the was...

16 Feb 2024

Nexif Ratch completes acquisition of operating hydro plant in Lao Cai province, Vietnam

...renewables and will create a stable and recurring income through a long-term PPA. The plant, developed and constructed by the seller - Nam Tien Group, has been commercially operating since April 2018...

2 Jan 2024

Initiative aims to reduce environmental impact of fashion, construction industries in eight countries

Today, governments participating in the Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded Integrated Programme on Eliminating Hazardous Chemicals from Supply Chains launched the six-year, US$45-milli...

20 Jan 2025

A climate deal between China and the US, the world’s two largest emitters of global-heating greenhouse gases, was a bright spot ahead of tough negotiations at the COP28 climate talks starting in Dubai...

6 Dec 2023

...renewables in the national energy mix by 2050, which will require an eleven-fold increase in domestic renewable energy capacity. “We’re hearing a lot of talk about exporting our renewable energy to Si...

18 Jul 2023

Amid pressure from civil society to end fossil fuel production, Southeast Asia’s national oil producers banded together to emphasise the importance of reducing methane emissions instead. In a joint st...

25 Nov 2024

As the Philippines works to ramp up mining to meet global demand for metals crucial to the green energy transition, environmental groups are demanding strict limits to protect nature and Indigenous la...

28 Mar 2024

In its first ruling on trade matters related to deforestation and carbon emissions, the World Trade Organisation found fault with the way the European Union decided against accepting palm oil as a sou...

12 Mar 2024

...renewables. China's pledge to stop funding overseas coal plants in 2021 has also made it harder for Vietnamese coal projects to access foreign capital. Vietnam is Southeast Asia's leading nation for r...

30 Jun 2024

...renewables would replace coal in electricity generation over time. For now though, more incentives might be the way to build the much-needed infrastructure Indonesia needs for greater EV use. Under cu...

24 Nov 2023

Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) has agreed to buy 1,000 tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Neste, a Finnish producer that set up the world’s largest SAF production facility in Singapore las...

7 May 2024

...renewables operators to make efficiency improvements. The 2015 reforms prioritised renewables such as wind, solar and bioenergy, ordering local governments to ensure this capacity was accounted for in...

29 Aug 2023

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