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Conversion of biowaste into biogas could power cleaner, sustainable Earth future

...power farm activities. The firm estimates that its technology has already contributed to the treatment of more than 13 million tonnes of agricultural waste and the mitigation of more than 250,000 tonn...

2 Jul 2021

Conversion of biowaste into biogas could power cleaner, sustainable Earth future

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Pakistani military in charge, provinces sidelined in a revived CPEC

...power plants will be major contributors to CO2 emissions and smog; that the network of new roads from Kashgar to Gwadar will result in a massive tree-cutting drive; and a recent study shows that the a...

6 Oct 2020

Pakistani military in charge, provinces sidelined in a revived CPEC

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Indian solar ferry flies flag for cleaner, cheaper water transport

Over the past three years, P. Ravindran's commute from his southern Indian village has been about more than getting to work - the SIM card seller sees his daily trip on India's first solar-powered fer...

14 Aug 2020

Indian solar ferry flies flag for cleaner, cheaper water transport

The family of Chai Bunthonglek, a farmer who was killed in 2015 in a community farm in Klong Sai Pattana Thailand

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Thai farmers brave bullets, prison for community land titles

...power plants, triggering protests nationwide. The government adopted a Western land code in 1901 that was based on private property ownership, and subsequent land laws have been in the same vein, said...

7 Oct 2020

Thai farmers brave bullets, prison for community land titles

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Popular opposition suspends a bridge project in a Philippine coral haven

...power to block or at the very least significantly delay this potentially destructive project and come to a consensus with other stakeholders.” While the public pressure has prompted the government to ...

6 May 2021

Solar power station and wind farm in Poyang Lake Jiangxi Province, China

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‘Without a carbon cap, you can’t provide strong support for a carbon peak’

...power generation. Hydropower could also add to the mix of reliable energy that would allow exports of electricity to the east of China to continue, but with lower carbon emissions involved. In situati...

18 Mar 2021

‘Without a carbon cap, you can’t provide strong support for a carbon peak’

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China’s economy is recovering quickly, as are its carbon emissions

...power generation was up 6.5 per cent year-on-year in June, and while wind power is making a greater contribution than before, thermal power, which is China’s main type of power, saw first year-on-year...

13 Aug 2020

China’s economy is recovering quickly, as are its carbon emissions

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Korea's Shinhan Financial Group declares net zero ambition

...power in the country's coal-heavy energy mix by 2034, which has provided banks with an added incentive to pursue deals in clean energy.

20 Oct 2020

Korea's Shinhan Financial Group declares net zero ambition

Opinion / Waste

Closing China’s waste management loop

...power plants incentivised construction of excess capacity. It argues that power generated from waste burning worsens air pollution and undercuts efforts to reuse waste or reduce waste at source. Harmf...

26 Nov 2020

Closing China’s waste management loop

News / Policy & Finance

South Korea proposes ban on overseas coal financing

...power, without exceptions, by all public financiers and firms traditionally behind Korean-funded fossil fuel ventures. They include Korea Electric Power Company (Kepco), the Export-Import Bank of Kore...

30 Jul 2020

South Korea proposes ban on overseas coal financing

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In bittersweet move, Vietnam approves second feed-in-tariff scheme for solar

...power. The nation’s demand for energy, pushed up by its booming industry and burgeoning population, is expected to outstrip the construction of new power plants in the coming years, causing severe pow...

7 Apr 2020

In bittersweet move, Vietnam approves second feed-in-tariff scheme for solar

Fresh wave of climate protests to target gas ahead of COP26 summit

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The blame game and missing money: your guide to COP26

...power to history" at a time when Asia's largest economies are relying on fossil fuel energy to ramp up industry to get hobbled economies back on their feet following the Covid-19 pandemic. Amid the p...

27 Oct 2021

The blame game and missing money: your guide to COP26

News / Energy

Fossil fuels: Heading down, but not yet out

...power has dropped by about 80 per cent over the past decade. The cost of wind power and other renewables has also dropped. “Renewable energy is a cost-effective source of new power that insulates powe...

21 May 2020

Fossil fuels: Heading down, but not yet out

Powerhouse of a Sunkoshi hydropower project in Nepal

News / Water

All water for power in Nepal’s new electricity bill

...power – and its export – as its major development goal and its path to socialism. The path, however, remains unlit and unclear. A complicated legal history of hydropower in Nepal Nepal’s first hydropo...

31 Aug 2020

All water for power in Nepal’s new electricity bill

News / Energy

Powerless in a pandemic: Solar energy prescribed for off-grid healthcare

...power supplies, she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Cut off Maria Neira, who leads the World Health Organization's work on environmental issues, said the Covid-19 pandemic had reminded the world...

6 Jul 2020

Powerless in a pandemic: Solar energy prescribed for off-grid healthcare

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Proposed Indonesian coal power plant not financially viable, study finds

...power and petrochemical firm Barito Pacific and Indonesia Power, a subsidiary of Indonesia’s state utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), which provides the land for the station. Solutions for our C...

19 Jun 2020

Proposed Indonesian coal power plant not financially viable, study finds

News / Carbon & Climate

Can Indonesia build a ‘green’ capital in a biodiversity hotspot?

...power plant and Batung Toru hydropower plant in Sumatra, are all examples of Chinese financed joint-ventures, and potential models for infrastructure development related to the new capital city.Few of...

8 Jun 2020

Can Indonesia build a ‘green’ capital in a biodiversity hotspot?

News / Policy & Finance

As the Mekong delta washes away, homes and highways are being lost

...ads to Tan Thuan Dong, a large island carpeted by mango orchards in the middle of the Tien River. A sign on a narrow road leading to the northwest edge of the island warns people that they are enterin...

16 Mar 2021

As the Mekong delta washes away, homes and highways are being lost

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IFC and Collectius launch the first distressed asset recovery platform to address the impacts of Covid-19 on the banking sector

...power of the private sector to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity. For more information, visit www.ifc.org. Stay connected www.ifc.org/eastasia www.twitter.com/IFC_EAP www.youtube.co...

16 Sep 2020

IFC and Collectius launch the first distressed asset recovery platform to address the impacts of Covid-19 on the banking sector

Coal barge sailing along the Yangtze river in China

News / Policy & Finance

Business risk and Covid-19 are pushing Asian financiers away from coal

The use of coal as an energy source is steadily declining in the US and Europe, but coal mining and the construction of coal-fired power plants continues across South and Southeast Asia. The technolog...

5 Aug 2020

Business risk and Covid-19 are pushing Asian financiers away from coal

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