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Singapore inked a deal with the United States on the same day Indonesia nudged Russia for help. Analysts worry of geopolitical rivalries splitting the region and call for faster work on Asean safeguards – or simply focusing on renewables.
None of the 10 largest firms in the industry have announced steps to rein in the powerful greenhouse gas, while six are not reporting methane figures at all.
SDG 9. Infrastructure
Huge financing gap for grid infrastructure as investors see unattractive returns: Indonesia’s state utility
The private sector is promised returns for power generation, but not grid deployment. State-owned PLN wants more innovative financing tools to build a 50,000 kilometre-long transmission network to distribute its growing green energy supply.
SDG 12. Consumption
Asean could save up to US$800 billion on decarbonisation costs through fully interconnected grid, study shows
The new research findings coincide with Malaysia’s launch of its renewable energy exchange platform and new guidelines for the export of clean energy to neighbours Singapore and Thailand.
SDG 12. Consumption
Half a million hectares of Indonesian forest under threat from nickel mining, study finds
The race to electrify transport is causing extensive deforestation in Indonesia, a Mighty Earth report finds. Will the destructive practices continue under incoming president Prabowo Subianto, who has pledged to ramp up the nickel trade?
SDG 13. Climate
‘False climate solution’: NGOs push South Korea to drop renewables subsidies for biomass
Wood pellets burnt to generate energy drive deforestation in Southeast Asia, emit more CO2 per unit of energy than fossil fuels and support the Ukraine conflict, environmentalists said in an open letter to Korea's trade ministry.
SDG 13. Climate
El Niño, burning peatlands and coal: Air pollution in Southeast Asia got worse in 2023
The El Niño weather phenomenon, smouldering peatlands, coal power and vehicular pollution caused a big drop in air quality in Southeast Asia in 2023. In Indonesia, Southeast Asia's most polluted country, air quality fell by 20 per cent.
Non-profit RimbaWatch says Grab's scheme is based on questionable forest carbon projects. The ride-hailer argues that carbon credits can be a credible means to cut emissions.
Moving in the opposite direction from the rest of the world, Indonesia plans to lower its renewable energy ambitions by 2030. The new governing administration needs to make effort to ensure that even the reduced targets are met.
SDG 16. Peace
From climate ‘quiet quitting’ to human rights decline, how will Trump’s re-election trouble Asia?
It is looking ever more likely that Donald Trump will be the next US President. How worried should Asia be about the impact of Trump 2.0 on the climate, human rights and the energy transition?
SDG 8. Economic growth
Financing Indonesia’s energy transition: Will the next president finally spark change?
Non-populist policies pose risks for politicians. Prabowo Subianto, who has claimed victory in the Indonesian presidential elections, is looking at creating five million green jobs, but stops short of pledging to phase out fossil fuels subsidies.
SDG 13. Climate
Pan Brothers is first Indonesian manufacturing firm to get net zero targets approved by SBTi
The textiles and garments company, which supplies global brands such as Adidas, Uniqlo and The North Face, is only the second Indonesian firm to get its decarbonisation plan rubber-stamped by the Science Based Targets initiative.
